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U.S. politics: the White House, Congress, the courts and the campaigns, and what each move means.
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.