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U.S. politics: the White House, Congress, the courts and the campaigns, and what each move means.
The first-time candidate's upset in Denver's deep-blue district positions her to become the first Gen Z woman in Congress and signals fresh peril for establishment Democrats.
A New Orleans grand jury charged the state's first female attorney general with intimidation and malfeasance, touching off what one prosecutor called a 'constitutional crisis.'
The president's annual financial filing reported income more than triple the prior year, with the biggest gains flowing from the family's cryptocurrency ventures.
Writing for the majority in NRSC v. FEC, Justice Kavanaugh said decades-old caps on coordinated party expenditures violate the First Amendment — unleashing party money months before the midterms.
Fourteen Republicans joined Democrats to block a procedural rule, stalling the must-pass NDAA and forcing Speaker Mike Johnson to start the July Fourth recess without action.
WatchMarking America's 250th anniversary, the president abandoned the unifying tone of past Independence Day addresses, branding communism a bigger threat than 9/11 and the world wars.
The justices ruled that laws in West Virginia and Idaho barring transgender girls from female teams violate neither Title IX nor the Constitution.
WatchIn a 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter, the justices erased a 1935 precedent that had shielded agency commissioners from at-will removal — though they pointedly carved out the Federal Reserve.
The Fourth of July clemency wipes out convictions for selling 'defeat devices' that bypass federal pollution limits, with the president casting the men as victims 'persecuted by the Biden Administration.'
The president called the bipartisan measure to boost home supply 'of minor importance' and refused to sign it until lawmakers deliver his sweeping elections bill, blindsiding Senate Republicans months before the midterms.
An internal memo ordered an 'immediate surge' of agents and analysts to a reinvigorated criminal investigation into Georgia's 2020 vote — the centerpiece of Trump's long-running claims that the election was stolen.
WatchChief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority in Trump v. Barbara, affirming that nearly every child born on U.S. soil is a citizen and striking down the president's day-one executive order.
The 29-year-old labor activist won more than double the votes of a veteran progressive, while Attorney General Phil Weiser captured the Democratic nomination for governor over Sen. Michael Bennet.
The president's nominee would become the first Senate-confirmed director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since 2017 as the administration accelerates mass deportations.
The justices ruled that federal pesticide law shields Monsanto from state failure-to-warn claims, a landmark win that could wipe out tens of thousands of pending cases.
In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court held that border officers need not have 'clear and convincing evidence' of a crime to bar lawful permanent residents — one of two immigration wins handed to the Trump administration in a single morning.
The International Monetary Fund said the American economy retains 'solid momentum' and praised new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's commitment to price stability, even as looming tariffs cloud the second-half outlook.
WatchThe conservative majority revived the contested "metering" policy, letting agents block migrants who have not yet set foot on U.S. soil, in one of two major immigration wins for the administration.
Trump’s former national security adviser admitted to one felony count, agreeing to forfeit roughly $2.2 million and accept a prison cap of five years.
The program’s trustees moved the depletion date a year earlier, warning that more than 70 million Americans face automatic cuts of about $500 a month unless Congress acts.
WatchThe justices ruled the president has near-unfettered power to end Temporary Protected Status, stripping deportation shields from more than 350,000 people with ripples for over a million more.
Stealth bomber flyovers and military bands set the stage as the president kicked off a World's Fair-style celebration that will fill the Mall through July 10.
In Wolford v. Lopez, the justices voided a Hawaii measure that required concealed-carry permit holders to get an owner's permission before bringing firearms onto private property open to the public.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani ruled the president's bid to build federal voter rolls and restrict mail-in voting unconstitutional, writing that 'the Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections.'
The president abruptly canceled a Capitol signing ceremony for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, but the bipartisan measure can still become law in 10 days even without his signature.
WatchA procedural motion to advance Sen. Tim Kaine's resolution failed 50-47 on Wednesday, a victory for President Trump just one day after the chamber had narrowly rebuked him.
Candidates endorsed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani ousted long-serving House Democrats on Tuesday, in a result allies hailed as a generational shift in the party.
The supplemental request, sent Wednesday, is largely meant to replenish the Pentagon after Operation Epic Fury, and lands at a politically fraught moment for lawmakers wary of the war.
U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz said there was 'no doubt' the grand-jury subpoenas were issued to damage the Minnesota governor and other Democrats over immigration enforcement.
WatchA provision in the new U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding pledging at least $300 billion to rebuild the Islamic Republic has drawn fire from Democrats and the president's own Republican allies, even as Trump insists no American taxpayer money is involved.