The Trump administration plans to continue using emergency authority to stop coal-fired power plants from retiring, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Energy Department has already issued emergency orders to halt the retirement of two fossil fuel-fired plants, and plans to use the same process to keep others operating, said the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani railed against President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” on Wednesday during an appearance in the Bronx, warning of the devastating impact its cuts will have on New Yorkers’ health care while doubling down on criticism of his competitors and their Trump ties.

The Democratic nominee sounded ...Read more

In a sprawling road trip Wednesday around Kentucky’s Fourth Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie and Sen. Rand Paul provided updates on what’s happening in Washington and answered myriad questions from constituents.

“There was no rhetoric in here, there was nobody screaming,” Massie said outside the Robertson County Community...Read more

Walt Disney Co. is preparing for President Donald Trump to retaliate against the company for putting late-night host Jimmy Kimmel back on the air Tuesday night.

The company had been anticipating the Trump administration might go after its broadcast TV licenses even before ABC’s late-show host made his controversial Sept. 15 remarks about the ...Read more

President Donald Trump is among the chorus of Republican elected officials condemning Democrats for anti-ICE rhetoric following a deadly shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas.

Trump, in a Wednesday afternoon post on Truth Social, said he’d been briefed on the shooting, where one detainee was killed and two were...Read more

U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey said Texas’ governor was “focused on border theater” following a shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas. The ICE facility at 8101 N. Stemmons Freeway is in Veasey’s congressional district, which includes parts of Tarrant and Dallas counties. Early in the day, Veasey, a Fort Worth ...Read more

A bigger-than-life statue of President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein flirtily holding hands in a dance-floor-worthy pose disappeared from the National Mall on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after it mysteriously materialized.

The anonymous artists who erected the 12-foot-high statue inscribed with a tribute to Friendship Month had a permit to...Read more

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday called for federal lawmakers to negotiate, to focus on providing “basic functions” for people, rather than accepting a government shutdown.

Congress has until midnight on Sept. 30 to avoid a federal shutdown. On Friday, Sept. 19, House Republicans and one Democrat passed a stopgap that would have funded...Read more

ATLANTA — One of the nation’s most prominent anti-abortion organizations plans to spend $4.5 million to defeat Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America said Wednesday it will bankroll a digital ad campaign, direct mail and early vote outreach targeting 1 million voters before Election Day.

Field ...Read more

Conservative Hispanic influencers and political groups came out Tuesday to support Republican U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar’s bipartisan proposal to offer undocumented immigrants who entered the United States years ago a chance to legally remain working and living in the country.

Groups like the Libre Initiative and Christian Family ...Read more

Democrat Adelita Grijalva has won the special election to succeed her father, the late Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, in Arizona’s 7th District, becoming the first Latina elected to Congress from the Grand Canyon State.

A former Pima County supervisor, the younger Grijalva was leading Republican small-business owner Daniel Butierez 71% ...Read more

Most Republicans believe it is acceptable for President Donald Trump to instruct the Department of Justice to prosecute his political opponents, according to a new YouGov poll.

The survey — conducted Monday — comes after Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to take action against three of his rivals: Sen. Adam Schiff, former FBI Director ...Read more

In less than a week, the federal government will once again exhaust funding authorized by Congress, which would force the closure of nonessential services and could result in the temporary furlough of hundreds of thousands of workers.

Despite the urgency of the moment and disruptions that would occur as a result, federal leaders are slouching ...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday said Trump administration officials “appear to be in direct violation” of her order warning against making prejudicial comments about Luigi Mangione during his death penalty case, demanding an explanation and threatening sanctions.

Manhattan Federal Judge Margaret Garnett’s order came...Read more

NEW YORK — United Nations officials are blaming President Donald Trump’s team for high-profile snafus affecting an escalator and teleprompter during the president’s Tuesday appearance at the world body’s headquarters.

Trump used the embarrassing incidents to portray the global body as dysfunctional but the U.N. says neither one was its ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland’s U.S. attorney may help determine the outcome of President Donald Trump’s pursuit of criminal cases against his political enemies.

Two of the president’s political targets — California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff and former national security adviser John Bolton — live in Maryland.

Trump has said each should be...Read more

WASHINGTON — A national anti-abortion group, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, announced Wednesday it's planning to spend $4.5 million on a push to flip Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat to Republican control.

Their message is that the Democratic Senate candidates are all abortion "extremists," aiming to reach 1 million voters by Election ...Read more

This week, the Trump administration announced that it was taking "bold action" to address the "epidemic" of autism spectrum disorder — starting with a new safety label on Tylenol and other acetaminophen products that suggests a link to autism. The scientific evidence for doing so is weak, researchers said.

Health and Human Services Secretary ...Read more