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DALLAS—Lunch at Steak ‘n Shake is served for Michael Boes. The plate in front of him has a grass-fed burger and beef tallow fries. He washes it down with cane sugar Coca-Cola. “Fast food doesn’t have to mean processed, complicated,…

Former California congressman Eric Swalwell was ordered by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) June 15 to return all donations received during his bid for governor before dropping out of the race. The agency charged with enforcing federal campaign finance laws…

A federal judge on Friday rejected former President Joe Biden’s bid to prevent the conservative Heritage Foundation from receiving redacted transcripts and recordings of conversations he had with a ghostwriter for his 2017 memoir. Although District Judge Dabney Friedrich delayed…

President Donald Trump said on Friday he will travel to Turkey and make a second trip to China at some point this year. “We’re doing a lot of trips. We’ll be going to Turkey. We’ll be going at some point…

Senators are seeking to tie Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s future travel budget to a review of a set of deadly strikes on a school in Iran, and other outstanding oversight requests before the Pentagon. The Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, issued one of his sharpest rebukes of the Democratic leadership Thursday night, saying that the party will lose the White House in 2028 if it does not fundamentally change course. “For…

President Donald Trump said on June 19 that a potential U.S. operation in Cuba could resemble the swift U.S. raid that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in Caracas early this year. In an interview with Axios, Trump said the timing…

President Donald Trump on June 19 unveiled the plane that will serve as the new Air Force One, a $400 million Boeing 747-8 luxury jet that was gifted to the United States by the Qatari government in 2025. Trump stepped…

The European Union won’t mediate discussions between Ukraine and Russia in any future negotiations to end the now-five-year-long war between the two countries, European Council President Antonio Costa said June 19. “The European Union is not—and we do not intend…

President Donald Trump said he no longer views the artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic as a national security threat. “We have a situation with Anthropic, and we didn’t like what they were doing, and so far I think they behaved…

President Donald Trump unveils the new Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews at 3:30 p.m. ET on June 19 in Maryland alongside crew members.

Taiwan’s president has asked U.S. lawmakers to support pending legislation aimed at streamlining trade between the two nations while calling for deeper cooperation in technology, trade, supply chains, and defense. President Lai Ching-te made the request on June 18 during…

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report has shifted seven House races in Democrats’ favor in its June 18 ratings update. The author of the ratings changes, Erin Covey, explained her reasoning. “The races we’re shifting from Likely Republican to Lean Republican…

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) has become the first member of Congress to sign a pledge to refuse campaign money from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and other pro-Israel groups. Khanna, a progressive often mentioned as a potential 2028…

The Department of Labor issued a demand to governors to tackle unemployment insurance fraud or face penalties, the agency said on June 17. All 50 states and three U.S. territories must immediately deal with any misuse of funds in the…

The United States has launched a ‌trade investigation into a German plan to lower its spending on pharmaceutical products, U.S. Trade Representative ⁠Jamieson Greer said on Thursday. The United States claims that there is evidence that “Germany implements unfair pricing…

U.S. President Donald Trump on June 19 responded to criticism of a memorandum that Washington signed with Tehran to end the Iran war, saying that the Iranian regime is finished and doesn’t have much of a military left. The memorandum…

The matchup in the Maine gubernatorial race was set on June 19, 10 days after the primary. Former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Hannah Pingree won the Democratic primary. Pingree defeated Dr. Nirav Shah, former principal deputy director…

As the U.S. primary season continues full steam ahead, some of the most critical 2026 Senate matchups have already been set.  From the Southeast to New England and the Rust Belt, races are taking form that will determine the makeup…

California Democrats Melissa Hernandez and Aisha Wahab advanced Thursday to an Aug. 18 special election that will determine who serves the remaining four months of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s congressional term, according to The Associated Press. Swalwell resigned in April…