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US resists transparency on Venezuelan gang deportation moves
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has resisted providing more information about the migrants it flew out of the ... Read More
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Vanished earmarks in stopgap law pose challenge to local projects' return
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders say earmarks are coming back in the fiscal 2026 spending bills they plan to write starting this spring, after nixing billions of dollars in home-state projects in the final spending ...Read more
US and Russia teams meet after Ukraine has 'productive' talk
U.S. and Russian officials are meeting in Saudi Arabia a day after American and Ukrainian teams held talks, as President Donald Trump pushes for progress in achieving a ceasefire in the war.
The Russian delegation was ...Read more
Feds want Minnesota ex-state Sen. Justin Eichorn to remain in custody after he allegedly lied about gun, asked someone to retrieve laptop
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Federal authorities want former state Sen. Justin Eichorn to remain in custody ahead of his trial for allegedly seeking sex with a 17-year-old girl, claiming the ex-Minnesota lawmaker lied about having ...Read more
Supreme Court explores Louisiana's use of race in redistricting
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative justices expressed concerns Monday about the future of race in redistricting, part of oral arguments in the yearslong fight over a second Black-majority congressional ...Read more
Ruling against Trump administration, judge says deported migrants entitled to due process
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has denied the Trump administration’s motion to lift a temporary restraining order that blocks the federal government from using a wartime law to fast-track the deportation of a group of ...Read more
Trump administration accidentally texted Yemen attack plans to journalist, report says
Top secret U.S. military attack plans were accidentally sent to a reporter hours before they were carried out, according to a report published Monday.
High-level Trump administration officials, including Vice President JD...Read more
Trump imposes 25% tariff on countries buying Venezuelan oil, says regime sent gang to US
The United States will impose a 25% tariff on imports from any country that purchases oil products from Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced Monday, saying the move seeks to penalize Caracas’ socialist regime for ...Read more
SpaceX launches classified NROL-69 mission from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX sent up a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office from the Space Coast on Monday afternoon.
A Falcon 9 rocket on the NROL-69 mission lifted off at 1:48 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Space ...Read more
A federal judge in New Jersey blocks Trump administration from moving to fire 2 transgender Air Force members
A federal judge on Monday agreed to temporarily block President Donald Trump's administration from initiating proceedings that could lead to the firing of two transgender men serving in the U.S. Air Force — the latest ...Read more
Gov. DeSantis pitches Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo to lead the CDC. Could it happen?
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo could soon be one of the top health officials in the country.
At least, that would be the case if Gov. Ron DeSantis had his way.
Over the weekend, DeSantis heaped public pressure on ...Read more
White House scraps public spending database
WASHINGTON — The White House budget office has taken down its website where approvals of federal funding provided in appropriations laws are statutorily required to be posted for public viewing, a move likely to face ...Read more
Kansas mom who pushed book bans sues school district, invoking Trump 'indoctrination' order
A mother in the Gardner Edgerton School District in Kansas who led several pushes to remove books from school libraries is now suing the district after the superintendent banned her from school property for violating a ...Read more
Trump loses bid to vacate order against gang deportations
A federal judge denied a Trump administration request to throw out a temporary order barring further deportations of accused Venezuelan gang members based solely on the Alien Enemies Act, further escalating a standoff ...Read more
Trump lawyers urge Supreme Court to block San Francisco judge's order to rehire workers
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's lawyers urged the Supreme Court on Monday to block a judge's order requiring the government to "immediately" rehire 16,000 federal employees.
In an emergency appeal, they argued ...Read more
Colorado legislators consider another round of HOA bills to protect homeowners from foreclosure
DENVER — The Colorado General Assembly is poised to approve additional protections for homeowners who become indebted to their homeowners associations and risk losing their houses because of unpaid fines, late fees and ...Read more
Georgia prepares mass cancellation of 455,000 voter registrations
ATLANTA — Georgia election officials plan to cancel about 455,000 inactive voter registrations this summer, one of the largest registration removals in U.S. history.
More than half the registrations scheduled for ...Read more
Security lapses involving weapons prompt scrutiny of Capitol screening
WASHINGTON — Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger will face questions this week about safety at the Capitol complex after a series of incidents involving visitors and staff trying to bring weapons inside.
In January, ...Read more
Congress investigates group founded by Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams
ATLANTA — A voting rights group founded by Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams is getting fresh federal scrutiny after it admitted to illegally supporting her 2018 campaign for governor.
The New Georgia Project agreed in ...Read more
Surge in poisoned sea lions threatens beachgoers, burdens rescuers in Southern California
LOS ANGELES — Sea lions and other ocean mammals in Southern California are falling victim to a poisoning event that a local expert calls the worst in recent memory. It is stranding the mammals along the coast as ...Read more
Haiti's volatile capital is in a free fall. Here's what its collapse could look like
For months, Haiti’s criminal gangs have been pushing the country’s capital further into chaos, forcing the shutdown of public offices and schools and sending tens of thousands of people under a hail of gunfire into ...Read more
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