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A key moment at a Senate primary debate in Michigan showed how pro-Israel Democrats are approaching the issue with caution.

President Trump has increasingly adopted a posture of nonchalance when pushed on the political consequences of his actions.

After attacking the Texas attorney general, who won the G.O.P. nomination, Senate Republicans are pivoting sharply to support him in what is now a competitive race.

Anthropic raised $65 billion in new fund-raising that put its value at $900 billion, ahead of OpenAI’s last valuation of $730 billion, as the companies duel for A.I. dominance.

Governor Whitmer of Michigan had been viewed as part of a field of possible Democratic candidates. She has been governor for two terms, and is barred from running again.

ATLANTA — The Los Angeles mayoral race has increasingly drawn national attention, transforming from a local contest into one of the more unconventional municipal races in recent memory. Mayor Karen Bass (D) faces a challenge on Tuesday from 15 candidates, including former reality

The Democratic candidates in Michigan’s Senate race squared off in a combative Thursday debate, clashing over foreign and corporate campaign donations. Rep. Haley Stevens (Mich.), state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and Abdul El-Sayed, a former Wayne County Health, Human and Veteran Serv

Administration officials promise that his policies will put the economy on better footing in the future, but its present state could cost the GOP control of Congress.

It’s about expediting care, not politics, officials said.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday slammed the reported push from Trump administration officials for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to design a $250 bill with President Trump’s face on it.  “Hard No on a Trump $250 bill,” Jeffries wrote on the social

The U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday ordered the commissioner for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to appear at a hearing next month to testify about the tariff refunds process being implemented by the Trump administration.  The hearing will take place in New Yor

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday dismissed a question about his presidential ambitions during a White House press briefing.  While filing in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave, Bessent spoke for more than 30 minutes about the Trump adminis

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was the latest host of the White House press briefing, where on Thursday he took aim at reporting from The Washington Post about a planned commemorative $250 bill with President Trump’s face on it. “I don’t really understand this Washington Post a

Fox Business Network host Larry Kudlow called New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) “a pure communist” and likened the democratic socialist mayor to the brutal Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin. “He’s a throwback to Stalin in the ’20s and ’30s and ’40s, when the Soviet Union wou

A pair of House Democrats is asking a congressional watchdog to probe the Trump administration’s disaster declarations after high-profile denials of disaster aid requests.  Reps. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Timothy Kennedy (D-N.Y.) asked the Government Accountability Office (GA

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sidestepped a number of questions on the reported memorandum of understanding reached between U.S. and Iranian negotiators during his turn taking over the White House press briefing on Thursday. When asked about the agreement, Bessent told reporte

The FBI issued a warning Thursday, stating malicious cyber actors are spoofing FIFA websites ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. According to the FBI, the threat actors create websites that resemble most of the features of the official FIFA site to trick consumers into interacting

Oil prices dipped Thursday amid reports that the U.S. and Iran had reached a tentative deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. International benchmark Brent crude was trading at about $94 per barrel as of Thursday afternoon, down from about $96 per barrel