When drastic disruptions bring new political leaders, policymakers respond with major changes. We’re living in such a time, even if it’s not clear how much a pandemic, rampant inflation, international strife, and other events of the last half-decade contributed to the returning president’s government shake-up.

Properly executed, changes ...Read more

Democrat and Army veteran Alex Hawkins said Thursday he's launching a campaign for a U.S. House in the Detroit suburbans, aiming to challenge two-term Republican U.S. Rep. John James.

Hawkins, 30, of Rochester, is the first Democrat to jump into the contest in Michigan's 10th District, which covers southern Macomb County and Rochester and ...Read more

President Donald Trump endorsed Meshawn Maddock, one of his outspoken allies in Michigan, on Thursday to be the next chairwoman of the state Republican Party.

A former co-chairwoman of the Michigan GOP, Maddock is in a three-candidate race to lead the party. Republican delegates will pick the next chair during a state convention Saturday inside...Read more

U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was peppered with boos and catcalls throughout a town hall meeting in Roswell late Thursday, as hundreds of critics jeered the Republican for backing President Donald Trump’s agenda during his first month in office.

The Suwanee Republican’s staff expected robust turnout for his first town hall since Trump took ...Read more

Donald Trump has temporarily replaced the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office after Elon Musk’s son seemingly wiped a booger on it during their viral visit to the White House last week.

The self-described “germaphobe” announced on Wednesday that he’d sent the desk to be “lightly refinished” and brought another desk in for the time ...Read more

MIAMI — President Donald Trump said he would endorse Rep. Byron Donalds in Florida’s 2026 governor’s race, should the Florida Republican choose to run.

In a Truth Social post Thursday evening, Trump wrote that Donalds would “have my Complete and Total Endorsement.”

“I know Byron well, have seen him tested at the highest and most ...Read more

Georgians awaiting the outcome of a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion law will have to wait longer after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling has put the future of the case in jeopardy.

The Georgia Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments next month in a lawsuit filed by SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective and other ...Read more

An estimated 6,700 IRS workers were fired Thursday, smack in the middle of tax season as the agency prepares to deal with 140 million tax returns.

The purge largely targeted newer “probationary” employees who have fewer protections than long-term workers, Reuters reported.

President Donald Trump and his top campaign donor, Elon Musk, have ...Read more

The daughter of imprisoned reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley is hoping Donald Trump will give them a presidential pardon.

Savannah Chrisley revealed that her family is currently pursuing other options after previous failed attempts to appeal her parents’ 2022 convictions for federal bank fraud and tax evasion.

“I know that I am going ...Read more

RICHMOND, Va. — For the first time, Virginia appears poised to embrace a campaign finance reform that has been proposed in some form every legislative session for more than a decade.

On Tuesday, the state Senate and House unanimously passed each other’s version of the Campaign Integrity Act, which would prohibit using campaign funds for ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was appointed Wednesday by President Donald Trump to serve on a little-known panel alongside other governors to strengthen partnerships between states and the federal government.

Shapiro joins the council at a challenging time for governors — particularly Democratic ones — as Trump’s ...Read more

President Donald Trump tapped Gov. Josh Shapiro to be one of 10 new members to lead the bipartisan Council of Governors, the White House announced Wednesday.

Shapiro's appointment marks the first time a Pennsylvania governor has been appointed to the council and comes less than one week after Shapiro filed a lawsuit challenging Trump's ...Read more

The Trump administration has launched a compliance review into California’s high-speed rail project, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday.

The review will focus on $4 billion promised by the Biden administration for continued construction in the Central Valley between Merced and Bakersfield and will determine ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams, facing criticism over the terms under which Donald Trump’s DOJ is moving to dismiss his criminal indictment, will go face-to-face with his opponents in the 2025 mayoral primary for the first time at a candidate forum next week, the Daily News has learned.

The Feb. 26 showdown will be hosted by DC 37, the city’...Read more

Imperialist rhetoric is becoming a mark of President Donald Trump’s second term. From asserting that the U.S. will “take over” the Gaza Strip, Greenland and the Panama Canal to apparently siding with Russia in its war on Ukraine, Trump’s comments suggest a return to an old imperialist style of forcing foreign lands under American ...Read more

The United States’ steadfast allegiance to Ukraine during that country’s three-year war against Russia appears to be quickly disintegrating under the Trump administration. President Donald Trump on Feb. 19, 2025, called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “a dictator” and falsely blamed him for the war that Russia initiated as ...Read more

Make Canada angry. Make Mexico angry. Make the members of NATO angry.

During the first few weeks of the second Trump administration, President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said a lot of things about longtime allies that caused frustration and outright friction among the leaders of those ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick says he's on board with President Donald Trump's and Elon Musk's efforts to overhaul the federal government — moves the administration says target waste and abuse of taxpayers' money but that have sparked protests about a "billionaire takeover" and inspired Sen. John Fetterman to raise alarms of "chaos ...Read more