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New research examines how a Chinese company struggled to develop its predictive surveillance technology while U.S. restrictions were in place.

The Democratic battle over a House seat in New York City has reignited old tensions over gentrification, identity and who gets to define the left.

The candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, will face a senator from the left-wing party of the outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, in a June runoff.

Congressional primaries in Manhattan, Brooklyn and beyond could test the strength of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist movement and reverberate across the country.

Jim Rigby, a pastor who rarely uses the word “God,” is a key to understanding the Senate candidate trying to pull off something unusual in Texas.

With the midterm elections five months away, many Americans who backed President Trump are wrestling with pain at the pump and the war in Iran.

Graham Platner, whose contest in Maine is a key to Democrats’ hopes of winning the Senate, sought to discredit reports that he had exchanged sexual messages with women outside his marriage.

It is up to us to be honest with ourselves and stop the descent into the fantasy worlds Trump loves to create.

A new poll shows former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra (D) holding a 6-point lead as the frontrunner in the final days leading up to the June 2 California gubernatorial primary race. The Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey released Saturd

Iran has accused the Trump administration of ceasefire violations and will move to close the Strait of Hormuz and stop exchanging messages with the U.S. through intermediaries, Iran’s state-affiliated outlet Tasnim News Agency reported Monday. The report, translated from a post o

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday defended Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner amid a string of controversies, including a new bombshell report about him sending sexually explicit texts to women other than his wife. Murphy said he hadn’t followed the texting story as closel

Former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Sunday warned against political pressure on the central bank, saying it “has been undergoing a stress test.” “If any administration finds a way to remove Fed officials over policy differences, then future administrations will do so as

“Welcome to the Golden Age!” says a banner on the White House website.  Maybe it’s golden for Trump and his family, who’ve made billions by cashing in on the presidency, and for their ultrarich friends whose political influence rises along with their wealth. But it’s not so golde

Let’s look at Xavier Becerra’s record on the death penalty.

Senate Republicans will try to get on the same page as President Trump amid stark differences over security for a White House ballroom and a $1.776 anti-weaponization fund. Their goal is to finish a budget reconciliation package, while some in the House GOP press for a third. Plu

A flight bound for Spain from New Jersey returned to Newark Liberty International Airport after the name of a passenger’s Bluetooth device raised security concerns.  Officials did not reveal the name of the device but did note it was a “certain four-letter word” and was “compromi

President Trump is using a series of large-scale events to rally political support for his administration, featuring military displays, fireworks, and statues of historical figures, while downplaying his past criticisms of military veterans and other controversial topics.

President Trump on Monday urged Democrats and “seemingly unpatriotic Republicans” to stop “chirping” about the administration’s negotiations with Iran and allow him to hammer out a deal without pressure from both sides of the aisle. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that Iran

Amy Gertner, the wife of Maine Senate Democratic candidate Graham Platner, is calling coverage of her husband’s reported past texting with multiple women “shameful,” arguing in a video it is “gossip” that takes attention away from serious issues. “If anybody knows me and Graham p

It is hard to think of a force that is more sorely lacking and desperately needed in American politics today.

Tina Peters, a former elections clerk in Colorado who was the first local official convicted over efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election, left prison on Monday after President Trump pressured Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) to commute her sentence. The Colorado Departmen

If Donald Trump wants history and the Nobel committee to recognize him as a peace president, he has a strange way of going about it.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) notified Senate Democrats on Monday they will make a coordinated effort to eliminate the Trump administration’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, which Schumer called a “slush fund.” Schumer said he will force Republicans to v