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Ocasio-Cortez Announces Opposition to All U.S. Military Aid to Israel
New York congresswoman says she will oppose all American military assistance, including funding for defensive systems like Iron Dome.
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U.S. politics: the White House, Congress, the courts and the campaigns, and what each move means.
PoliticsMemphis House Primary Highlights Democratic Party's Generational Tensions
The race between incumbent Steve Cohen and state lawmaker Justin Pearson exemplifies national Democratic debates over leadership transition and representation.
PoliticsTrump Says U.S. Will Exit Iran Within Two to Three Weeks
President announces withdrawal timeline as White House schedules national address on Iran for Wednesday evening.
PoliticsFired FBI Agents File Class-Action Suit Against Trump Administration Officials
The lawsuit targets FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi, claiming political retaliation for removing employees critical of President Trump.
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Supreme Court to Rule on Birthright Citizenship as Justices' Family Histories Reveal Law's Impact
As the court prepares for landmark case, justices' own family stories demonstrate how birthright citizenship has shaped who can be an American.
PoliticsTrump Administration Sues Minnesota Over Transgender Student Athletes Policy
Federal lawsuit challenges state's refusal to follow presidential directive on transgender participation in girls' sports programs.
PoliticsSupreme Court Weighs Birthright Citizenship — A Ruling Could Reshape Schools and Social Services
As oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara approach, educators and advocates warn that redefining 14th Amendment citizenship would ripple far beyond immigration into public schools and children's health care access.
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PoliticsSupreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs in Landmark 6-3 Ruling
The Court ruled the president lacked authority under IEEPA to impose sweeping import levies, sending markets surging and forcing the White House to scramble for alternative legal strategies.
PoliticsSupreme Court Battle Over Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Splits Conservative Scholars
Constitutional experts who previously agreed on 14th Amendment protections now divide over president's executive action.
PoliticsPro-Iranian Hackers Breach FBI Director Kash Patel's Personal Gmail, Publish 300 Emails and Photos
The Handala group, assessed by Western researchers as an Iranian government intelligence operation, released a decade of personal correspondence in retaliation for the FBI seizing the group's domains.
PoliticsTrump Orders TSA Back Pay as DHS Shutdown Enters New Week With No Funding Deal in Sight
The president directed the Department of Homeland Security to resume compensating TSA officers beginning Monday, but the congressional impasse between House Republicans and Senate Democrats over a DHS funding bill remained unresolved.
Politics8 to 9 Million Americans March in 'No Kings' Protests — The Largest Single-Day Demonstration in US History
Demonstrators flooded 3,300 cities on Saturday, from Manhattan to rural Wyoming, in opposition to the Iran war, ICE shootings, and what organizers described as authoritarian drift — shattering every previous record for a one-day US protest.
PoliticsVance Wins CPAC Straw Poll as Republicans Rally Around Iran War Support
Vice President J.D. Vance topped the Conservative Political Action Conference poll, while Senator Marco Rubio gained momentum among MAGA faithful as organizers dismissed narratives of Republican division.
PoliticsSix-Week DHS Shutdown Reaches Breaking Point as TSA Absences Hit Record and Trump Orders Emergency Paychecks
With 3,450 TSA officers calling out on a single day and airports in chaos, Trump signed an executive order to pay workers using unspent funds — but Congress remains deadlocked over how to reopen the department.
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'No Kings' Protests Sweep All 50 States and Multiple Continents in Third Mass Mobilization Against Trump
Over 3,200 marches took place Saturday in what organizers call potentially the largest non-violent day of action in American history, with Bruce Springsteen performing in St. Paul and 70+ arrested in Los Angeles.
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FBI Orders Investigation Files on Democratic Lawmaker at Trump Administration's Behest
Urgent instructions to gather and relay files on Representative Eric Swalwell have alarmed career law enforcement officials.
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Supreme Court Takes Up Trump Order to End Birthright Citizenship — Oral Arguments Set for April 1
The justices will hear Trump v. Barbara on Tuesday in one of the most consequential constitutional cases in decades, with the citizenship status of 255,000 children born annually in the US at stake.
PoliticsTrump Tells GOP the SAVE Act Will 'Guarantee the Midterms' as Voter ID Bill Threatens to Disenfranchise 21 Million Americans
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act would require in-person documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and end mail-in ballots — but faces a 60-vote Senate threshold that Republican leadership says it cannot clear.
PoliticsFBI Ordered to Gather Files on Democratic Lawmaker Eric Swalwell at Trump Administration's Behest
Career law enforcement officials express alarm over urgent instructions to collect and relay investigative files on the California congressman.
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CPAC 2026: Texas Senate Crowd Boos Cornyn and Cheers Paxton as Trump Endorsement Becomes the Race's Defining Question
The Conservative Political Action Conference's annual gathering turned into an unofficial Paxton pep rally, with the attorney general drawing thunderous applause while incumbent Senator John Cornyn's name was met with audible boos.
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Trump Signs Emergency Order to Restart TSA Pay as House Passes 60-Day DHS Funding Bill in Party-Line Vote
After 42 days without paychecks, 61,000 TSA workers are set to receive back pay by Monday after Trump invoked nexus funding authority — but with the Senate in recess and the House and Senate bills incompatible, the underlying shutdown crisis remains unresolved.
PoliticsSAVE America Act Senate Battle Pits Trump's 'Election Guarantee' Against Democratic Warnings of Mass Disenfranchisement
The Republican-backed bill requiring proof of citizenship to register and photo ID to vote is stalled in the Senate at 51 votes — short of the 60 needed — setting up a defining clash over American democracy ahead of the 2026 midterms.
PoliticsDan Crenshaw Becomes First House Incumbent to Fall in 2026 Primaries, Losing Texas Seat by 15 Points to MAGA Challenger
The decorated Navy SEAL and five-term congressman lost to state Rep. Steve Toth, 55.8% to 40.7%, a defeat analysts say signals the full dominance of Trump loyalty in Republican primaries.
PoliticsTrump Orders All Federal Contractors to Eliminate DEI Programs or Lose Government Business — April 25 Deadline
The executive order extends the administration's anti-DEI campaign into the private sector, threatening contractors with debarment and False Claims Act liability for non-compliance.
PoliticsIran War Emerges as Major Political Problem for Trump as Costs Mount
Historically, foreign quagmires and rising prices at home have proven to be ingredients of failed presidencies, analysts warn.
PoliticsTrump's Iran War Creates Political Problem as Quagmire and High Prices Threaten Presidency
Historically, prolonged conflict abroad and economic pain at home have been the ingredients of failed presidencies, analysis shows.
PoliticsTrump Tells Global Investors 'Cuba Is Next' in Remarks That Sent Shockwaves Through Latin America and Financial Markets
Speaking at the FII Summit in Miami Beach, the president jokingly asked the press to ignore the comment — then repeated it, prompting a sharp response from Havana.
PoliticsMillions Take to Streets in 'No Kings' Marches Across All 50 States in What Could Be Largest Day of Protest in US History
With over 3,200 events planned and speakers including Bruce Springsteen and Bernie Sanders in Saint Paul, the third round of nationwide demonstrations dwarfs previous turnouts.
PoliticsJudge Orders Charges Dropped Against Officers in Breonna Taylor Death After Trump Administration Intervention
Federal court dismisses charges following request from Trump administration, which described the prosecution as 'weaponized federal overreach' by the previous Biden administration.
PoliticsTrump's Signature to Replace 165-Year Tradition on U.S. Dollar Bills Starting This June
The Treasury Department announced Thursday that President Trump's name will appear on all new paper currency alongside Secretary Scott Bessent's, making him the first sitting president ever to sign American money.
