Iowa judge rules against Libertarian candidates, keeping their names off the ballot for Congress

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three Libertarian candidates seeking U.S. House seats in Iowa will not appear on the ballot this November following a judge's ruling Saturday, upholding a state election panel’s decision. The ruling came in an appeal by the candidates after the State...

House Republican unveil bill to avoid shutdown. Senate Democrats say they're wasting precious time

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans unveiled on Friday their legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month and fund the government into late March, when a new president and Congress would make the final decision on agency spending and priorities for fiscal year 2025....

House Republicans subpoena Secretary Blinken for testimony on US withdrawal from Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have issued a subpoena demanding testimony from Secretary of State Antony Blinken as they wrap up a sprawling yearslong investigation into the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Rep. Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House...

Robert Burke wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Massachusetts' 8th Congressional District

Race for Alaska's lone US House seat narrows to final 4 candidates

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two candidates who combined received just over 1% of the vote in Alaska's U.S. House primary last week can advance to November's ranked choice general election. Matthew Salisbury, a Republican, and John Wayne Howe, who is chairman of the Alaskan Independence...

Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again. In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan,...

Tulsi Gabbard, who ran for 2020 Democratic nomination, endorses Trump against former foe Harris

Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has endorsed Donald Trump's presidential bid, furthering her shift away from the party she sought to represent four years ago and linking herself to the GOP nominee's critiques of Vice President Kamala Harris and the chaotic Afghanistan War withdrawal. ...

Judge accepts insanity plea from man who attacked Virginia congressman's office with bat

A northern Virginia man who attacked staffers in the district office of U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly with a baseball bat was found not guilty by reason of insanity Monday. A Fairfax County judge accepted the insanity plea from Xuan-Kha Tran Pham, 50, of Fairfax on charges that included...

Trump-backed Alaska Republican withdraws from US House race after third-place finish in primary

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump, withdrew from the race for the state's lone seat in the U.S. House on Friday after finishing third in this week’s primary. Her decision left second-place finisher...

Judges dismiss suit alleging Tennessee's political maps discriminate against communities of color

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judicial panel has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Tennessee's U.S. House maps and those for the state Senate amount to unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. “In sum, the complaint alleges facts that are consistent with a racial gerrymander,"...