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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) said Tuesday that Rep. Randy Fine (R-Florida) is an Islamophobic, disgusting and unrepentant bigot.
Remarks by a top administration official appeared to be aimed at dispelling skepticism of its assertions, as President Donald Trump vows to restart U.S. tests.
The Supreme Court will begin using software to scan litigants filings to identify justices potential conflicts of interest.
Chamberlain Harris, a 26-year-old White House aide and the presidents longtime executive assistant, is set to be sworn in Thursday.
Col. David Butler, who had been selected by senior Army leaders for promotion to brigadier general, will instead retire, officials said.
Those months revealed many things about America, not all as uplifting as the spirit that propelled the civil rights leader to second place in the Democratic presidential primary.
A number of prominent figures have stepped down or are facing investigations after their communications with Jeffrey Epstein and his former longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, were released last month.
As a civil rights activist, he joined the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama, and Memphis. He later launched two historic presidential campaigns.
President Donald Trump said the federal government would help with an incident that poured 200 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River.
A GOP-appointed federal judge in Pennsylvania has ordered the Trump administration to restore displays about slavery to a George Washington site in Philadelphia.
The former president appeared to confirm decades-old conspiracy theories. Lawmakers say Barack Obama is simply saying what many Americans already believe.
Three GOP candidates, all former McConnell interns, are keeping their distance as they seek to align with President Donald Trump.
A 21st-century-record number of seats are opening, and races will be raucous and crowded, reflecting both parties ideological, stylistic and generational tensions.
Advisers had been encouraging the president to sound more empathetic toward struggling Americans. But as some bright spots emerge, the messaging has shifted.
Some area golfers say the presidents ambitions for East Potomac Golf Links could put low-cost entry points to the game out of reach.
At the Munich Security Conference, the secretary of state stressed cultural and historical ties but also slammed European trade and border policies and the U.N.
In several states and swing districts, House Democrats have nomination contests that could prove harmful.
The planned 90,000-square-foot project would represent the most significant change to the White House grounds in decades and is advancing even as it is challenged in court and questioned on Capitol Hill.
Army policy prohibits partisan displays, and most service members refrained from cheering.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s health department is undergoing a major leadership overhaul.
The Supreme Court of Virginia has said the April 21 redistricting referendum can go forward even as it hears the appeal of a lower courts ruling against it.
The USS Gerald R. Ford, deployed since June, will cross the Atlantic for a second time despite a Navy warning that the warship needs maintenance.
Democrats are pushing for new policies requiring agents to wear body cameras and get judicial warrants for raids.
The effort to indict six Democratic lawmakers marks the first time DOJ has attempted to classify critical speech from prominent Trump detractors as a crime.
The movement of between 6,000 and 7,000 detainees to Iraqi government control, underway for weeks, could be complete as soon as Friday.
The Trump administration intends to appeal the ruling, which says the retired Navy officers right to free speech was under attack.
The potential 2028 presidential candidates will sound off on a range of burgeoning crises as European leaders recoil at Americas populist politics.
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.
Donald T. Kinsella was chosen by judges to lead the federal prosecutors office in Albany, then fired hours later via an email from the White House.
Gail Slater an antitrust attorney who vowed to resist political interference at her confirmation hearing announced her departure on social media.
Our chief political correspondent took your questions during her live chat.
Large swaths of the Department of Homeland Security are set to shut down Saturday unless lawmakers and the White House strike a last-minute deal.
A handful of House Republicans bucked leadership to oppose the administrations tariff policy, but GOP senators still fear speaking out on Epstein connections.
Some election experts warn it could portend attempts to muddle future election results.
Trump had initially excluded Democrats from the traditionally bipartisan meeting. However, not all Democrats were invited to a separate dinner.

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