Politics

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., talks about the policies of President Donald Trump and Republican supporters in Congress as he holds a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats plan vast oversight of Trump administration, with impeachment on the table

By Lisa Mascaro

September 26, 2026 at 3:39 p.m.

House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda if the party sweeps control in the...

Democrat Sen. John Kennedy, left and Republican Richard Nixon, right, as they debated campaign issues at a Chicago television studio on Sept. 26, 1960. Moderator Howard K. Smith is at desk in center. (AP)

Today in History: Kennedy and Nixon face off in Chicago

By Associated Press

September 26, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Sept. 26, 1960, the first nationally televised debate between presidential candidates took place as...

President Donald Trump greets supporters as he arrives on the stage at the Republican convention Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

President Trump said he would campaign in midterm battlegrounds. He’s starting in deep red states instead.

By Jill Colvin

September 25, 2026 at 9:42 p.m.

President Trump will hold rallies next week in Durant, Oklahoma, and Mobile, Alabama, where he...

Executive assistant to the President Natalie Harp looks on as US President Donald Trump (off frame) signs an executive order about quantum computing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2026. President Trump signed two orders on quantum computing. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump’s MAGA beauty standards ‘exhausting’ for press secretary, female staffers

By Martha Ross

August 19, 2026 at 8:46 a.m.

For Karoline Leavitt and other women working for Trump, the daily beauty routine can be...

Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, center, waves next to his wife Erika, while standing on stage with their children Darin, left, Damon, second from left, and Mason during at a primary election party Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Americans have only elected 3 Black governors. This year, 8 major party candidates are on the ballot.

By Steven Sloan

August 19, 2026 at 8:36 a.m.

Across 250 years, only three elected governors out of thousands have been Black –- all...

FILE – Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov speaks to journalists during a joint press conference with Sweden’s Defense Minister Pal Jonson in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office is probed for corruption as fired defense minister demands elections

By Barry Hatton

August 19, 2026 at 8:40 a.m.

Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies announced Wednesday that they are investigating senior officials in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s...

FILE – Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

‘No serious dispute’ that James Comey’s seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say

By Eric Tucker

August 19, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

The Justice Department is defending its prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, saying “there...

Florida Republican congressman and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds addresses members of the Hispanic Police Officers Association in Doral, Fla., after receiving the group’s endorsement, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

US Rep Byron Donalds wins GOP nod for Florida governor against Ex-Rep David Jolly for the Democrats

By Bill Barrow

August 18, 2026 at 9:31 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds won the Republican nomination for Florida governor and former Rep. David...

An F/A-18F Super Hornet prepares to make an arrested landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury, on Feb. 28, 2026. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Flossmoor collects toiletries for ‘hometown grown sailor’ aboard USS Lincoln as state officials demand answers

By Evy Lewis

August 18, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

Flossmoor neighbors are collecting toiletries to send to a sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln...

Northwestern Medicine’s existing Orland Park campus looking southwest, June 30, 2026, in Orland Park. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Orland Park approves $275 million Orland Park Northwestern cancer center

By Olivia Stevens

August 18, 2026 at 2:09 p.m.

The Orland Park VIllage Board approved plans Monday for a $275 million cancer office and...

Dark oil residue covers parts of the shoreline at Shib Deraz Beach on Qeshm Island, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, amid ongoing wartime attacks on vessels and infrastructure in and around the Strait of Hormuz, though the spill’s source has not been independently determined. (Amirhosein Khorgooei/ISNA)

President Donald Trump says US has no talks planned with Iran and other news from the Middle East

By Associated Press

August 18, 2026 at 5:34 p.m.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has no talks planned with Iran but...

United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, center, leaves the U.S. Department of Commerce following a meeting with Canadian officials, in Washington, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Kelly Geraldine Malone/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on Canadian imports

By Rob Gillies

August 18, 2026 at 10:04 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was delaying the 50% U.S. tariffs on $20 billion...

Florida Republican congressman and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds talks with a member of the Hispanic Police Officers Association in Doral, Fla., after receiving the group’s endorsement, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

What to watch Tuesday: Redistricting scrambles Florida as Alaska pits Dan Sullivan v. Dan Sullivan

By Mike Catalini

August 18, 2026 at 7:49 a.m.

As a long and contentious primary season nears its end, attention is turning to Florida,...