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A fuel supplier is accusing a company linked to several Freedom Fuel gas stations — a discount network promoted by President Donald Trump — of taking more than $4 million worth of gasoline without paying for it. Mansfield Oil Co., a Georgia-based fuel supplier, filed the lawsuit Aug. 19 in …

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue construction of a massive ballroom at the White House, rejecting a preservation group’s effort to halt the controversial project. The 5-4 decision found that the National Trust for Historic Preservation likely lacked legal standing to challenge …

The Pentagon has quietly placed several conservative military veterans with large online followings in government positions, while declining to disclose their roles as they publicly amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s views and criticize his opponents, according to people familiar with the matter and Pentagon records reviewed by The Washington Post. …

Google Maps has begun displaying “Lake America” for users in the United States after President Donald Trump ordered the federal government to rename Lake Ontario, adding a digital twist to an increasingly contentious dispute with Canada. Google announced Saturday that the change was rolling out following Trump’s executive order last …

The fragile pause in direct U.S. attacks on Iran has ended. U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday after Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces were observed preparing to fire rockets and sea mines into the strategic waterway, according to U.S. Central Command. It was the …

President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States had reached an unprecedented agreement with Venezuela giving a new U.S.-backed venture majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves — a deal Trump immediately declared the “biggest oil deal in world history.” But while Trump is …

Just over two months from midterm elections and four months removed from a U.S. Supreme Court decision that gutted Voting Rights Act protections for majority Black U.S. House districts, and 63 years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech there, thousands gathered again at the …

A Florida grand jury says the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money by diverting it from a Medicaid settlement into the Hope Florida Foundation, where it was quickly routed through nonprofit organizations and ultimately into political committees and the Republican Party of Florida. The 19-page report, which was …

President Donald Trump is not planning to attend the ceremony at Ground Zero marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks after his team indicated he wanted to deliver remarks at an event where politicians have been barred from speaking for more than a decade. Trump’s team conducted advance …

A federal judge froze for two weeks a Trump administration regulation to restrict mail voting late Thursday, calling the U.S. Postal Service rule a violation of states’ power to administer elections. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s temporary restraining order reinstated a pause that she had lifted just a day earlier, following …

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing the U.S. government to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” turning one of North America’s most recognizable bodies of water into the latest front in his increasingly bitter feud with Canada. “This is official, effective immediately,” Trump said in the Oval …

Sen. Josh Hawley is launching an investigation into Flock Safety’s sprawling network of license-plate cameras, demanding answers about who can access the personal data collected on millions of Americans as they drive around the country. Hawley, R-Mo., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, sent a letter …

A Maryland judge has temporarily blocked a Democratic-backed redistricting referendum from appearing on the November ballot, dealing a significant setback to the party’s effort to reshape the state’s congressional map before the 2028 elections. The ruling by Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Thompson, an appointee of former Republican Gov. Larry …

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has agreed to an approximately $18 billion settlement with California and other states over allegations that its social media platforms were designed to keep children and teenagers hooked. The sweeping agreement would also force Meta to make some of its biggest …

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, the highest monthly total of President Donald Trump’s second term, as the administration expands its mass deportation campaign through traffic stops, local police partnerships and community arrests. ICE recorded 49,571 arrests in July, a 15% increase from 43,021 in …