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U.S. politics: the White House, Congress, the courts and the campaigns, and what each move means.
The American Foreign Service Association says layoffs, forced retirements and buyouts have stripped the U.S. of decades of crisis-response experience and rare language skills just as global conflicts multiply.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the taxpayer-funded payout program created in a settlement with the president, after a Jan. 6 prosecutor sued and roughly half the Senate GOP threatened to kill it.
Mayor Ras Baraka restricted movement near the GEO Group-run facility after weeks of protests, a detainee hunger strike, and arrests of people carrying weapons.
Amy Gertner told Platner's campaign in 2025 he had sent sexually explicit messages to other women early in their marriage, the latest controversy in a pivotal race against Susan Collins.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has repeatedly curtailed journalists' access in the Pentagon, raising concerns about transparency.
Decision appears driven by anti-diversity stance rather than merit-based considerations, raising concerns about military leadership.
Analysis shows the United States has engaged in numerous military operations worldwide since the president returned to office.
A bizarre political coincidence will put two candidates with identical names on the same ballot, creating potential confusion in the state's Republican primary race.
The Democratic governor has vetoed 31 bills from her own party's legislature, sparking criticism that her moderate positions are dividing Virginia Democrats.
David Rush, a longtime CIA operative, had contact with Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg during Trump's first term, though officials say the two men were not close.
At a security conference in Singapore, Pete Hegseth outlined conditions for Asian military leaders to receive priority US support.
The methodically planned strategy is designed to pressure noncitizens, including many with legal status, to leave the United States through economic hardship.
The modest drop marked the first decrease in homelessness in nearly a decade, though the Housing and Urban Development report was published months later than usual.
New strategy targets domestic groups alongside traditional threats like Islamic terror organizations and narcoterrorists, marking shift in federal priorities.
A Virginia judge temporarily blocked the administration from transferring money until court arguments can be heard in June.
The Trump administration's months-long campaign against suspected trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific has now killed nearly 200 people. The Pentagon's watchdog is reviewing whether targeting rules were followed.
About 300 detainees stopped eating to protest spoiled food and squalid conditions at the GEO Group-run center. Outside, federal agents fired pepper balls at demonstrators and six protesters were arrested.
Enhanced health screenings target passengers from Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Uganda amid ongoing outbreak concerns.
Vice President's speech comes as Pentagon advances artificial intelligence integration into warfare systems, sparking debate over autonomous weapons.
Under the settlement, plaintiffs receive a formal apology but no damages, while Gov. Gavin Newsom and New York vow to tax 100% of any payouts and Senate Democrats push a matching excise tax.
The Office of Strategic Capital is weighing debt and equity deals that could give the federal government direct ownership of domestic drone manufacturers, a plan likely to draw conflict-of-interest scrutiny.
Many Gen Z men who voted for Trump express dismay with his presidency but say Democrats haven't offered compelling alternatives.
American forces targeted attack drones and ground control stations in southern Iran as a potential cease-fire hangs in the balance.
The Indiana university becomes the latest institution to pay workers who lost their jobs for criticizing the conservative activist after his assassination.
The 82-year-old former president argues in a 47-page complaint that releasing the 2016 and 2017 interview recordings with memoir collaborator Mark Zwonitzer to the House Judiciary Committee and the Heritage Foundation would be "an unwarranted invasion of privacy" because they contain extended conversations about his son Beau's 2015 death.
Dana White's "UFC Freedom Fights 250" will mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, Flag Day, and Donald Trump's 80th birthday with 85,000 free tickets and a closed five-mile flight-restriction zone, drawing accusations from Sen. Elizabeth Warren that the South Portico is being turned into "a personal monument to one man's vanity."
The 24-vote cloture defeat — after a personal speakerphone lobbying appeal from President Trump and three weeks of rushed hearings — preserves the majority-Black 6th District the 84-year-old former House Majority Whip has held since 1993 and is the second major redistricting setback for the White House in three weeks.
The agreement — more than five times the size of the company's last DHS deal — gives ICE officers cloud access to BI2's 4.2-million-record biometric database, drawing alarm from the ACLU and Sen. Ron Wyden, who warn the rollout amounts to construction of the largest civilian iris-recognition system in U.S. history.
The controversial candidate's GOP runoff win for Railroad Commissioner could put a traditionally safe Republican seat in play.
The Democratic Senate nominee has been fundraising and building party unity while Republicans battled in high-profile primary contests across the state.