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U.S. politics: the White House, Congress, the courts and the campaigns, and what each move means.
The governor said his soldiers were sent only to help with America 250 events near the National Mall — not the block-by-block 'presence patrols' that mirror President Trump's federal task force across the capital.
A rule finalized Friday scraps a definition on the books since 1981 that treated habitat destruction as harm — meaning bulldozing a nest or clear-cutting a forest is no longer illegal so long as the animal itself isn't directly killed.
After a 2021 sexual-assault allegation collapsed his support and Chuck Schumer pulled national money, Platner filed withdrawal papers days before the deadline. Maine Democrats now have until July 27 to pick a replacement.
On a 50-state 'Returning Education to the States' tour, Education Secretary Linda McMahon is defending President Trump's drive to dismantle her own department — even as courts and Congress stand between her and its abolition.
WatchThe $400 million Boeing 747-8 gifted by Qatar is missing the laser jammers and countermeasures on the older presidential jets, and the Secret Service urged Trump to fly the old plane home from Turkey as the Iran conflict flared.
The federal lawsuit targets Maryland's new Community Trust Act, arguing that limits on cooperation with ICE are unconstitutional. It is the latest in a string of suits against Democratic-led states.
WatchA Domestic Policy Council report titled 'Saving America's Story' accuses the National Museum of American History of 'extreme political activism' and hands eight museums a 120-day deadline to fall in line ahead of the nation's 250th birthday.
In an unsigned order with no noted dissents, the justices refused to block Texas's App Store Accountability Act, the first law of its kind requiring age checks and parental consent before minors can download apps.
WatchThe 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act becomes law Friday, barring the largest institutional investors from scooping up more single-family homes as prices hit a record.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion striking down Trump's executive order, joined by two conservatives and the court's three liberals.
The Democratic nominee suspended his campaign after a woman accused him of a 2021 assault, an accusation he flatly denies. Maine Democrats now have until July 27 to pick a replacement to challenge Susan Collins.
The president removed all three remaining commissioners of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, leaving the only federal agency devoted to election administration with no one able to act.
A federal appeals court refused to block the payout from the 2023 jury verdict that found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which cleared Congress with overwhelming majorities, will take effect this week even though the president canceled his own signing ceremony and called the measure a 'big yawn.'
WatchThe 84-year-old Kentucky senator has not been seen in public since June 14, when paramedics were sent to his home for an 'unconscious person' and a dispatcher logged a cardiac arrest. His office insists only that he 'continues to improve.'
National Democrats gave Platner an ultimatum over a sexual assault allegation, and party figures are already eyeing his spot in the marquee race against Susan Collins.
The DOJ wants full registration lists with Social Security and driver's license numbers. So far, no court has sided with the department — and a dozen states have handed the data over voluntarily.
The justices affirmed that children born on U.S. soil are citizens regardless of their parents' status — a decision researchers say protects a group projected to add trillions to the economy.
The annual financial reports show the justices' outside income is driven largely by book deals, while only two members reported gifts and Chief Justice John Roberts reported none at all.
The State Department's commemorative passport for America's 250th anniversary depicts President Trump at the Resolute Desk, and it is issued only in person, by appointment, at a single office in Washington.
Lawmakers will convene Aug. 3 to advance a constitutional amendment that could clear the way for an 8-0 Democratic congressional map, escalating the national gerrymandering war.
The justices took up challenges to assault-weapons bans in Illinois and Connecticut — the first time the court will directly rule on the constitutionality of such laws.
The suit says U.S. agencies shared confidential records — including claims of religious conversion and LGBTQ persecution — with Tehran through the Pakistani embassy.
With state Sen. Mallory McMorrow out of the race, Michigan's Aug. 4 Democratic primary narrows to a high-stakes showdown between Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive Abdul El-Sayed.
Prominent Democrats including Elizabeth Warren pulled their endorsements after a sexual assault claim, throwing the party's best shot at Susan Collins into chaos.
Roughly 700 members of the white nationalist group, faces covered and carrying Confederate and inverted American flags, moved through Washington near the Capitol and Union Station as the country marked its 250th Independence Day.
WatchThe president used a 'Salute to America 250' keynote to praise his Iran war, warn of 'communists' and vow to restrict mail-in ballots — an unusually political Fourth of July address delivered after severe weather forced a two-hour evacuation of the Mall.
A 55-page report alleges donors who thought they were funding the official America250 commission were quietly rerouted to a Trump-aligned group — conduct the authors say may amount to wire fraud.
An Arizona case headed to the justices in October could reshape a decades-old protection that bans systematic voter removals within 90 days of a federal election.
The cost-cutting initiative launched by Elon Musk reached the expiration date written into its charter, ending an 18-month experiment that reshaped the federal workforce but fell far short of its goals.