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U.S. politics: the White House, Congress, the courts and the campaigns, and what each move means.
In the 10th interagency agreement to dismantle the Education Department, the Trump administration announced a three-phase plan to move all student loans — including 9.2 million in default and eventually FAFSA — to the Treasury, raising legal challenges and borrower confusion.
Oral arguments in Watson v. RNC are scheduled for March 23 — a case asking whether federal law requires ballots to be received, not just postmarked, by Election Day, with a ruling expected in June just months before the 2026 midterms.
The Trump administration cut the nation's top immigration court from 28 judges to 15, stacked it with loyalists, and used it to issue precedent eliminating bond eligibility, allowing third-country deportations, and restricting asylum — setting policy for every immigration judge in the country.
The combined 265-station company will reach more than 60% of American households after Chairman Brendan Carr waived FCC ownership limits — while New York and seven other states sue to block a deal critics say will spike cable bills and gut newsrooms.
Unpaid TSA workers are walking off the job at record rates — with callout spikes above 50% at some airports — as a DHS funding stalemate between Congress and the White House enters its fifth week with no end in sight.
Workers at the Greeley, Colorado plant that processes 8 percent of U.S. beef walked out over stagnant wages, dangerous line speeds, and denied protective equipment, in the most significant food-industry labor action since the 1985 Hormel strike.
Watson v. Republican National Committee asks whether federal law requires mail-in ballots to be received — not just postmarked — by Election Day, a ruling that could invalidate voting laws in more than a dozen states months before November.
The Oklahoma senator survived a blistering confirmation hearing in which Republican chairman Rand Paul voted against him, with Democrat John Fetterman providing the one-vote margin that sends the nomination to the full Senate.
WatchFor the first time since the war began, top U.S. intelligence officials faced Congress — and declined to back the administration's core rationale for striking Iran, as the resignation of a key counterterrorism official cast a shadow over two days of testimony.
The initiative, flowing from AG Pam Bondi's December memo, will embed IRS Criminal Investigation agents at the FBI to scrutinize funding streams at organizations deemed 'extremist' — a definition that critics say could sweep in mainstream advocacy groups.
The Defense Department sent a supplemental funding request to the White House that would be the largest single military spending ask in modern American history, as the war burns through more than $1 billion a day.
Kash Patel confirmed before the Senate Intelligence Committee that the FBI purchases commercially available movement data, reversing the position of his predecessor and alarming civil liberties advocates.
Facing a competitive primary and eyeing Trump's endorsement, Sen. John Cornyn says he'll support whatever Senate rule changes are needed to pass the SAVE America Act.
Juliana Stratton defeats two incumbent House members for the right to run for Dick Durbin's Senate seat, while Republican Darren Bailey wins a rematch with Gov. JB Pritzker.
Court halts Kennedy's plan to drop protections against hepatitis, meningitis from recommended immunizations.
SAVE America Act would require photo ID and proof of citizenship to vote.
Trump's most trusted aide will continue running the West Wing while undergoing treatment.