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Pritzker mocks Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario amid trade discussion breakdown
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday renaming Lake Ontario, the smallest of the Great Lakes by surface area,…
Minnesota’s Hennepin County tops U.S. in federal spending
Hennepin County in Minnesota has received the most federal spending of any county both in Minnesota and the U.S. overall…
Shapiro dismisses ‘online conspiracy theories’ about contested measles deaths
Gov. Josh Shapiro said Friday he won’t engage with “online conspiracy theories” about what the Department of Health is classifying…
Trump-endorsed congressional Republicans in south Texas trailing in polls
In South Texas, where nearly all border counties flipped red in support of President Donald Trump in the last two…
Wisconsin congressmen split on Trump’s Lake Ontario name change
President Trump’s order to change Lake Ontario’s name to Lake America is getting mixed reactions in Wisconsin from Republicans and…
Poll: Inflation still tops voters’ concerns before midterms
Inflation remains the issue American voters rank as most important heading into the midterms, with prices topping their list of…
Mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz; more oil flowing
All mines have been cleared from the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. continues to enforce a full naval blockade…
Battleground congressional candidates weigh in on Shapiro’s data center rules
Races up and down the ballot around the country for the 2026 midterm elections have something in common: the issue…
22 state AGs question National Academies’ taxpayer funding amid ‘sham’ of a review
Twenty-two state attorneys general are questioning taxpayer funding of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine amid what the…
California attorney general: Trump can’t interfere with voting
California Attorney General Rob Bonta stands by a lawsuit he’s co-leading to stop President Donald Trump's executive order on mail-in…
Education Department takes action to protect parental rights in Kansas
The Trump administration will take action to protect parental rights in Kansas after an investigation revealed that three school districts…
NRA launches 13-state bus tour ahead of midterm elections
The National Rifle Association launched its first national bus tour Thursday as the group tries to get gun owners to…