The Latest Breaking News on US Politics

Senate ditches dress code as Fetterman and others choose casual clothes

The stuffy Senate is now a bit less formal

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Former Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones dies, fought to bolster health care and ethics laws in office

Former Kentucy Gov. Brereton C

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Donald Trump wrote ‘to-do lists’ on classified documents, former aide told investigators

Former president was charged in documents scandal in June

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Matt Gaetz said to be considering a run for Florida governor

Ron DeSantis will leave office in 2026 when his term runs out – or earlier if he becomes president

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Abortions resume in Wisconsin after being halted for more than a year

Clinics in Madison and Milwaukee reopen 15 months on from Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Trump official Jeffrey Clark attempts to move Georgia trial to federal court

Judge appears inclined to reject ex-DoJ official’s effort and throws out written testimony from Clark

The Guardian - US · Sep 18, 2023

Mayor Johnson OKs compromise giving restaurants 5 years to phase in higher pay for tipped workers

Tipped workers — now paid 60% of Chicago’s minimum wage — would receive annual pay increases of 8% starting next July and continuing through July 2028.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 18, 2023

O’Connell defeats Rolli in Nashville’s mayoral election

Freddie O’Connell defeated Alice Rolli in the Sept. 14 runoff election for mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. Incumbent Mayor John Cooper (D) did not seek re-election, making him the first Nashville mayor who served a full term in office to not seek re-election since 1991.

Ballotpedia · Sep 18, 2023

Maine's top elected Republican, a lobsterman, survives boat capsize from giant wave ahead of Lee

Maine's top elected Republican says he's glad to be alive after a giant wave overturned his lobster boat ahead of the remnants of Hurricane Lee

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Gov. Pritzker heads to New York to speak on abortion rights panel with Hillary Clinton

The Clinton Global Initiative panel, called “Women’s Rights are Human Rights: How to Provide Abortion Care in a Post-Dobbs World,” also includes Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki and model and philanthropist Karlie Kloss, among others.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 18, 2023