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U.S. politics: the White House, Congress, the courts and the campaigns, and what each move means.
Florida officials had asked justices to hear lawsuit accusing California and Washington of improperly granting licenses to immigrant involved in fatal crash.
All eyes focus on the Republican Senate runoff between incumbent John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with other key contests across the state.
GOP officials worry President's controversial actions are undermining party chances as midterm campaigns intensify across key battleground states.
Courts across America are struggling with an influx of AI-generated legal filings from plaintiffs representing themselves.
Republican leaders express growing concern that the president's behavior could damage the party's chances, with one retiring senator bluntly stating "the stupid stuff is killing our chances."
President Trump shared a Brady Bunch-style grid placing Barack Obama, James Comey, John Brennan, James Clapper, Susan Rice and three other former Obama officials in orange prison jumpsuits, drawing rebukes from House Democrats and at least one Republican senator and reigniting concerns about prejudicing the pending Comey prosecution.
Current and former FBI officials say new internal directives let the bureau claim credit for any case in which an agent was simply present, inflating the 39 percent violent-crime arrest jump Patel touted during Police Week and prompting at least three Senate Republicans to seek a private leadership briefing.
Maine Senate candidate blamed private equity for destroying "our favorite baseball team" before NESN cited intellectual property violation.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to New Delhi to explain President Trump's aggressive trade and immigration policies affecting Indians in the United States.
Two recent Justice Department moves align the agency with Trump's efforts to whitewash the events of January 6, 2021.
After a year targeting undocumented immigrants, the Trump administration pivots to making it harder for legal migrants to remain in the country.
Two recent Justice Department moves align the administration with President Trump's efforts to whitewash the events of that day.
More than three-quarters of Americans, including majority of Republicans, say president's policies have increased local cost of living.
CDC announces plans to block legal permanent residents who traveled to Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan citing limited screening capabilities.
Republican leaders abruptly cancelled the planned vote on a measure directing Trump to end the conflict or seek authorization, facing internal opposition and absences.
The economic backdrop that the new Fed chair inherits does not call for the interest rate cuts that President Trump wants.
President's surprise social media announcement reverses Defense Department decision from last week, catching military officials off guard.
President cites ongoing military conflict and "other things" as obstacles to attending Don Jr.'s planned ceremony.
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GOP lawmakers are exploiting a deficit-reduction mechanism to bypass normal spending procedures and push through immigration-related appropriations.
WatchThe Trump retribution campaign claims its biggest scalp yet in the suburban Cincinnati 4th District, after defense secretary Pete Hegseth and pro-Israel super PACs dumped record sums into ads punishing Massie for votes against Israel aid, the 2025 reconciliation bill and the GOP’s Speaker fights.
The acid-tongued Democrat who served 16 terms, chaired the House Financial Services Committee through the 2008 financial crisis and married James Ready in 2012 in the first same-sex marriage by a sitting member of Congress, died Tuesday night at his summer home in Ogunquit, Maine.
WatchThe Trump-endorsed senator and former Auburn football coach defeated Ken McFeeters and Will Santivasci after surviving a residency challenge, while Jones — the last Democrat to win statewide in Alabama — claimed the Democratic nomination in a state Trump carried by 30 points in 2024.
The amended ROAD to Housing Act expands federal home-construction loans, pushes localities to ease permitting and zoning, broadens manufactured housing and softens the Senate's Wall Street investor ban — drawing White House support and only 13 dissenting votes in the chamber.
The veteran community activist believed self-reliance, rather than government programs, was the key to fighting racism and poverty.
Republican senators express anger as the president works to unseat their colleagues, creating more free agents willing to defy him in Congress.
President's preferred candidate ousts Kentucky incumbent while democratic socialist wins Pennsylvania primary with AOC backing.
WatchPresident Trump said Tuesday he halted a planned U.S. military strike on Iran after Saudi, UAE and Qatari leaders called to plead for restraint, while Iran handed Washington a sweeping new offer demanding all war, sanctions and nuclear issues be resolved within 30 days.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the new Justice Department fund — created without congressional approval as part of Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit settlement — in his first appearance before Congress, declining to say whether convicted Capitol attackers could collect.
The bipartisan H.R. 7432 cleared the House without a single dissenting vote Tuesday, codifying the first lady's top legislative priority and delivering the most significant overhaul of the federal Chafee program since it was created in 1999.
The president sided with the embattled state attorney general one week before runoff voting closes, blowing apart Senate GOP leadership's push for Cornyn and putting Paxton on a clear glide path to the Republican nomination.