Democrats ask Supreme Court to let them defend political contribution limits

Remaining SCOTUS cases These pivotal Supreme Court cases are still pending 01:51 Washington — Democratic groups are urging the Supreme Court to let them defend federal limits on coordinated spending between campaigns and political committees if the high court agrees to hear a Republican case seeking to ease those restrictions. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee,

What key GOP senators want to change in Trump’s House-passed “one big beautiful bill”

Washington — The Senate this week is taking up the massive budget package containing President Trump’s second-term agenda, a measure that squeaked through the House with a one-vote margin, solely with Republican votes. Its path through the Senate seems destined to be similarly narrow, with the package almost certain to be revised, since parts of

China says U.S. violated tariff truce as trade war heats up

China on Monday said the Trump administration is undermining the temporary May 12 trade agreement between the two nations by issuing AI chip export control guidelines, stopping the sale of chip design software to China and by planning to revoke Chinese student visas. The Trump administration’s actions “seriously undermine the existing consensus reached at the Geneva

GOP-friendly group putting millions into boosting support for Trump tax agenda

A leading GOP friendly group supporting President Trump’s “one, big, beautiful bill”  is readying a $4 million advertising buy aimed at helping steer the effort through the Senate after a number of Republicans voiced concerns about the legislation as it stands.  The plans from Americans for Prosperity, first reported on by CBS News, come as

Native Americans hurt by federal health cuts, despite RFK Jr.’s promises

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation leaders took turns talking with the U.S. government’s top health official as they hiked along a sandstone ridge overlooking their rural, high-desert town before the morning sun grew too hot. Buu Nygren, president of the Navajo Nation, paused at the edge with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.