Politics

What to know about the fake election poll numbers shared and retracted by a mysterious company

By Steve Peoples, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Ken Sweet, Associated Press

Locked in a competitive reelection race, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared on social media last week that a new poll was evidence that her campaign was “gaining momentum.”…

WATCH: Trump talks about North Korea, interest rates while hosting cryptocurrency leaders at the White House

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump held court on Wednesday with several cryptocurrency and finance leaders for an event on digital assets.

WATCH: Trump previews new White House helipad

By Will Weissert, Collin Binkley, Associated Press

At times, the president sounded almost like a construction manager, singing the praises of granite over asphalt in painstaking detail and noting for reporters he brought out for the show that the stone could withstand 35,000 pounds per square inch…

Trump picks White House aide Dr. Heidi Overton to lead FDA

By Ali Swenson, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

Overton is a medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council who has worked on several of President Donald Trump's second-term health initiatives.

Sen. Darline Graham avoids giving direct answer to national security question in S.C. debate: 'Not my thing'

By Meg Kinnard, Matthew Junkroski, Associated Press

It was a high-profile misstep a week before she faces a runoff election in her bid to hold onto the South Carolina seat to which she was appointed last month.

Americans have elected only 3 Black governors. This year, 8 major party candidates are on the ballot

By Bill Barrow, Steven Sloan, Associated Press

With Florida Republicans nominating U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds on Tuesday, there are eight Black major party gubernatorial nominees — men and women, Democrats and Republicans — on November ballots.

Democratic socialist Angie Nixon won the Senate primary in Florida. Can she win in November?

By Matt Brown, Associated Press

Nixon's upset sets up a long-shot challenge to U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, a former state attorney general who Gov. Ron DeSantis selected to fill the seat after it was vacated by Marco Rubio, who Trump chose as secretary of state.

'No serious dispute' that Comey's seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Prosecutors also called into question Comey's account that he had found the seashells in the numerical arrangement of “86 47” while walking on a beach in North Carolina and suggested that his May 2025 post on Instagram was an effort…

Kennedy Center tells court it won't try to restore Trump's name to the building before Sept. 8

By Steven Sloan, Associated Press

In a status report filed late Tuesday, opponents of the move said members of the Kennedy Center's Trump-aligned board “seem intent” on defying an earlier court order requiring the president's name to be removed from the building.

Trump says U.S. and Canada reached last-minute deal to delay 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports

By Paul Wiseman, Rob Gillies, Associated Press

The announcement, which Trump made on his social media platform, buys time for more negotiations and avoids, for now, another strain in already tense relations between the historic allies.