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Inside Lutnick’s Epstein testimony

A spokesperson said the commerce secretary answered nearly 400 questions.
Howard Lutnick Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Collins launches first general election ad in Maine

The ad nods to her seniority as Senate Appropriations chair and her sway in Washington.
Screenshot of adScreenshot/YouTube/Susan Collins

Graham’s Democratic opponent hits him on ballroom funding

“That will go over like a lead balloon in South Carolina,” Democratic challenger Annie Andrews said of the ballroom funds.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.Kylie Cooper/Reuters

Rubio lands in Italy at difficult moment

President Donald Trump has recently criticized Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Marco Rubio Evan Vucci/Reuters

Stocks climb on US-Iran deal hopes

Stocks climbed globally and oil prices fell on optimism that the US and Iran were nearing an end to their stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz.
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeBrendan McDermid/Reuters

Republicans prepare for long-term redistricting domination

The “gerrymandering wars” have gone better than Democrats expected at the start, but they shouldn’t celebrate yet.
Demonstrators gather to protest against efforts by the state’s Republican leadership in redistricting congressional election maps, during a special session of the Senate State and Local Government Committee at the Cordell Hull building in Nashville, TennesseeSeth Herald/Reuters

Left-wing groups targeted in new Trump counterterrorism plan

It’s the first version of the strategy released during the president’s second term.

Macron threatens ‘bazooka’ in US trade talks

US President Donald Trump threatened last week to increase tariffs on European vehicles, accusing the bloc of reneging on an agreed deal.

Lutnick faces grilling on Epstein relationship

The commerce secretary is likely to face pointed questions from lawmakers about the nature and extent of his Epstein connections.

CFTC eyes Minnesota as next front for prediction markets fight

Chair Mike Selig is monitoring states that advance legislation that would ban or regulate prediction markets.

GOP risks ‘distraction and liability’ with East Wing money

Republicans’ party-line immigration bill provides $1 billion for securing President Donald Trump’s East Wing project.

Rubio heads to high-stakes sitdown with the pope

The secretary of state maintains the trip was planned before the Iran war strained relations between the pope and President Donald Trump.

White House downplays Hormuz flare-ups

President Donald Trump characterized the renewed attacks in the waterway as a “skirmish.”

Vance heads to Iowa amid tight House race

The state is also a convenient stop to meet voters in the shadow 2028 presidential race.

He’s back: Biden returns to the campaign conversation

One reason why he jumped in may be his enduring popularity with the Democratic base, even among voters who think his reelection attempt was a mistake.

‘I don’t completely fit in’: John Kennedy keeps Republicans guessing

Quotable and inscrutable at once, the Louisiana senator is the rare faithful conservative who still confounds the party.

US to announce Norway’s inclusion in Pax Silica group with aim to counter China

Norway will be the consortium’s 15th member.

US ramps up pressure on China over Iran

The US ramped up pressure on China over the Iran war, setting up a showdown between the superpowers days before President Donald Trump’s planned visit to Beijing.