2+ week, 1+ day ago   (378+ words) Under President Donald Trump, the Transportation Security Administration is seeking to replace federal TSA screeners with private contractors in more airport security lines. Twenty US airports already use private screeners through the TSA’s Screening Partnership Program, or SPP, which launched…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1080+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to continue construction on a new White House ballroom with a temporary stay issued Friday—just before the aboveground portion of the project was about to be halted. Chief Justice John Roberts,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (567+ words) “What It Will Take to Win the 2028 Democratic Nomination,” by David Plouffe (Opinion guest essay, Aug. 18), closed with a plea for presidential candidates to “offer the party and the country something distinctive enough that they should be our nominee and…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (599+ words) President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said this weekend that his former defense minister was wrong to call for national elections and that holding a vote in the middle of war could divide Ukraine. “Elections right now would be a tsunami…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (646+ words) The war in the Middle East is increasingly unpopular. So is the president as his numbers dip perilously — a common development in the sixth year of a presidency. Congressional Republicans are embroiled in unsavory scandals. Americans are shelling out big…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1582+ words) Big-city mayors are giving poll workers panic buttons in case election skeptics question their work. County and state officials are gaming out responses to immigration raids near voting centers. Lawyers for Democratic states and civic groups are pre-writing legal challenges…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (442+ words) The August recess used to be prime time for the congressional town hall. Scores of lawmakers, freed from their duties in D.C., would tour their districts and engage directly with constituents. While not always cordial, such interactions have been a hallmark…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1055+ words) Across Ohio, a state that receded from the nation’s political battle zone as its voting patterns turned an ever deeper shade of red, signs of discontent this year are everywhere. In packed public forums, residents rage about data center projects....

3+ week, 30+ min ago   (212+ words) A federal judge in New York has ruled that President Donald Trump and the US State Department overstepped their authority when they suspended the processing of visa applications for people from 75 nations earlier this year, a move that critics at…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (768+ words) On Saturday, Trump followed through on a threat to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports. Those levies kicked in after last-ditch negotiations failed, and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney quickly responded with retaliatory tariffs due to take effect…...