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Bipartisan pressure is ramping up on the Trump administration over Epstein.
The attack is a dramatic escalation that coincides with the administrations growing counternarcotics focus and its intensifying feud with the Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Kentucky) subpoenaed the Justice Department for the documents before the recess.
Sen. Cory Booker proposed to his now fiance over the August recess.
The Trump administration plans for 600 military lawyers to temporarily ease the overwhelming immigration case load as law enforcement raids fill court dockets.
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.
The presidents Oval Office announcement marks the latest twist in a years-long partisan battle over the agencys home.
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.
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.
The judge sharply reprimanded the Trump administration for its use of troops during immigration actions. He also stayed his ruling until next week.
Legislative efforts continue to force the release of the Epstein files.
Lawmakers havent settled on a plan to pass spending legislation. The GOP will need to find Democratic votes in the Senate.
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.
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.
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.
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.
While he is not on the ballot this year, views of Trump and his administration are factoring prominently into the marquee competitions.
Medicaid cuts in Trumps One Big Beautiful Bill threaten rural hospitals, risking service cuts and closures that could severely limit access to maternity care.
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.
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.
Trump pledged that hed empower Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to go wild on health care. The president has kept his promise.
On one issue after another, the president has scrambled what used to be fundamental conservative beliefs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ernst, 55, was first elected to the Senate in 2014 and comfortably won reelection in 2020.
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.
The Combined Federal Campaign offers federal workers an opportunity to contribute part of their paycheck to causes they want to support.
The move by Donald Trump, who faced Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, comes as she prepares to travel nationwide for a book tour.
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.
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.
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.
The Republican leaders of the state legislature expressed disagreement with the ruling but said they would nonetheless comply with it.
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.
Democrats are also considering holding such a gathering before the November 2026 elections.
Many voters continue to recoil at the tariffs imposed by Trump, leaving his economic policy in dangerous political territory.
Peter Navarro accused the country of funding Russias war in Ukraine and harming American taxpayers.
The request followed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noems declaration that a strike team of ICE agents would arrive in Chicago soon.
Republicans have a higher approval of several federal agencies under Trump than Biden, while Democrats approval rate has dropped.