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U.S. politics: the White House, Congress, the courts and the campaigns, and what each move means.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told House lawmakers the DOJ is 'not moving forward with the fund, period,' abandoning a payout tied to a settlement of Trump's lawsuit over his leaked tax returns.
The former Indiana representative was found guilty in 2023 of trading stock related to two deals before they were made public.
Democrat Xavier Becerra and Trump-backed Republican Steve Hilton emerged from a crowded top-two primary, while state Sen. Scott Wiener advanced in the contest to succeed Nancy Pelosi.
Bankhead, a Helena-based veteran and former federal investigator, captured the Democratic nomination over former state Rep. Reilly Neill, giving the party a fresh face in its bid to flip a Republican-held Senate seat.
Stephen Buyer, former Republican representative from Indiana, was convicted of trading stock related to deals before they were made public.
President suggests employees who worked for Democratic administrations should be terminated as his pick takes temporary control of national intelligence.
Federal ruling invalidates policies that halted asylum grants and immigration benefits for people from 39 countries last year.
WatchThe 52-47 vote, cast just before 5 a.m. after a marathon 19-hour session, funds ICE and Border Patrol through the end of President Trump's term and preserves his contested 'anti-weaponization' settlement fund.
The Maine Republican becomes the first senator in history to reach the milestone without missing a single vote, even as she faces a challenging campaign for another term.
WatchIn a wave of interviews promoting her new memoir, the former first lady recounts watching the debate against Donald Trump in horror, while insisting she never saw signs of cognitive decline.
The long-delayed campus in Jackson Park will combine a museum, library branch, and an NBA-regulation basketball court, with a grand-opening weekend timed to the June 19 holiday.
The U.S. Trade Representative proposed new duties on 60 economies, reviving Trump's trade war months after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier tariffs.
Eighteen GOP lawmakers break party lines to join Democrats, delivering another blow to Trump's foreign policy agenda.
President commits substantial funding to revive domestic coal industry as part of broader energy independence initiative.
A Niskanen Center analysis concludes Trump's troop deployment trimmed petty property crime but left violent crime essentially unchanged — an expensive tool aimed at the wrong problem.
A new executive order reclassifies roughly 8,000 senior policy positions into an at-will category, allowing the administration to fire them for almost any reason as unions and Democrats race to court.
WatchThe president said he will nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche — once his personal defense lawyer — to run the Justice Department permanently, two months after firing Pam Bondi over the Epstein files fallout.
Chuck Schumer introduces motion requiring just 50 votes to pass, with handful of Republicans indicating potential support for the measure.
Order responds to resistance during first Trump administration when senior career officials routinely pushed back against policies exceeding legal boundaries.
Despite established procedures for bringing at-risk Americans home, administration has not articulated clear plan as outbreak threatens to become largest on record. Secretary Rubio declares U.S. "cannot and will not allow any cases of Ebola to enter the United States."
WatchThe disgraced former New York congressman, freed early after President Trump commuted his fraud sentence, is under Justice Department and CFTC scrutiny over tens of thousands of dollars in suspicious Kalshi bets, three people familiar with the trades say.
Andrew Boutros disclosed a nearly four-minute speech he gave to the panel that charged the 'Broadview Six,' as the now-cleared defendants demand the Justice Department cover their legal fees over alleged prosecutorial misconduct.
The president endorsed a joint ticket for Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio without specifying who should lead.
Voters in California, Iowa, New Jersey, Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota set November's matchups, with conservative commentator Steve Hilton surging in the race to succeed Gavin Newsom and a Trump-backed candidate falling in Iowa's governor primary.
The secretary of state told skeptical senators he was optimistic about resuming nuclear talks, even as protesters interrupted back-to-back hearings and Democrats pressed him on the war's legality.
In a closely watched habeas decision, the justices faulted a federal appeals court for relying on after-the-fact DNA evidence, drawing a sharp dissent from Justices Thomas and Alito as the term enters its final, blockbuster weeks.
WatchVoters in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota cast the first major ballots of the 2026 midterm cycle Tuesday, locking in marquee general-election matchups in the fight for Congress.
In a 2-1 decision, the D.C. Circuit said the Pentagon policy illegally removed serving transgender members. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed to appeal: 'See you at SCOTUS.'
A military campaign launched in September has killed more than 200 people in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Families and legal experts say the strikes lack any plausible legal basis.
Former Interior Secretary takes major step toward becoming first Native American woman governor in U.S. history.