politics

The Republican primary already has a high-powered contest for U.S. Senate. This week, it appears the Democratic side may have one too.

In state politics, the Republican party will have a big choice for their nominee for U.S. Senate next year: incumbent Senator John Cornyn or his challenger Attorney General Ken Paxton. Now, the volume appears to be turning up on the Democratic side as well.

In Senate floor remarks, Sen. Alex Padilla recounted being forced to the ground and handcuffed in Los Angeles at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference.

President Donald Trump is attending the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, where he first held a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in “politically motivated” shootings that also left state Sen. John Hoffman and wife Yvette seriously injured.

President Trump addressed the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers, one fatally, amid a manhunt for the suspect in what officials are calling politically motivated violence.

Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids are spreading nationwide and are expected to continue into the weekend.

The New Jersey Democrat said he would be “supportive” of Musk spending money against the GOP budget bill.

The health and human services secretary is shrinking staff at health agencies and reshaping the mission of his department to focus more on alternative medicine.

The National Weather Service is down 560 employees since the Trump administration and DOGE fired workers and offered buyouts and early retirements to others. Now, a bipartisan group of legislators is introducing a bill to reclassify forecasters as “critical to public safety,” making it faster to rehire for the vacancies. Meteorologist Chase Cain has the exclusive report.

Jean-Pierre, who had been a prominent figure in Democratic politics, said she is registering as an independent.

“This book is about the virtues vital to our success as a nation and lessons we can draw from generations of Americans who fought for them,” Booker said in a statement.

Former longtime New York City Congressman and civil rights leader Charles Rangel died Monday at the age of 94, NBC New York has learned. His family confirmed the death in a statement provided to the City College of New York, according to a spokesperson for the college, where Rangel served as Statesman-in-Residence since leaving Congress. Once known as the “Lion...

Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the legislation. The state’s requirement of a Ten Commandments display follows similar laws in Louisiana and Arkansas.

Rep. Byron Donalds has Trump’s support, but both former Rep. Matt Gaetz and Florida first lady Casey DeSantis are also eyeing potential bids.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday found that the Maine legislature must count the votes of a GOP lawmaker who was censured after she identified a transgender teen athlete in a viral social-media post.

New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor said Monday that she’s charging Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center.

The same panel voted against advancing the measure, which includes massive tax cuts and changes to border security, two days earlier.

The slang term at the center of a political firestorm around former FBI Director James Comey likely originated as food-service-industry jargon before extending to other uses. In a since-deleted Instagram post, Comey shared a photo of shells in the shapes of “86 47.” He said he took it as a political message, since President Donald Trump is the 47th president,...

A now-deleted photo posted by former FBI Director James Comey has triggered a federal investigation after officials linked its message to a possible threat against President Trump.