
Primary Sprint Nears Finish in New York, Utah, South Carolina
The 2026 primary election calendar will soon take a pause as a two-month stretch of nomination contests every week nears a close.

The 2026 primary election calendar will soon take a pause as a two-month stretch of nomination contests every week nears a close.

A bipartisan pair of senators has introduced a bill to help protect children against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence chatbots.
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US Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, says President Donald Trump "can't point to where we're better off" after the war in Iran. Speaking on "Balance of Power: Evening Edition," Senator Warren also discusses Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's military budget request, her criticisms of Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve, the state of housing and the SpaceX IPO.
Top House lawmakers are prodding the Pentagon to award the contract for the Navy’s next-generation fighter aircraft, raising alarms that delays will degrade the industrial base.
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A bipartisan pair of senators has introduced a bill to help protect children against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence chatbots.
The Government Accountability Office should determine whether the Trump administration broke the law in redirecting nearly $400 million toward White House security from Republicans’ tax cuts law, key Senate Democrats wrote to the independent watchdog.
A federal judge struck a blow to the Agriculture Department’s attempt to restrict on which foods low-income nutrition assistance program recipients can buy, saying the agency “sidestepped” federal law in rolling out the state-level policies.
Republican attempts to redraw congressional maps in Georgia and South Carolina died in recent months, delaying fights over political boundaries that could return and coincide with the 2028 presidential election.
House Republicans are bullish about passing another party-line budget bill but have little time left before their end-of-July goal.
Lawmakers in Congress are looking ahead to tax-related ideas that encourage more affordable housing, capitalizing on momentum from a sweeping housing package that cleared the Senate Monday.
The fast-growing US data center industry is getting regulatory nods to speed its connections to the power grid as it weathers pushback over its ballooning electricity and water needs.
The Housing and Urban Development Department would create new programs to support affordable housing, ramp up housing production in states and cities, and ease environmental regulations for federally funded housing developments under a negotiated Senate amendment to
President Donald Trump could face a siege of investigations, oversight hearings, and tough choices in the final half of his term if Democrats wrest control of Congress in November, imperiling his legislative agenda after two years of a Republican governing trifecta.
The Pentagon boosted to $60 billion the maximum value of a multi-vendor procurement vehicle for rapid sourcing of drones and other tactical equipment as the next iteration of the contract heads toward competitive bidding.
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New York employers must pay prevailing wages to laborers on public works projects, even if it’s not explicitly laid out in the employment contract, New York’s top court ruled Tuesday.
A federal judge struck a blow to the Agriculture Department’s attempt to restrict on which foods low-income nutrition assistance program recipients can buy, saying the agency “sidestepped” federal law in rolling out the state-level policies.
A home that gains value is part of the American dream — except for the taxes. In the past two years, 17 states have lowered or limited property taxes as politicians respond to escalating prices.
A Tennessee law banning pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies will test a different but similar legal strategy underpinning an earlier Arkansas law that’s frozen in court.
Republican attempts to redraw congressional maps in Georgia and South Carolina died in recent months, delaying fights over political boundaries that could return and coincide with the 2028 presidential election.