U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before his departure from Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on May 15, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has concluded his two-day trip to China, spending the final day engaging in talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Communist Party’s headquarters in Beijing.
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) is greeted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony in Beijing on May 14, 2026. Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping for the second day of their summit on May 15, with Iran and Taiwan expected to dominate the agenda. The war
Even if majority-minority districts need to be redrawn, Rep. Greg Meeks said, “We’ve got to get more Democrats.”
The Louisiana State Capitol building in Baton Rouge, on April 17, 2020. Chris Graythen/Getty Images The Louisiana Senate approved a new U.S. congressional map on May 14. The legislation, which advanced 27–10 along party lines on Thursday afternoon, will redraw one of the Pelican State’s two majority-Democratic U.S. House districts ahead of the midterm elections.
The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it is investigating claims of sexual harassment made against Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.). The committee said in a statement it is “reviewing allegations” that Edwards “may have created or fostered a hostile work environment and engaged in sexual harassment” in violation of the House’s code of conduct. The announcement…
A lab technician performs a DNA extraction to aid in identifying and tracking the hantavirus at the Faculty of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences in Cordoba, Argentina, on May 13, 2026. Diego Lima/AFP via Getty Images Health officials are investigating a potential hantavirus case in Illinois that is not linked to the MV Hondius cruise
Today, we celebrate the 222nd anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the moment when American pioneers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, together with their team of explorers, embarked on a daring expedition into the American West, testing the limits of human endurance and forever altering the very destiny of our Nation. With the