The ruling marks the third time in recent weeks that judges have disqualified top federal prosecutors in temporary positions. The Justice Department’s top prosecutor in Los Angeles has been illegally serving in the role since July, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Bill Essayli, Trump’s pick in April to temporarily lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for … Read more
Presidents are constitutionally limited to two elected terms but some had suggested unorthodox gambit to stay in office Donald Trump said on Monday morning that he would rule out running for the vice-presidency in the 2028 US election, an unorthodox approach that some of his supporters have floated to allow the Republican US president to … Read more
Millions took to US streets to oppose authoritarianism as Democrats acknowledge ‘People want to see us fighting’ They marched in their millions. Some waved the Stars and Stripes. Some clutched signs with slogans such as: “Nothing is more patriotic than protesting.” And some donned inflatable costumes that included aliens, chickens, clowns, frogs, lobsters, mushrooms, penguins, … Read more
GOP-led state is latest that Trump administration has put pressure on to undertake redistricting to favor Republicans The Indiana governor, Mike Braun, announced on Monday that he is calling a special session to consider redrawing congressional districts in the state, the latest state to work on its maps ahead of 2026. Indiana is one of … Read more
The head of America’s largest federal workers union says it is time to end the government shutdown, now the second-longest in US history, as hundreds of thousands of employees miss another round of paychecks. Everett Kelley, who leads the American Federation of Government Employees representing more than 800,000 workers, avoided assigning blame to either party … Read more
Result falls short of giving Milei a congressional majority but surprises many analysts after series of scandals The party of Argentina’s far-right president, Javier Milei, has won Sunday’s midterm elections after a campaign in which Donald Trump announced a $40bn bailout for the country and made continued aid conditional on the victory of his Argentinian … Read more
Trump thinks he has the upper hand on Newsom on other issues, allies told POLITICO. The Trump administration’s announcement that it was sending election monitors to California marked the White House’s first salvo in months in the state’s high-profile redistricting campaign. The monitoring — like in New Jersey, another heavily Democratic state — came amid … Read more
Statewide elections in New Jersey and Virginia are being closely watched but seem unlikely to break the Washington impasse. The government shutdown has blown through missed paychecks, mass firings and threats of delayed public benefits. It will soon be voters’ turn to help bust through the impasse. In less than two weeks, closely contested statewide … Read more
The average price for a pound of ground beef is $6.32, up about 14 percent since Trump took office. The Trump administration is acutely aware of a looming political vulnerability: beef. In just the last month, President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed frustration with the high prices U.S. consumers are seeing in grocery stores, promising … Read more
This summer, employees at several big defense companies went on strike. Their grievances highlight a much larger problem brewing beneath the surface. ORLANDO, Florida — On the Monday morning of Memorial Day, Randy Tejada arrived at a picket line outside Lockheed Martin’s enormous missile factory here, joining about 40 of his colleagues as they stood … Read more