The Canadian prime minister’s path to control of the House runs through disaffected Conservatives. OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is not denying he’s in talks to woo more opposition lawmakers to join his Liberal government to secure a critical majority mandate. “My view is, always, I will talk to anyone,” the prime minister told … Read more
The president has said he thinks Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s days leading the socialist country are numbered. MIAMI — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Wednesday praised President Donald Trump’s aggressive approach to the country as “absolutely correct,” as the White House weighs further military action on the socialist country. The Nobel Peace Prize … Read more
Justice Amy Coney Barrett cautioned during oral arguments Wednesday that the logistics of refunding companies that have paid the disputed duties would be “a mess.” The Supreme Court on Wednesday contemplated the process for paying back billions in tariffs the Trump administration has collected, should the justices rule those duties are illegal. “How would this … Read more
A grab bag of strategies for mitigating the Democratic gerrymander includes a federal lawsuit and a return to the ballot. After their campaign against Proposition 50 suffered an embarrassing defeat at the polls, California Republicans are insisting the fight is not over, promising a variety of strategies to mitigate the damage of the Democratic gerrymander … Read more
The EU heads to the COP30 climate summit with watered-down goals and dwindling green consensus. BRUSSELS — For six years, the European Union’s efforts to fight climate change have been on an upward swing. That came to an end on Wednesday morning in messy, exhausted scenes. After a marathon meeting that ran through Tuesday night … Read more
The Democrat’s unexpected retirement opens up a House seat in a district that Trump carried. Battleground Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) — who has thwarted repeated GOP efforts to unseat him in a red district — will not seek reelection, writing in an op-ed Wednesday “that now is the right time to step away from elected … Read more
Rep. Ken Calvert said he will run in the redrawn 40th District — which now bleeds into more than half of the representative’s current 41st District. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) will challenge incumbent Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) for California’s newly drawn 40th District, he announced Wednesday, teeing up a contentious face-off between two battle-tested Republicans … Read more
Former DNC Vice Chair Michael Blake is launching a challenge to the three-term Congress member. NEW YORK — Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) is getting a primary challenge from a rival homing in on his fierce support for Israel and the donations he’s collected as a result. Former Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Michael Blake, a … Read more
The California governor is coming off a political victory that solidified him as one of Democrats’ most prominent retorts to President Donald Trump. SACRAMENTO, California — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday confirmed he plans to attend the United Nations climate conference in Brazil next week, on the heels of a resounding political victory against … Read more
Chief Justice John Roberts questioned why Trump believed he had the authority to impose tariffs under a nearly 50-year-old law that has never been used for that purpose. Both conservative and liberal Supreme Court justices on Wednesday sharply questioned President Donald Trump’s use of emergency power to impose sweeping tariffs on countries around the world, … Read more