The Trump administration is preparing a memo asking lawmakers to rescind roughly $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps support NPR and PBS.
Kendra Konchanuk · April 16, 2025
Kendall Scudder, who took over the state party in late March, says Democrats must win back working-class voters by focusing on bills, wages and distrust of institutions.
Kendra Konchanuk · April 11, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security said it will terminate humanitarian parole for about 532,000 people who arrived under a Biden-era program, exposing them to possible deportation as soon as late April.
Jacob Leary · March 22, 2025
Arizona's governor says she will not spend state dollars covering laid-off National Park Service workers, citing no guarantee of federal reimbursement.
Juan Gonzalez · February 28, 2025
A video of the U.S. Army Chorus singing 'Do You Hear the People Sing?' before President Trump and the first lady has drawn millions of views and speculation about why the song was chosen.
Aever Bundji · February 27, 2025
The executive order, signed Tuesday, seeks to cut federal support for puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries for young people, drawing sharp criticism from LGBTQ advocacy and civil rights groups.
Amy Swan · January 29, 2025
The White House says the commutations and 39 pardons for nonviolent offenders amount to the largest single-day clemency action in modern history.
Jacob Leary · December 12, 2024
With a Jan. 19 divest-or-ban deadline approaching, analysts say President-elect Donald Trump could extend it and try to broker a sale, possibly tied to trade talks with China.
Juan Gonzalez · November 27, 2024
A Delaware cannabis operator that won state approval for a new store near Frankford was denied by Sussex County under a May ordinance that advocates say effectively bans retail marijuana sales.
Aever Bundji · November 21, 2024
As an Orange County supervisor in 2020, Rep. Michelle Steel directed a federally funded senior meals contract to a printing company also working for her congressional campaign, at roughly triple the per-meal price of some other districts.
Amy Swan · November 1, 2024
Supervisor Aaron Peskin has the most extensive tenant-protection record in the field, but shifting views on housing and a cooler rental market have blunted the appeal of his signature message.
Mei Ling · November 1, 2024
A former Arizona congressman who joined a Republican-led group defending the state's election system argues that false claims about rigged elections are hurting his party at the ballot box.
Juan Gonzalez · September 19, 2024
Montana's three-term Democratic senator will skip the party convention to work his farm while facing a tight race against Republican Tim Sheehy.
Juan Gonzalez · August 16, 2024
The Associated Press called the GOP nomination for Lake, a Trump ally who still disputes her 2022 gubernatorial loss, in a race that could help decide control of the Senate.
Juan Gonzalez · July 30, 2024
District Attorney Brooke Jenkins promoted Monifa Willis, a nursing professor and former cannabis company chief executive, to the office's top staff post in March, raising questions about qualifications, disclosure and outside employment.
Mei Ling · July 26, 2024
Two Arizona political observers weighed in on KJZZ's Friday NewsCap about the Republican National Convention, Kari Lake's address and growing pressure on President Joe Biden.
Juan Gonzalez · July 19, 2024
Street performers, analysts and voters in the Himalayan state describe how cash and gifts are routinely traded for votes, even as India's election commission reports seizing more than a billion dollars in suspected inducements.
Juan Gonzalez · May 31, 2024
Mayor Michelle Wu used her first international speaking appearance, at a Vatican climate conference, to promote Boston's green energy and building-emissions policies.
Ishani Kapalli · May 16, 2024
A weekly political roundup covered President Biden's warning to Israel, a failed House effort to unseat Speaker Mike Johnson, a stern warning to Donald Trump at his New York trial, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s disclosure about a brain worm.
Juan Gonzalez · May 11, 2024
House Democrats met on Thursday to discuss helping Republican Speaker Mike Johnson pass a long-delayed Ukraine aid package and possibly shield him from an effort by hardliners to remove him.
Jacob Leary · April 18, 2024
The township board voted to move ahead with the project in Homer Glen, as some residents and the village mayor asked for a delay to allow more public input and further studies.
Ken Adams · March 12, 2024
Mayor John Whitmire says the agreement ends an eight-year dispute, though the terms remain confidential pending a judge's approval.
Kendra Konchanuk · March 1, 2024
Council member Shahana Hanif, the chamber's only female Muslim member, called for shunning the mayor's Ramadan events because he has not backed a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, drawing a sharp rebuke from City Hall.
Jacob Leary · February 29, 2024
In hours of oral argument on Monday, several justices signaled concern about state laws that would restrict how large platforms remove users and posts, in cases experts call among the most significant First Amendment disputes in a generation.
Juan Gonzalez · February 26, 2024
