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Rep. Henry Cuellar talks with reporters in the Capitol after a meeting of House Democrats on Thursday, June 27, 2019. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is granting [Read More…]

Pete Marovich/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump ended his Cabinet meeting on Tuesday by unleashing criticism on Somali immigrants, whom he described as “garbage,” saying he doesn’t want them in the United States. “You [Read More…]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When President Donald Trump and Defense officials revealed on Sept. 2 that the U.S. military killed 11 alleged drug smugglers on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, they [Read More…]

Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a top military [Read More…]

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin speaks at the National Safer Communities Summit in 2023. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A group of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in New Jersey is asking the [Read More…]

joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As billions of people worldwide use the internet to illegally stream or download copyrighted material like music, movies and TV shows, the entertainment industry is trying to crack down on American internet service [Read More…]

Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump’s redistricting push to preserve a Republican majority in Congress and allied voting rights cases in Texas and Louisiana could wipe out nearly a third [Read More…]

Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said he will “permanently pause migration” from some countries following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., earlier this week. In a post on [Read More…]

Pete Marovich/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump renewed his pledge to crack down on immigration following the shooting of two National Guard members in the nation’s capital. The White House posted a video Wednesday [Read More…]

Andrew Leyden/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The shooting of two National Guard personnel allegedly by an Afghan refugee in a bustling downtown neighborhood in Washington, D.C., has reopened a debate over a Biden-era program that rushed [Read More…]

Pete Marovich/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump now says extending Affordable Care Act subsidies “may be necessary” as the enrollment deadline looms for millions of Americans who are set to see their premiums skyrocket [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — U.S. immigration authorities have detained a woman who is the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, according to a source familiar with the arrest.   A DHS [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The ballooning field of Democratic candidates to succeed the term-limited Gavin Newsom as governor of California has political operatives stunned. “This is as wide open as I’ve ever seen [Read More…]

National Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble are presented to journalists at the Willard InterContinental on November 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Two very lucky birds won the White House lottery [Read More…]

Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats on the creation of a Social Security War Room, in Washington DC, United States on April 1, 2025. Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty [Read More…]

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, listens to President Donald Trump speak to reporters, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images) [Read More…]

James Comey speaks, May 30, 2023 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General [Read More…]

Senator Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona, walks outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, June 29, 2025. Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Defense on Monday said it is [Read More…]

James Comey speaks, May 30, 2023 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia [Read More…]

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. on ABC News’ “This Week” on Nov. 23., 2025. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — Republican Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Sunday he would advise against Ukraine signing the peace proposal that [Read More…]