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U.S. Supreme Court building on March 31, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — For more than a century, an American birth certificate has been a key to unlocking the benefits of American [Read More…]

Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 26, 2026. (Photographer: Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Top Trump administration officials [Read More…]

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media after departing Air Force One at Miami International Airport on March 27, 2026, in Miami, Florida. President Trump is traveling to speak at a summit in Miami [Read More…]

(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking further construction of the White House ballroom. Judge Richard Leon wrote that President Donald Trump can’t build the ballroom without authorization [Read More…]

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a news briefing at the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, March 30, 2026, in Washington. Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As oil [Read More…]

Supreme Court (Walter Bibikow/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against Colorado’s ban on so-called “conversion therapy” for minors as a likely violation of counselors’ free speech rights under the [Read More…]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with ABC News on Good Morning America, March 30, 2026. (ABC News) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. is engaged in serious talks with a “new” [Read More…]

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, appears on ABC News’ “This Week” on March 29, 2026. (ABC News) (WASHINGTON) — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise did not refute the possibility of American ground troops entering [Read More…]

Demonstrators gather in Commons Park for the ‘No Kings!’ rally and march on October 18, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. (Photo by Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — “No Kings” protesters [Read More…]

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick appears for a hearing of the House Ethics Committee on Capitol Hill, on March 26, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A special panel of the bipartisan House Ethics [Read More…]

U.S. Capitol Buildiong. (Tim Graham/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday flatly rejected the Senate’s bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and [Read More…]

U.S. Capitol Buildiong. (Tim Graham/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Senators at last agreed via voice vote early Friday morning to approve a funding package that funds the Department of Homeland Security besides Immigration and Customs Enforcement [Read More…]

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, March 26, 2026. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted Iran is “begging to make [Read More…]

U.S. Army paratroopers, assigned to 82nd Airborne Division, execute Joint Force Entries as part of a multinational exercise at Luna and Cincu, Romania, May 13-15, 2024. (US Army) (WASHINGTON) —  The Pentagon is preparing to [Read More…]

U.S. President Donald Trump dances on stage after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center on February 22, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Photo by [Read More…]

U.S. first lady Melania Trump enters the East Room with a humanoid robot during the Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit at the White House. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — First lady Melania Trump [Read More…]

U.S. Supreme Court building on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that internet service providers cannot be held liable for illegal downloads of copyrighted material like [Read More…]

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago on February 1, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida.(Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Democrat Emily Gregory won the Florida House [Read More…]

The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., March 18, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow President Trump to turn away asylum seekers who approach ports of entry [Read More…]

Paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division conduct live fire exercises at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, July 28, 2025. (Spc Jayreliz Batista Prado/US Army, File) (WASHINGTON) — Elements of the 82nd Airborne Division are [Read More…]