In 1860 and 1948, two election years when racial issues predominated, there were two Democratic parties, each with its own nominee: John C. Breckinridge and Stephen A. Douglas in the 19th century, and...

At least 5 of the 7 state Senate challengers he endorsed were successful. COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — A majority of Republican Indiana state senators whose opponents were endorsed by President Donald Trump ...

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Vice President JD Vance, making his first trip to Iowa since taking office, promoted the administration’s tax and tar...

Same old, same old: Target Trump At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Donald Trump was the target of yet a third assassination attempt—this time in full view of the Washington press co...

When he talks about the role of religion in the founding of the United States, historian Gregg Frazer does not attract eager audiences. “Neither side really wants to hear what I say,” says Frazer, a p...

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Aheavily armed California man was caught trying to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner Saturday with the apparent intent to kill the president. It didn’t take long for Washington to start arg...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of delay, the House voted Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, and send the bipartisan package to...

“I’ve studied assassinations, and I must tell you, the most impactful people, the people that do the most ... they’re the ones that they go after,” President Trump told reporters after the latest atte...

By BEN FINLEY, STEPHEN GROVES, DAVID KLEPPER AND KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war in Iran, D...

YET AGAIN, POLITICAL VIOLENCE is demanding attention. In 2025, an arsonist scaled a fence, slipped past security and set fire to the governor’s residence in Harrisburg while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his ...

The recent assassination attempt on President Donald Trump set off a round of soul-searching about the state of American society. There is clearly something deeply wrong in a nation that has seen the ...

In other news ... With great issues of war and peace swirling across the globe, with questions of international law in the air, with the world economy facing fresh challenges, with the plate tectonics...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Supreme Court killed his favorite tariffs in February, President Donald Trump promptly rolled out temporary import taxes to replace them. But those stopgap levies expire in ...

It is difficult to determine whether the bizarro worldview of the current Democrat-media nexus can simply be attributed to either its generic Trump Derangement Syndrome or the attendant Wile E. Coyote...

He’s in a strong position to be reelected, but his influence on other state races could be significant. LOCK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) — Josh Shapiro may be heavily favored to win reelection as Pennsylvania gov...

CHICKENS ARE NOT INHERENTLY political, but they can be dragged into politics clucking and crowing. French King Henry IV is believed to be the first to wish “a chicken in every pot” for his people in t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was somberly contemplative and unusually conciliatory after confronting what he saw as a third attempt on his life in less than two years. He suggested that hi...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has a contested Republican primary for governor fast approaching, but there are few signs that the top candidate sees it as a competitive race. Vivek Ramaswamy has parlayed ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran’s foreign minister, the White House said Friday, as officials in the South A...