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U.S. politics: the White House, Congress, the courts and the campaigns, and what each move means.
California-led suit says the Transportation Department's rule drops the 2031 fleet target from 50.4 to 34.9 miles per gallon, erasing about $220 billion in fuel savings.
Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Schrama ruled the government failed to prove Mustafa al Hawsawi's 2007 statements to the FBI were voluntary. Three of the four men charged in the death-penalty case now have confessions excluded.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone's injunction bars the Department of Homeland Security from any ground-disturbing work until it complies with environmental law. It is the first court order to stop the wall's construction.
WatchConservative justices warned of 'chaos' if states can sue oil companies over climate change, while Kagan and Jackson pressed the companies. Justice Alito sat out the case.
The five aircraft, including a $108 million luxury 737, cost far more than the seller paid. Noem calls the report 'libelous' and wants a retraction; The Times is standing by it.
The former Illinois congressman died Saturday at his Plano home while in hospice care. His career ended in a hush-money case that exposed decades-old sexual abuse of teenage boys.
The Treasury inspector general says the IRS cannot reliably stop or detect snooping, failed to fire 22 people who accessed records without authorization, and left 175 taxpayers uninformed.
Money moved from border-security funds into a 'commemorative events' category on Sept. 19, and a $20 million media contract followed a day later. The White House calls the spots public service announcements.
Nearly 70% of Latino voters disapprove of the president, and Democrats lead the generic ballot among them by 24 points, double their margin two years ago.
The former Obama chief of staff, eyeing a 2028 run, says impeachment would be a 'food fight' and urges an ethics package instead.
Lamb, a former Pinal County sheriff accused of sexual misconduct, is still favored in Arizona's 5th District, but members of his own church are balking.
In a CBS News interview, the justice stood by Dobbs, said he feared assassination after the leak, and blamed Trump-era emergency appeals on a stalled Congress.
Judge David Leibowitz in Miami wrote that Congress lacked the power to pass the federal statute, which leaves voter qualifications to the states.
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar and Sen. Jim Justice have questioned the crackdown, citing detainees with no criminal records. Families of two U.S. citizens killed by agents are suing.
WatchSpeaking for 93 minutes in a Dayton-area high school gym, the president campaigned for Senate candidate Jon Husted and governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy 31 days before the midterms.
The one-time payments come from a $2 billion fund Congress created in 2008 and never used for direct payments, and they follow a $500 rebate for about 1 million Obamacare customers.
The task force has 120 days to report on AI's risks and opportunities, and it includes the FTC chairman, the Pentagon's chief technology officer and the head of the Office of Personnel Management.
A docket loaded with politically charged cases begins with a six-justice conservative majority and the likelihood of more election disputes arriving on the emergency docket.
Vice President Vance, Rubio, Hegseth, Witkoff, Ratcliffe and Gen. Caine met Friday as the Pentagon sends more forces. Trump told a rally the U.S. will prevail 'right after the election.'
WatchA former Nixon aide pitched the Office of Professional Responsibility on 'Watergate as Lawfare.' The department says it is not an investigation, but the review is open.
The Wall Street Journal reports Miami-Dade qualified for $14.5 million after seven arrests, because the payments are tied to deputized officers, not arrests.
WatchThe Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million for campaign-style spots weeks before the midterms, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune says they "shouldn't be paid for by taxpayer dollars."
U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian ruled the president "cannot unilaterally fire" a prosecutor appointed by the district court, the first win for a judicially appointed U.S. attorney in the fight over control of federal prosecutor offices.
Democratic attorneys general, joined by four cities, asked the D.C. Circuit to throw out the Trump administration's rollback of 2024 carbon pollution standards for coal and gas plants.
WatchIn a Time magazine interview, the president pointed to Joe Biden's final-days pardons and said, "Yeah, sure, I'd do that," as Democrats vow aggressive oversight if they win the House.
Democrats voted down both Republican-led measures, calling one a 'permission slip for corruption' because it included voter ID rules, five weeks before the midterm elections.
Two federal lawsuits accuse ICE agent Jonathan Ross of excessive force and top Trump officials of running an unconstitutional conspiracy through Operation Metro Surge.
The justices take up Trump's policy of holding anyone who entered illegally without a hearing, a fight the ACLU says could affect millions of people.
Attorney General Todd Blanche says the defendants voted in the 2022 and 2024 general elections or this year's August primary. The charges equal a tiny share of Minnesota's 8.5 million ballots.
Judge Paul Engelmayer rejected two of the government's three secrecy claims and gave the Justice Department two weeks to submit the memo for his private review.