The Obama Presidential Center is facing an employee organizing drive less than four months after opening in Chicago. Workers say staff departures, heavier workloads and changes to benefits have left them seeking a greater voice in workplace decisions. Sixty-eight employees signed an open letter announcing plans to unionize with

Justice Samuel Alito says he intends to remain on the Supreme Court through its current term regardless of whether Democrats capture the Senate in November, pushing back against speculation that he might retire while Republicans still control the confirmation process. “I intend to stick around through this term,” Alito told

Early voting is underway in Ohio, while preliminary mail-ballot figures from Florida are drawing attention to how Republicans, Democrats and independent voters are participating ahead of the midterms. For Republicans, the Florida figures show an increased share of returned mail ballots compared with the cited 2024 numbers. But Democrats

The Supreme Court confronted a consequential question Monday: whether Colorado communities can use state law to seek climate-related damages from major energy companies whose operations extend far beyond the state’s borders. But arguments in Suncor v. Boulder also exposed a preliminary hurdle. Before addressing the limits of state

The House delivered a major bipartisan victory for President Donald Trump’s anti-fraud agenda, voting 352–72 to give permanent statutory standing to a Justice Department division charged with pursuing fraud. H.R. 9576, the National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026, drew support from every Republican who voted,

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is appealing directly to American voters ahead of the November midterm elections, urging them to reject President Donald Trump’s policies as Tehran faces sustained military and economic pressure. The open letter calls for a fundamental change in American foreign policy, including opposition to

Senate Republicans advanced President Donald Trump’s personnel agenda on two fronts this week, confirming a new federal appeals court judge and approving more than 100 additional nominees through a streamlined process for executive branch appointments. The Senate voted 48–43 to confirm Justin D. Smith of Missouri to the

Washington is pursuing two separate approaches to strengthening America’s energy supply: a bipartisan Senate bill aimed at expanding domestic uranium enrichment and a presidential order intended to ease immediate diesel costs. The MORE American Fuel Act cleared the Senate with an amendment by unanimous consent on September 30. Sponsored

President Donald Trump is pursuing relief from soaring diesel costs through a coordinated international reserve release and a new domestic measure intended to expand available fuel supplies. The Group of Seven nations agreed Friday to release 100 million barrels of crude oil, diesel and other petroleum products over four months.