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Democratic senator pushes Treasury secretary to release Epstein reports

Bipartisan pressure is ramping up on the Trump administration over Epstein.

3 Sep 2025 6:30 am
U.S. kills 11 in strike on alleged drug vessel from Venezuela, Trump says

The attack is a dramatic escalation that coincides with the administrations growing counternarcotics focus and its intensifying feud with the Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro.

3 Sep 2025 6:19 am
House committee releases first batch of Epstein documents

House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Kentucky) subpoenaed the Justice Department for the documents before the recess.

3 Sep 2025 6:14 am
Sen. Cory Booker, a former presidential candidate, is engaged

Sen. Cory Booker proposed to his now fiance over the August recess.

3 Sep 2025 4:49 am
Pentagon plans for 600 military lawyers to backfill immigration judges

The Trump administration plans for 600 military lawyers to temporarily ease the overwhelming immigration case load as law enforcement raids fill court dockets.

3 Sep 2025 4:37 am
Bowser welcomes federal law enforcement presence indefinitely

Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcementto the maximum extent allowable by law. The order gives no expiration date.

3 Sep 2025 1:37 am
Trump to move U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama

The presidents Oval Office announcement marks the latest twist in a years-long partisan battle over the agencys home.

3 Sep 2025 1:35 am
These states could redistrict before the 2026 midterms

As Trump pushes for a more Republican-friendly House map, more than half a dozen states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries.

3 Sep 2025 1:24 am
Trump amps up rhetoric toward Chicago as Democrats prepare for showdown

The president has not detailed any plans for Chicago but has said it would be probably next after he sent the National Guard to D.C.

3 Sep 2025 1:01 am
Trump administration use of National Guard in L.A. violated law, judge rules

The judge sharply reprimanded the Trump administration for its use of troops during immigration actions. He also stayed his ruling until next week.

2 Sep 2025 11:33 pm
Congress to tackle Epstein files controversy as it returns from recess

Legislative efforts continue to force the release of the Epstein files.

2 Sep 2025 2:30 pm
Congress returns with not much time to dodge a government shutdown

Lawmakers havent settled on a plan to pass spending legislation. The GOP will need to find Democratic votes in the Senate.

2 Sep 2025 2:30 pm
Eighty years after WWIIs end, the consensus it forged is crumbling

On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan surrendered, launching an era of alliances and trade. Now, with memories of the war fading, so is the consensus on how to avoid a repeat.

2 Sep 2025 2:30 pm
Trump says hell award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Trump announced he will bestow the nations highest civilian honor on the former New York mayor, his longtime ally, days after Giuliani was injured in a car crash.

2 Sep 2025 10:40 am
Longtime Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler to retire from Congress

Nadler, who has represented New York for more than three decades, will not seek reelection at next years midterms, according to a person familiar with the matter.

2 Sep 2025 9:13 am
The Supreme Court has expanded Trumps power. Hes seeking much more.

The presidents firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook and other cases could serve as major tests of how far the high court is willing to go to bless his assertion of executive authority.

1 Sep 2025 3:30 pm
Five burning questions about Trump, Democrats in this falls elections

While he is not on the ballot this year, views of Trump and his administration are factoring prominently into the marquee competitions.

1 Sep 2025 2:30 pm
Medicaid cuts threaten rural hospitals and access to maternity care

Medicaid cuts in Trumps One Big Beautiful Bill threaten rural hospitals, risking service cuts and closures that could severely limit access to maternity care.

1 Sep 2025 2:30 pm
Giuliani hospitalized with multiple injuries after car crash

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani fractured his vertebra after the car he was in was struck from behind on a highway in New Hampshire, authorities said.

1 Sep 2025 4:06 am
Chicago launches resistance campaign as Trump threatens to send troops

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) on Sunday said he is making every effort to stop President Donald Trump from using the military to invade states.

1 Sep 2025 12:52 am
As RFK Jr. upends Americas public health system, Trump cheers him on

Trump pledged that hed empower Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to go wild on health care. The president has kept his promise.

31 Aug 2025 2:30 pm
Trump redefines conservatism, setting up a fight over its future

On one issue after another, the president has scrambled what used to be fundamental conservative beliefs.

31 Aug 2025 2:30 pm
Tariffs are Trumps most beautiful tool. They might be off limits now.

An appellate court ruling could stymie the import taxes that Trump has used to raise revenue, negotiate with foreign leaders and even head off global conflicts.

31 Aug 2025 2:12 am
The political diploma divide now applies to members of Congress

A new study shows that over the past 50 years, fewer and fewer Republicans have attended elite colleges, while an increasing share of Democrats attend those schools.

30 Aug 2025 3:30 pm
An appeals court said Trump couldnt levy his tariffs. What happens now?

Despite the ruling, the appellate judges let Trumps tariffs stand for now to allow time for a likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

30 Aug 2025 12:51 pm
Social Security whistleblower quits after saying Americans data was compromised

Social Securitys chief data officer left after he said the DOGE staff had uploaded personal information for more than 300 million people to the digital cloud.

30 Aug 2025 6:48 am
Republicans eye next House carveout with Missouri special session

The effort to create a new GOP-leaning district is part of a broader effort to keep control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.

30 Aug 2025 3:53 am
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst will not run for reelection in Iowa, sources say

Ernst, 55, was first elected to the Senate in 2014 and comfortably won reelection in 2020.

29 Aug 2025 11:35 pm
Comer set to meet privately with Epstein victims

It was unclear which of Epsteins victims is expected to attend the meeting after a federal probe into the convicted sex trafficker ended in August 2019 with the financiers death.

29 Aug 2025 11:00 pm
Trump administration pauses work on annual federal worker charity drive

The Combined Federal Campaign offers federal workers an opportunity to contribute part of their paycheck to causes they want to support.

29 Aug 2025 9:38 pm
Trump revokes Secret Service detail for Harris that Biden had extended

The move by Donald Trump, who faced Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, comes as she prepares to travel nationwide for a book tour.

29 Aug 2025 8:20 pm
A GOP lawmaker aims to define Trumps Big Beautiful Bill before Democrats

The fight over the bill comes with enormous stakes for the party as Republicans race to describe the legislation as spurring the economy and benefiting working-class Americans.

29 Aug 2025 3:30 pm
Newsom: Crime is a larger problem in GOP-led areas than Democratic-led ones

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Trumps law enforcement surge to Democratic-led cities is blatant hypocrisy, when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places.

29 Aug 2025 4:50 am
White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director

The decision comes a day after Trump fired Susan Monarez, the Senate-confirmed CDC director, prompting a series of resignations of other top officials at the agency.

29 Aug 2025 3:22 am
Utah to proceed with redrawing map that could help Dems, despite pressure from Trump

The Republican leaders of the state legislature expressed disagreement with the ruling but said they would nonetheless comply with it.

29 Aug 2025 3:11 am
Fed governor Lisa Cook sues Trump to block effort to remove her

Lisa Cook challenges President Donald Trumps ability to firing her from the Federal Reserve, a case that has large implications for the future of the independence of the U.S. central bank.

29 Aug 2025 12:08 am
Trump floats unusual Republican National Convention before midterms

Democrats are also considering holding such a gathering before the November 2026 elections.

28 Aug 2025 11:24 pm
Trumps tariffs remain unpopular, a warning sign for Republicans

Many voters continue to recoil at the tariffs imposed by Trump, leaving his economic policy in dangerous political territory.

28 Aug 2025 7:18 pm
White House trade adviser says India tariffs can drop if it stops buying Russian oil

Peter Navarro accused the country of funding Russias war in Ukraine and harming American taxpayers.

28 Aug 2025 5:31 am
ICE asks for access to Chicago-area Navy base to assist operations

The request followed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noems declaration that a strike team of ICE agents would arrive in Chicago soon.

28 Aug 2025 5:04 am
Poll: Republicans view of key federal agencies has improved in the last year

Republicans have a higher approval of several federal agencies under Trump than Biden, while Democrats approval rate has dropped.

28 Aug 2025 4:36 am