Politics

Obama to campaign with El-Sayed in Detroit as ex-president gets more involved in midterms

By Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press

Obama is upping involvement in the midterm election. He taped two dozen ads last week for Democratic candidates for governor and Senate that will be released in the coming days and weeks.

Supreme Court rejects Michigan woman's appeal over school's ban on 'Let's Go Brandon' sweatshirts

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The mother of two boys says their First Amendment rights were violated when they were told to take off the sweatshirts she bought them for Christmas in 2022.

Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt lands her next gig as Fox News contributor

By Associated Press

Leavitt follows Kayleigh McEnany, the former press secretary who joined Fox in 2021.

Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84

By Michael Tarm, Herbert G. McCann, Associated Press

Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007 and spent more than a year in prison later in life, died Saturday of natural causes at his home while receiving hospice care.

Supreme Court rejects Roy Moore's push to restore $8.2 million defamation verdict awarded to him

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Justices declined to hear Moore's appeal of a lower court decision that vacated the verdict.

WATCH: Trump campaigns with Ricketts in Nebraska, signs order on red-dyed diesel

By Nick Ingram, Seung Min Kim, Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

President Donald Trump on Monday took his Republican midterm rescue mission to Nebraska, where he signed an executive order to ease limits on the tax-free use of red-dyed diesel, a decision he said would save “millions” for farmers and drive…

Jeffries says House Democrats aiming to repeat 2018 sweep by flipping Trump districts

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The Democratic Party is working to expand the map by going on offense in Republican-held districts, while President Donald Trump hits the trail in a red-state sprint to boost voter enthusiasm and shore up support from his base.

LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case seeking damages from fossil fuel industry for climate change

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Brittany Peterson, Associated Press

On Monday, the first day of the Supreme Court's new term, the justices will hear the Boulder case that could decide the fate of others like it.

Despair over future fuels political anxiety for college students on the cusp of adulthood

By Jacqueline Ganun, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

Their anxiety is fueling a restlessness with a national political system that they worry is no longer capable of improving their lives or no longer interested in helping.

Trump names national intelligence director Jay Clayton to lead a new federal AI task force

By Associated Press

The announcement comes after Trump hosted top executives of AI companies at the White House last week and said they had signed a voluntary accord that would effectively self-police the development of the technology.