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Which states will host 1st Democratic primaries? DNC will decide amid momentum, diversity debates

(WASHINGTON) -- Friday marks a key procedural deadline for how Democrats will figure out which states will hold the first presidential nominating contests of 2028, amid broader debates within the party over diversity and voter representation, and which states will show which candidates are ...
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Venezuelan opposition leader is confident about return of democracy but says little of her plans

WASHINGTON (AP) - Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Friday she's confident of her country's eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicolás Maduro. But when pressed, she took pains to avoid giving details on her plans to return ...
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Emergency calls reveal chaos after Minneapolis ICE shooting as city braces for more unrest

By Brad Brooks, Joseph Ax and Renee Hickman MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Newly released transcripts of 911 calls and emergency dispatch records detail the chaotic and dangerous scene that unfolded after a U.S. immigration officer fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis, an incident that ...
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Trump to pardon former Puerto Rico governor Vazquez, CBS News reports

Jan 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is issuing a pardon to Puerto Rico's former Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced, who was previously indicted in a federal corruption case, CBS News reported on Friday, citing multiple sources. (Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones and Bhargav ...
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Trump tells Hassett he may want to keep him at White House

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday praised economic adviser Kevin Hassett at a White House event and said he may want to keep him in his current role, as the president considers his nominee ...
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Democratic senator’s bill would prevent political appointees from serving as an IG

(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth is introducing legislation Friday that would put restraints on the current and former political appointees to be nominated as inspectors general. The Inspector General's Independence Act would bar President Donald Trump and future presidents from nominating political appointees who ...
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Governors head to White House on Friday to unveil deal to curb power prices, sources say

(Corrects wording in headline) By Jarrett Renshaw and Tim McLaughlin WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Governors from U.S. states seeing a rapid expansion in data center construction will visit the White House on Friday to sign an agreement with the Trump administration intended to curb ...
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Senators worry that US Postal Service changes could disenfranchise voters who cast ballots by mail

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A group of mostly Democratic U.S. senators sent a letter Thursday to the U.S. Postal Service, voicing concern that mail processing changes could affect postmark dates for mail-in ballots during an election year that will determine control of Congress. Updated agency ...
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US judge dismisses Justice Department lawsuit seeking California voter details

By Sara Merken NEW YORK, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit that sought an unredacted statewide voter registration list from California. U.S. District Judge David Carter in Santa Ana said the Justice Department's claims were insufficient under ...
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Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit seeking detailed voter information from California

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against California that sought detailed voting records and personal data on its 23 million registered voters, concluding that the government's request was "unprecedented and illegal." The Trump ...
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Tensions escalate as Trump threatens Insurrection Act, Blanche accuses Minnesota governor of ‘terrorism’

(MINNEAPOLIS) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to send in the U.S. military as tensions intensify in Minneapolis following a second shooting in a week involving a federal officer amid Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the city."If ...
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US seizes 6th tanker in the Caribbean

(WASHINGTON) -- The United States seized another tanker in the Caribbean Thursday morning, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced -- saying in a social media post that the vessel was "operating in defiance of President Trump's established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in ...
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