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The jury found Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan guilty of a felony, obstructing an official proceeding, but acquitted her of a misdemeanor.

Despite Democrats objections, the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees said they were satisfied a controversial Sept. 2 attack was lawful.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirros office said Jason would place the threatening calls from inside Voice of Americas offices in D.C.

Its the first time the ethics watchdog has brought a Hatch Act action against a local or state official in at least a decade.

The speaker is downplaying tensions within his party that for months he had tamped down with the help of President Donald Trump.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noems announcement follows reports by The Washington Post detailing plans to downgrade the definition of such symbols to potentially divisive.

The $6 billion deal between Trumps social media and cryptocurrency company and TAE Technologies aimed at bringing fusion energy to the market raises conflict of interest questions.

The Trump administration will repurpose $2.6 billion in military housing assistance to pay $1,776 warrior dividend bonuses to service members, according to a senior administration official.

Party leaders hope to avoid contentious fights over the partys failing as it attempts to reboot for the 2026 midterms.

The moves, which do not decriminalize marijuana, come as Americans have increasingly embraced the substances.

Follow President Trumps progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.

GOP lawmakers are battling the same distractions as in Trumps first term despite talk of stability in the West Wing.

Those at the 10th Place apartments in Southeast Washington said the presidents crime strategy deepened their distrust of police and made them feel no safer.

An administration pilot program to offer Medicare reimbursement for CBD treatments for seniors with cancer is expected as soon as next year.

A recent requirement that members of Congress give seven days notice before visiting ICE immigration detention centers is unlawful, a judge ruled.

The presidents former legal adviser reportedly met with Trump about his new book, which considers hypotheticals for the possibility of him holding office past 2028.

Supporters said theyd never seen Trump like this before and wondered if hed achieved his purpose of assuaging concerns about the economy.

The presidents approval ratings reached their lowest numbers in late November. Even some supporters say he has done too little to improve their lives.

In a speech shorter than his usual hour-plus events, and which was full of false statements, the president promised a better economy in 2026.

The move could doom bipartisan efforts to ban stock trading, as Republicans may not back a measure that extends to the executive branch.

Flynn is the second person pardoned by President Trump to work on behalf of the Bosnian Serb republic.

President Donald Trump commended Bongino on his tenure and suggested that he would be returning to his job as a conservative podcaster.

An exclusive investigation from The Washington Post has found that Americas wealthiest people are spending unprecedented amounts of money on U.S. politics. How is that reshaping American democracy?

The fresh adornments to a Presidential Walk of Fame that Trump installed in September take a display already intended as a bit of a troll to new heights.

The Senate has already rejected the plan, so the subsidies are still virtually certain to expire at the end of this year.

Justice Department lawyers argue in court documents that it is legal for the administration to withhold funding based on partisan politics.

Harvey Risch, an epidemiologist respected for his cancer research, promoted the use ofhydroxychloroquineduring the pandemic, despite a lack of evidence it worked against covid.

Adm. Kevin Lunday had condemned both symbols and directed they be prohibited, but a new workplace harassment policy downgrading them to potentially divisive was allowed to take effect.

Former special counsel Jack Smith was giving a closed-door deposition to the House Judiciary Committee. He had asked to testify in public.

The sprawling legislation includes a provision seeking video and other materials detailing the Trump administrations military activities in Latin America.

A DHS official leading the process previously worked at the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump nonprofit where the contractors CEO was a donor.

In a CNN interview, the Georgia congresswoman said Trumps reaction to the death of Rob Reiner was classless and she didnt see the GOP winning in the midterms.

Chief of staff candidly assesses the president and his team to Vanity Fair, saying Trump has an alcoholics personality, Bondi whiffed on the Epstein files and Vances pro-Trump makeover was political.

Details of the White Houses ballroom project were made public when Justice Department lawyers filed arguments against a lawsuit seeking to block construction.

The administration added 20 countries to the 19 whose citizens already faced full or partial restrictions on entering the United States.

Some staff at the Heritage Foundation revolted over the defense its president, Kevin Roberts, gave of Tucker Carlsons interview with antisemite Nick Fuentes.

Prices and deportations are going up, while polls regularly show a majority disapproves of his presidency and that most of his major policies are unpopular.

The Coast Guards workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.

A report obtained by The Post says the U.S. Forest Services trails are deteriorating rapidly due to staff cuts under the Trump administration, posing risks to visitors.

The move could make it easier to lay off federal employees and is likely illegal, experts say.

Trump officials maintain the president can unilaterally remake the White House. Historic preservationists are suing to immediately halt the project.

One third of Trumps executive orders have been explicitly challenged in court, a Post analysis of data from nonprofits CourtListener and JustSecurity found.

A lawyer for the Arizona Democrat warned the Defense Department that any legal action it may take would be unconstitutional and an extraordinary abuse of power.

Comments from Rep. Randy Fine (R-Florida) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) reflect a brazen Islamophobic sentiment being voiced by some in the party.

The president accused the Hollywood director, who was stabbed to death along with his wife, of having Trump derangement syndrome.

If adopted, the changes would fulfill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseths pledge to disrupt the status quo and slash the number of four-star generals.

Ukrainian leaders said Monday they appreciated White House efforts to reach a deal even as significant gaps appeared to remain between the sides.

The Wisconsin judge charged with obstructing an immigration arrest operation goes to trial, testing the administrations escalating actions against perceived foes of its agenda.

Right-wing figures are among those who pushed back on President Donald Trumps suggestion that the death of Rob Reiner and his wife were connected to Reiners previous criticism of Trump.

Justice Department officials say they stopped a terrorism plot in the Los Angeles and Orange County area of California.