Politics: Latest & Breaking US Political News | AP Newshttps://apnews.com/hub/politicsPolitics: Latest & Breaking US Political News | AP News - Powered by RSSHubRSSHubcontact@rsshub.app (RSSHub)enSun, 26 Jul 2026 14:01:26 GMT5House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries kicks off 100 days till midterms with affordability agendahttps://apnews.com/article/house-midterms-election-affordability-trump-d1d9d0cd0c3ed3b53a7f812a6bd2e7a6https://apnews.com/article/house-midterms-election-affordability-trump-d1d9d0cd0c3ed3b53a7f812a6bd2e7a6Cori Bush and Wesley Bell’s rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missourihttps://apnews.com/article/missouri-congress-cori-bush-wesley-bell-a2d8c60a470a03791e61c1e8aafc0dadhttps://apnews.com/article/missouri-congress-cori-bush-wesley-bell-a2d8c60a470a03791e61c1e8aafc0dadAirstrikes have paused and talks are pressing forward. But can the US and Iran take the off-ramp?https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-trump-diplomacy-netanyahu-d491158a4c9a1d3429a87a6ed58f2f72https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-trump-diplomacy-netanyahu-d491158a4c9a1d3429a87a6ed58f2f72How to run for reelection in a messy Congress? It’s not easyhttps://apnews.com/article/trump-congress-midterm-elections-speaker-johnson-hakeem-jeffries-efc398bf8d133d4cd8c1776295cf02a8https://apnews.com/article/trump-congress-midterm-elections-speaker-johnson-hakeem-jeffries-efc398bf8d133d4cd8c1776295cf02a8Talarico is trying to win back Hispanics along the Texas border who swung toward the GOPhttps://apnews.com/article/talarico-paxton-senate-texas-hispanic-latino-border-d6738428b4af4d2e13191b1ff1fd058dhttps://apnews.com/article/talarico-paxton-senate-texas-hispanic-latino-border-d6738428b4af4d2e13191b1ff1fd058dTrump says ‘serious’ talks are going on with Iran but warns US is ‘locked and loaded’https://apnews.com/video/trump-says-serious-talks-are-going-on-with-iran-but-warns-us-is-locked-and-loaded-a3c02cc2091649818db63cdd2366582fhttps://apnews.com/video/trump-says-serious-talks-are-going-on-with-iran-but-warns-us-is-locked-and-loaded-a3c02cc2091649818db63cdd2366582fWhite House: Saudi nuclear deal ‘contingent’ on normalizing relations with Israelhttps://apnews.com/video/white-house-saudi-nuclear-deal-contingent-on-normalizing-relations-with-israel-ce756d7414b546588034c50582628e7ehttps://apnews.com/video/white-house-saudi-nuclear-deal-contingent-on-normalizing-relations-with-israel-ce756d7414b546588034c50582628e7eTrump expands a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high utility bills from AI data centershttps://apnews.com/video/trump-expands-a-voluntary-pledge-to-protect-consumers-from-high-utility-bills-from-ai-data-centers-ef1e227df6234536b3613f8d17c58b0ahttps://apnews.com/video/trump-expands-a-voluntary-pledge-to-protect-consumers-from-high-utility-bills-from-ai-data-centers-ef1e227df6234536b3613f8d17c58b0aHow Americans describe the US ahead of 250th anniversary, according to new AP-NORC pollhttps://apnews.com/projects/poll-america-250-united-states-description/https://apnews.com/projects/poll-america-250-united-states-description/Mamdani proves his power with New York endorsements, plus more takeaways from Tuesday’s primarieshttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-zohran-mamdani-new-york-78d9cc60faff70ffe27fd8d7f6dc1355https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-zohran-mamdani-new-york-78d9cc60faff70ffe27fd8d7f6dc1355Tracking U.S. House retirement announcementshttps://apnews.com/projects/2026-congressional-retirements-tracker/https://apnews.com/projects/2026-congressional-retirements-tracker/Tracking approval and key issues: The latest AP-NORC pollshttps://apnews.com/projects/polling-tracker/https://apnews.com/projects/polling-tracker/Why Texas’ redistricting plan isn’t a sure bethttps://apnews.com/article/texas-us-house-midterms-election-redistricting-gerrymandering-e56d03c72b6cf7bbb321671e03a5c1bbhttps://apnews.com/article/texas-us-house-midterms-election-redistricting-gerrymandering-e56d03c72b6cf7bbb321671e03a5c1bbWhere big spending won – and lost – in the Illinois primaryhttps://apnews.com/article/illinois-chicago-us-house-senate-elections-campaign-finance-spending-024edf168fdb09c0d0a08a75152d9217https://apnews.com/article/illinois-chicago-us-house-senate-elections-campaign-finance-spending-024edf168fdb09c0d0a08a75152d9217The first midterm primaries of 2026, by the numbershttps://apnews.com/article/midterm-primaries-texas-north-carolina-results-takeaways-4c3280bbca4e98ba9530211735c95650https://apnews.com/article/midterm-primaries-texas-north-carolina-results-takeaways-4c3280bbca4e98ba9530211735c95650As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety rulehttps://apnews.com/article/nuclear-regulatory-commission-radiation-protection-cancer-exposure-e826975521db31e166e8d291ef355908https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-regulatory-commission-radiation-protection-cancer-exposure-e826975521db31e166e8d291ef355908Small businesses file lawsuits against Trump’s new sweeping tariffshttps://apnews.com/article/tariffs-trump-forced-labor-fd55d81461c38892a03c322bfcc46e95https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-trump-forced-labor-fd55d81461c38892a03c322bfcc46e95The ‘rockets and feathers’ effect: Inflation eases but grocery bills do nothttps://apnews.com/article/grocery-prices-expensive-inflation-causes-0fcd7a7c1e0d1ca36165604bb706b6adhttps://apnews.com/article/grocery-prices-expensive-inflation-causes-0fcd7a7c1e0d1ca36165604bb706b6adAmericans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 yearshttps://apnews.com/article/grocery-shopping-prices-food-affordability-8468c1d6532ca762bbcfa17e3c7707d1https://apnews.com/article/grocery-shopping-prices-food-affordability-8468c1d6532ca762bbcfa17e3c7707d1Maine Democratic delegates choose Troy Jackson as new nominee to face US Sen. Susan Collinshttps://apnews.com/article/maine-senate-susan-collins-platner-troy-jackson-a5f89f03b6a9aace01f4e829befb7809https://apnews.com/article/maine-senate-susan-collins-platner-troy-jackson-a5f89f03b6a9aace01f4e829befb7809Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politicshttps://apnews.com/article/trump-clean-energy-grants-chris-wright-09d26d615869ce06dd6bb2c047f636cbhttps://apnews.com/article/trump-clean-energy-grants-chris-wright-09d26d615869ce06dd6bb2c047f636cbBiden drops lawsuit seeking to block release of recordings of his interviews with a ghostwriterhttps://apnews.com/article/biden-special-counsel-heritage-foundation-ghostwriter-congress-841a4834bbc044e156fa334b55666827https://apnews.com/article/biden-special-counsel-heritage-foundation-ghostwriter-congress-841a4834bbc044e156fa334b55666827Trump orders new signs outside Smithsonian saying some exhibits are inaccuratehttps://apnews.com/article/trump-smithsonian-history-exhibit-signs-d04879c33b518fe3acb91a4fb41c6a30https://apnews.com/article/trump-smithsonian-history-exhibit-signs-d04879c33b518fe3acb91a4fb41c6a30Supreme Court litigator gets 6 years in prison for tax evasion case after gambling millions on pokerhttps://apnews.com/article/thomas-goldstein-supreme-court-blog-tax-evasion-618a0a2f1bdf9643886b607073fee91dhttps://apnews.com/article/thomas-goldstein-supreme-court-blog-tax-evasion-618a0a2f1bdf9643886b607073fee91dWhat to know about Trump’s latest tariffshttps://apnews.com/article/tariffs-forced-labor-trump-supreme-court-160b5c76b005a5d703cdcc4644f7cdc9https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-forced-labor-trump-supreme-court-160b5c76b005a5d703cdcc4644f7cdc9Sons of man shot and killed by ICE in Houston demand accountability at congressional hearinghttps://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-houston-texas-congress-2f603ff0db2652a254ffd029354833f0https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-houston-texas-congress-2f603ff0db2652a254ffd029354833f0Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorses Haley Stevens in Democratic US Senate primaryhttps://apnews.com/article/michigan-whitmer-stevens-elsayed-a638d52f9a9c0cd86c82e266aa505297https://apnews.com/article/michigan-whitmer-stevens-elsayed-a638d52f9a9c0cd86c82e266aa505297Virginia study on groundwater, data centers calls for tighter water regulationshttps://apnews.com/article/data-centers-virginia-groundwater-gov-spanberger-study-564e5d3c2520190bbfa5c7dbd0c6409fhttps://apnews.com/article/data-centers-virginia-groundwater-gov-spanberger-study-564e5d3c2520190bbfa5c7dbd0c6409fMandatory child death review program gets fraction of requested funding as counties strugglehttps://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-child-death-review-program-funding-61d53e7f68b6f32711bcd05bb50c2d0dhttps://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-child-death-review-program-funding-61d53e7f68b6f32711bcd05bb50c2d0dHow a push to protect parental rights is reshaping Texas’ foster care systemhttps://apnews.com/article/parental-rights-texas-foster-care-system-12231cbe1831ea62fcf99605140af363https://apnews.com/article/parental-rights-texas-foster-care-system-12231cbe1831ea62fcf99605140af363Trump says the US will investigate EU trade practices, claiming the bloc unfairly fined tech giantshttps://apnews.com/article/trump-eu-trade-tech-fine-google-2e125ac0d3c1ac7a96c9194a372ba47ehttps://apnews.com/article/trump-eu-trade-tech-fine-google-2e125ac0d3c1ac7a96c9194a372ba47eWhite House wants veterans to replace immigrant truckers who lost their licenses in crackdownhttps://apnews.com/article/military-veteran-truckers-cdl-license-waiver-immigrants-e06bfe13fbc3aa0c13e58c212746229fhttps://apnews.com/article/military-veteran-truckers-cdl-license-waiver-immigrants-e06bfe13fbc3aa0c13e58c212746229fOutbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite linked to 4 more stateshttps://apnews.com/article/cyclospora-outbreak-fda-diarrhea-lettuce-4aa41a7eea5246bf7a3510f667c11bdehttps://apnews.com/article/cyclospora-outbreak-fda-diarrhea-lettuce-4aa41a7eea5246bf7a3510f667c11bdeTrump returns to correspondents’ dinner for a rambling, insult-filled speech 3 months after shootinghttps://apnews.com/article/correspondents-dinner-trump-shooting-white-house-dfa0ecdbe3552910903d5c23a8e96a35https://apnews.com/article/correspondents-dinner-trump-shooting-white-house-dfa0ecdbe3552910903d5c23a8e96a35What to know about Troy Jackson, Maine Democrats’ likely nominee for US Senatehttps://apnews.com/article/troy-jackson-maine-senate-susan-collins-graham-platner-d4eeccd7bc51235ce5bb1a3e136c5170https://apnews.com/article/troy-jackson-maine-senate-susan-collins-graham-platner-d4eeccd7bc51235ce5bb1a3e136c5170Wisconsin voters sue to allow for vote to count if absentee ballot is latehttps://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-election-absentee-ballot-lawsuit-c86dfc69a3e07072329209cc048768bdhttps://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-election-absentee-ballot-lawsuit-c86dfc69a3e07072329209cc048768bdDemocrats select South Carolina to kick off presidential nominating contest in 2028, leave Iowa outhttps://apnews.com/article/democrats-presidential-nominating-calendar-2028-b3d153a33e39bd9e5ebcce3c58e9e84chttps://apnews.com/article/democrats-presidential-nominating-calendar-2028-b3d153a33e39bd9e5ebcce3c58e9e84cFederal judges allow new Tennessee congressional map that splits majority-Black district in Memphishttps://apnews.com/article/tennessee-redistricting-memphis-congressional-district-a043e21920d7214d1eca88b779d0caa8https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-redistricting-memphis-congressional-district-a043e21920d7214d1eca88b779d0caa8Alaska sends 3,000 letters asking voters to verify their citizenship ahead of this year’s electionshttps://apnews.com/article/alaska-elections-citizenship-voting-primary-9e4db5ee464efe244928e3c9db119ff6https://apnews.com/article/alaska-elections-citizenship-voting-primary-9e4db5ee464efe244928e3c9db119ff6Nearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California’s primary despite efforts to count every votehttps://apnews.com/article/california-primary-rejected-mail-ballots-voting-2291684fe4544cab2301f8965abc8f79https://apnews.com/article/california-primary-rejected-mail-ballots-voting-2291684fe4544cab2301f8965abc8f79Liberal Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court is not a rubber stamp for Trumphttps://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-scotus-kagan-roberts-tariffs-trump-52ed3c9cd7a5b999653b78b6859fe00ehttps://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-scotus-kagan-roberts-tariffs-trump-52ed3c9cd7a5b999653b78b6859fe00eNext stop, Trump Station? Administration wants to rename New York’s Penn Stationhttps://apnews.com/article/new-york-penn-station-redesign-trump-rename-aa6988e6d41bd060cad5435c9c2eb674https://apnews.com/article/new-york-penn-station-redesign-trump-rename-aa6988e6d41bd060cad5435c9c2eb674They’re on our flag, but do long-gone grizzly bears belong in modern California?https://apnews.com/article/study-california-grizzly-bears-debate-39198f79c975fb600d25fcd91318b5bchttps://apnews.com/article/study-california-grizzly-bears-debate-39198f79c975fb600d25fcd91318b5bcHaitians, Hondurans, Salvadorans cope with protected status decisionhttps://apnews.com/article/immigrants-cope-temporary-protected-status-massachusetts-c2636e03b825f9a917f9fe69dc137688https://apnews.com/article/immigrants-cope-temporary-protected-status-massachusetts-c2636e03b825f9a917f9fe69dc137688Trump imposes double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries as his 10% levies are set to expire Fridayhttps://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-forced-labor-4ea091eeee3fa1bfbe55af3f482e6bc1https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-forced-labor-4ea091eeee3fa1bfbe55af3f482e6bc1