Last week, the White House unveiled new rules to more quickly reach asylum denials for people considered national security and public safety threats, something of a prelude for more expansive expected restrictions.

Ultimately, this policy will have limited impact, and it’s sure not to satisfy anyone, neither the hawks calling on President Joe...Read more

Democrats calm themselves over President Joe Biden’s miserable poll numbers by noting that the election remains months away, an eternity in politics. Yet as the clock ticks, the weeks run by and the balloting draws closer, Biden remains foundering in survey quicksand.

The latest bad news for the White House arrived Monday courtesy of The New ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. will be the Democratic nominee in the race to replace longtime U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, setting up a November election between him and Republican Kim Klacik, who also won in Tuesday’s primary.

The Baltimore County-focused 2nd Congressional District was one of a few ...Read more

Brad Knott, whose endorsement by former President Donald Trump chased off his opponent, won Tuesday’s runoff to decide the Republican primary, The Associated Press projected as results trickled in.

Knott took an early lead over Kelly Daughtry, and the AP called the race just before 8 p.m.

Less than 30 minutes after that, Knott’s lead over ...Read more

DETROIT — First lady Jill Biden is slated to stump across Michigan this week in a push for her husband's reelection, days ahead of President Joe Biden's third campaign trek to the state this year on Sunday.

Her arrival will kickoff a Women for Biden-Harris event in Marquette on Thursday, before heading to Midland and Detroit in the latest ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Competitive primary races for congressional seats in the Baltimore region and in Western Maryland are on the ballot Tuesday, with results expected to come in across the state after polls close at 8 p.m. ET.

All eight of Maryland’s U.S. House districts have elections this year for new two-year terms. Five incumbents are running ...Read more

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s loyal lawyer-turned-chief antagonist, told a jury Tuesday he discussed hush money reimbursement with Trump at the White House upon returning to the witness box at his Manhattan trial Tuesday.

Defense lawyer Todd Blanche, straight out of the gate, gave jurors an idea of what they’re in for — ...Read more

ATLANTA — A New York Times/Siena College poll of battleground states released Monday is the latest one illustrating President Joe Biden’s struggles in Georgia. But is he really trailing former President Donald Trump by double-digits in the state, as the poll said?

Many senior Democrats in Georgia privately acknowledge Biden is behind Trump,...Read more

Submarine production at Electric Boat gets a $1 billion boost in a draft spending bill released by the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, which restores a second Virginia-class attack submarine to the fiscal 2025 defense budget in a rebuff to Pentagon spending plans.

The committee’s bipartisan decision to authorize a second attack sub, for ...Read more

NEW YORK — Stormy Daniels wore a bulletproof vest under her outfits while she was testifying at former president Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan, her lawyer said Monday.

The former adult film star was “paralyzed” with fear ahead of the proceedings, attorney Clark Brewster said on CNN’s “AC360.”

“She was concerned ...Read more

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s loyal lawyer-turned-chief antagonist, told a jury Tuesday he discussed hush money reimbursement with Trump at the White House upon returning to the witness box at his Manhattan trial Tuesday.

‘Everything’s going to be OK’

After the FBI raided his residences in April 2018, Cohen said he felt ...Read more

NEW YORK — House Speaker Mike Johnson and a legion of Donald Trump loyalists appeared Tuesday at the former president’s hush money criminal trial as Trump nemesis Michael Cohen took the stand for a second day.

The conservative congressional leader trashed the trial as a partisan stunt to hurt Trump’s campaign in a brief statement to ...Read more

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s loyal lawyer-turned-chief antagonist, told a jury Tuesday he discussed hush money reimbursement with Trump at the White House upon returning to the witness box at his Manhattan trial Tuesday.

Cohen testified that he discussed the reimbursement payments with the then-president during a visit to the ...Read more

Speaker Mike Johnson joined a cavalcade of top Republicans defending former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amid his New York criminal trial focused on hush money payments over an alleged affair in the leadup to the 2016 election.

Johnson’s appearance outside the Manhattan courthouse, where he criticized the criminal case as a partisan ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Planned Parenthood of California plans to launch a multimillion-dollar campaign Tuesday to oust Republicans from several California congressional districts, the latest signal of how critical the state's House races will be in determining which party takes control of the House of Representatives after the November election.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Victims of radiation exposure are aiming to ramp up the pressure on the House to take up a Senate-passed bill that would extend and expand the compensation fund for those harmed by radiation from America’s development of nuclear weapons.

The bill sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has fairly broad support in both parties, ...Read more

Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince has been under siege for several months, with reports suggesting about 200 gangs have seized control of more than 80% of the city.

The surge of violence has left residents with few options other than to shelter in their homes or seek refuge in other towns or countries.

But finding safety ...Read more

Most Americans don’t know two key facts about pregnancy, including how they are dated and how long a trimester is – and this could matter, as a growing number of states place restrictions on abortion.

Florida enacted a new law on May 1, 2024, that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, with a few exceptions – including ...Read more

Much of the country has moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic, but Ruth and Mohammed Nasrullah keep a vigil from their Houston home, posting thousands of pictures and stories of those who have fallen: coaches, tax clerks, teachers, autoworkers and graphic designers.

"We spend our time immersed in death," Ruth said of the couple's COVID-19 Wall of...Read more