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South Carolina Democrats expected to celebrate after failure of Trump-backed redistricting push

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Democrats may be in a more celebratory mood than usual as they gather Friday in South Carolina, a state led almost entirely by Republicans. The party is holding events days after the GOP-led state Senate shot down an effort backed by ...
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Bessent argues US was ‘asleep’ on economic security, Trump policies waking it up

By David Lawder May 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will argue on Friday that President Donald Trump's economic policies are helping to reverse decades of policy failures that left U.S. supply chains vulnerable and its economy too dependent on adversaries including China. In ...
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US Treasury rolls out Trump Accounts app nationwide

May 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of the Treasury said on Thursday it had launched Trump Accounts on app stores nationwide, advancing a policy initiative that aims to create millions of investment accounts for children. People who signed up for the accounts began receiving ...
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Trump administration sues four states for denying ICE undercover license plates

By Nate Raymond BOSTON, May 28 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is suing to challenge the refusal of four U.S. states to issue confidential license plates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, saying the states have long provided them to other law enforcement ...
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Treasury pushing plans for $250 bill with Trump’s portrait and signature, sources say

(WASHINGTON) -- Trump administration officials have pushed the office tasked with printing the nation's money to move forward with designing a commemorative $250 bill with President Donald Trump's portrait and signature, should legislation to create the new currency pass, according to two people with ...
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DHS Secretary Mullin threatens to pull agents from Newark airport over ICE detention center protests

(NEWARK, N.J.) -- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin amped up his threats Thursday to pull Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents who process international passengers at Newark Liberty International Airport to help control protesters outside of New Jersey's Delaney Hall detention center.Mullin continued to ...
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5 Southern Democratic chairs say South Carolina should lead off 2028 presidential primary calendar

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Democratic leaders in a handful of southern states are lobbying for South Carolina to reprise its role as the party's first-in-the-nation state to cast primary ballots in 2028, arguing that the state best represents the initial playing field for presidential ...
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What to know about Louisiana’s effort to redraw congressional districts before the midterm elections

Republican lawmakers in Louisiana are poised to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district that elected a Democrat in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that its map constituted an illegal racial gerrymander. A redistricting plan under consideration Thursday in the state House would give ...
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Talarico walks back comments on religion and gender after Paxton’s win

(WASHINGTON) -- Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee in the pivotal U.S. Senate race in Texas, appeared on Wednesday to walk back some of his past comments on religion that have become a major line of attack in the race against Republican ...
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‘I don’t care about the midterms’: Trump makes clear he’s in no rush to reach deal with Iran

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump said during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday that he isn't concerned about making a deal soon with Iran, adding that he doesn't "care about the midterms" in what he said he thinks is the regime's calculation that he has ...
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Michigan Democrats get a chance to make their case for the Senate and their party’s future

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Democrats are hoping to hold on to an open U.S. Senate seat as the party fights to win back a majority in Washington. But they first must settle their own arguments. The top three candidates competing for the nomination ...
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Americans are dropping out of Obamacare, especially in Kentucky

By Amina Niasse and Ahmed Aboulenein NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) - More Americans are dropping out or being kicked off Obamacare health insurance for non-payment than in past years, according to data through April from half a dozen states that sell the plans themselves. The ...
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