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Scalise on potential of troops in Iran: ‘We’re having a lot of conversations about what could happen next’

(WASHINGTON) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise did not refute the possibility of American ground troops entering Iran when asked on Sunday, even as many in his party have voiced concerns about such a move."There are no boots on the ground today, but we're ...
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‘JD or Marco?’: Iran war raises 2028 stakes as Trump weighs Vance vs. Rubio

By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) - As the war in Iran threatens to imperil President Donald Trump's legacy, the political stakes also are rising for two of his top lieutenants: Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The ...
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At CPAC, a generational divide over Republican support for Israel

(Removes extraneous 'exposing' in third bullet point) By Nathan Layne GRAPEVINE, Texas, March 28 (Reuters) - When former Congressman Matt Gaetz opened his speech by aligning with a Republican faction "loyal to only one nation," his message to the Conservative Political Action Conference was clear: It ...
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AI deepfakes blur reality in 2026 US midterm campaigns

By Joseph Ax and Helen Coster NEW YORK, March 28 (Reuters) - As the video opens, Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico appears to stand in front of a Texas flag, beaming. "Radicalized white men are the greatest domestic terrorist threat in our country," the U.S. ...
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Vice President Vance wins CPAC conservative meeting’s 2028 presidential straw poll

By Nathan Layne GRAPEVINE, Texas, March 28 (Reuters) - Vice President JD Vance was the Conservative Political Action Conference's choice this year to be the next Republican nominee for U.S. president, according to a straw poll released on Saturday. About 53% of the more than 1,600 ...
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Trump’s conflicting messages sow confusion over the Iran war

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says the United States is winning the war with Iran even as thousands of additional American troops deploy to the Middle East. He has pilloried other countries for not helping the U.S., only to say later he does not ...
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CPAC activists embrace Paxton as MAGA’s choice for Texas Senate over Cornyn

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - It was Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's show at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where hundreds of right-wing activists from around the country hailed him as Republicans' clear choice for U.S. Senate. After meeting with supporters behind closed doors, Paxton crowned ...
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‘No Kings’ protesters set to rally in cities and towns across the country Saturday

(NEW YORK) -- "No Kings" protesters are expected to take to the streets in more than 3,000 cities and towns across the country Saturday to again call out President Donald Trump and his controversial polices, with organizers saying this one could be the biggest ...
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Many losers, few winners in political battle over ICE funding

By Richard Cowan and Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Democrats in Congress have waged a battle to place new legal restrictions on President Donald Trump's immigration agents, knowing that they were unlikely to win Republican support but hopeful they might win a ...
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US House passes temporary funding bill to end Homeland Security shutdown

March 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives late on Friday passed legislation providing funding for the Department of Homeland Security through May 22. It faces probable defeat in the Senate, however, where Democrats are expected to oppose it. (Reporting by Richard Cowan; ...
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Idaho passes legislation criminalizing transgender use of public bathrooms

March 27 (Reuters) - Idaho's Republican-controlled legislature passed a bill on Friday to ban people in the state from using bathrooms or changing rooms that do not match the gender they were assigned at birth, in the latest restriction targeting transgender people in the ...
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With their candidates losing in metro Atlanta, Georgia GOP seeks to remove party labels

ATLANTA (AP) - With Democrats steadily wiping out Republicans electorally in the core Atlanta counties of swing-state Georgia, Republicans have a new idea: Make most local candidates run for office without party labels. The Republican-majority Georgia House on Friday gave final passage to a bill ...
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