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U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat who has represented Maine’s 2nd Congressional District for eight years, said he will not seek reelection next year.
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and seven other Republican senators have rolled out legislation intended to plug loopholes exploited by foreign donors to funnel cash into projects impacting US
New York City has a new Mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani. His victory is being celebrated by the Indian-American community. They see it as a historic moment. This win signifies that immigrant stories are now influencing the national conversation.
In early 2022, Stanford medical student Santiago Sanchez set out to organize a campus debate with Jay Bhattacharya — a professor at the university whose outspoken denunciations of pandemic lockdowns made him a right-wing icon and a lightning rod both inside and outside the school.
Off-year races in Virginia, New Jersey, California and beyond are seen as key early barometers of how voters are feeling about Trump and Democrats.
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Maine Democrat to leave Congress, citing ‘plain nastiness' in US politics
Maine, will not seek reelection in 2026, citing rising threats, political violence and what he calls growing "incivility and plain nastiness" in U.S. politics. Golden, who announced his decision in a Bangor Daily News op-ed,
More than two weeks after President Donald Trump said he would halt “all payments” to Colombia, there has not been any interruption to the assistance, even after the administration sanctioned the country’s President Gustavo Petro accusing him of playing a “role in the global illicit drug trade.
The U.S. Senate on Friday rejected legislation that would resume paychecks for hundreds of thousands of federal workers during the longest shutdown in U.S. history, as Democrats and Republicans remained at odds over how to reopen the government.
"New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, in his victory speech, celebrated the fall of the Cuomo political dynasty and promised to usher in a new generation of change. NEW YORK CITY MAYOR-ELECT ZOHRAN MAMDANI: Thank you,
Following a night of Democratic electoral victories, one-time GOP presidential candidate and DOGE chief Vivek Ramaswamy admitted, “We got our a--es handed to us."
Margaret Atwood's long-awaited memoir "Book of Lives" shares how Trump's 2016 and 2024 elections influenced "The Handmaid's Tale" series.