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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s emergence as an unrivaled force in Republican Party fundraising has put the 57-year-old lawmaker from California on a glide path to the speakership, provided his party sweeps the November midterm elections.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Council members in Pittsburgh have voted unanimously to ban single-use plastic bags at businesses in a year.

Cam Newton is once again under fire for sexist comments.

Newton, who in 2017 said it was “funny” to hear a woman asking a legitimate football question, said on a podcast Monday that he doesn’t like women who “don’t know when to be quiet.”

“Now a woman for me is ...

The House Oversight and Reform Committee sent a 20-page letter Tuesday to the Federal Trade Commission, urging the agency to review a “troubling, long-running, and potentially unlawful pattern of financial conduct” from the Washington Commanders and owner Dan Snyder.

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried has died “after a long illness,” his family said Tuesday.

Performing an abortion in Oklahoma will be a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday — just three days after lawmakers in Maryland went the other direction by expanding not only who can perform abortions but ...

Congresswoman Liz Cheney raised almost $3 million in campaign contributions over the first three months of the midterm election year, continuing her record-breaking fundraising streak as she attempts to defend her seat against a Trump-backed challenger.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a top Cabinet aide are being fined for a series of social events that violated the Johnson government’s own protocols at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a scandal that has come to be known as “Partygate.”

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced he won’t be donating money to help state and local officials administer the 2022 election, or any other election in the future, following criticism that the nearly $400 million he injected into the 2020 presidential contest unfairly bolstered Democratic turnout.

Conservative investors are becoming shareholder activists to battle what they call the "woke" gender and race policies of America's corporate boardrooms.

Former President Donald Trump blasted Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill McSwain on Tuesday, saying the former federal prosecutor did “absolutely nothing” to investigate Mr. Trump’s claims of election fraud in 2020.

In Mutual Loan Co. v. Martell, the court ruled laws require "concrete conditions" that show their need to exist ("Biden's 'ghost gun' crackdown draws fire from GOP," Web, April 11). Without these, a law is unconstitutional.

Two recent commentary articles highlight the deterioration of America's deterrence capabilities ("Biden's change in nuclear power weakens deterrence," Web, March 31 and "The space weapons race is here," Web, April 11). The writers' aim: to convince the Biden administration that significant changes are needed if we are to retain security ...

The political left is celebrating the dubious ascendancy to the Supreme Court of a liar and a dyed-in-the-wool leftist. During her confirmation hearings, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson fashioned her responses (and non-responses) not in accordance with the law and common sense, but to appeal to leftists and her fringe-group supporters.

China’s test of an orbiting hypersonic missile last year demonstrated Beijing’s longest range land attack weapon and is part of a growing arsenal of space warfare capabilities, according to a Defense Intelligence Agency report on space threats released Tuesday.

By the end of President Biden’s first term in office, 20% of America’s population will be here illegally, having crossed through an open southern border, according to a startling new estimate.

Editor’s note: This is one in a series examining the Constitution and Federalist Papers in today’s America.

The 2020 presidential election was decided by just 42,000 votes in three states. If the 37 electoral votes in Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia had flipped the other way, President Biden would not be president right now. During the toss-up election we experienced in 2020, both sides were looking for innovative ...

Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm wasn’t exactly overcome with brotherly love for Philadelphia fans on Monday.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump slammed Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill McSwain on Tuesday, complaining the former federal prosecutor did “absolutely nothing” to investigate Trump’s false claims of widespread election fraud after Democrat Joe Biden won the state in 2020.

Sen. Joe Manchin III blamed President Biden on Tuesday for skyrocketing inflation, saying the White House failed to take rising prices seriously for months.

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday bashed federal efforts to lessen his App Store’s dominance of e-commerce, saying it will leave iPhone users more vulnerable to cyberattackers.

A rural Texas school district is moving to a four-day workweek this fall to cope with an ongoing teacher shortage.

Maryland Terrapins fans who were sad to see Shakira Austin transfer out of the program two years ago will now be able to cheer for her as a professional.

Russian state TV pundits known as “Americanists” are floating a 2024 U.S. presidential bid by former President Donald Trump with former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as his running mate.