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The nation’s main agency for handling disaster response and recovery is shuttered for the third time in recent months and its workers are on the verge of missing paychecks, as members of Congress and the White House remain divided in a separate dispute over immigration enforcement. Lawmakers are raising questions …

November 4, 2008, was supposed to symbolize progress. America elected its first Black president. The country talked about change. History was made. In Worse Than a Lie, that same night becomes something else. A Black man is shot ten times during a traffic stop, and his story is rewritten before …

President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, testified before a Senate committee Wednesday, defending her wellness-focused approach to public health while avoiding direct endorsements of routine childhood vaccinations and drawing sharp criticism over her qualifications and financial ties. Means, a physician turned wellness entrepreneur and author, appeared …

Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday the Trump administration will withhold $259 million in federal Medicaid money owed to Minnesota “in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people’s tax money.” The money is a small portion of …

The U.S. Department of Justice has not released summaries or notes from three FBI interviews conducted in 2019 with a South Carolina woman who accused convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein of sexually assaulting her as a child and separately alleged sexual abuse by President Donald Trump, according to an analysis …

As the Trump administration continues to focus on the legal immigration statuses of many across the country, a revived proposal by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development could impact many families’ ability to receive rental assistance. The proposed rule would prohibit “mixed-status” families  —  those including U.S. citizens …

A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing certain taxpayer data with immigration authorities, dealing an early setback to immigrant advocacy groups challenging a controversial data-sharing agreement under the Trump administration. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. …

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger forcefully challenged President Donald Trump’s portrayal of the nation as entering a new “golden age,” arguing in the Democratic response to his State of the Union address that Americans are still struggling with high costs more than a year into his second term. Speaking from Colonial …

President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in history Tuesday night, using the nationally televised speech to celebrate his economic agenda and immigration crackdown while repeatedly attacking Democrats and the previous administration. Throughout the address, Trump made a series of exaggerated, misleading and false claims on …

FedEx sued the Trump administration on Monday, seeking a “full refund” of tariffs it paid under a sweeping emergency tariff regime that the Supreme Court of the United States struck down last week. The lawsuit follows Friday’s ruling that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he relied on the …

Several Democrats have invited survivors of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, while dozens of others plan to boycott the speech entirely in protest. Roughly half a dozen Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader …

The top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., has decided to halt efforts to indict six Democratic lawmakers who posted a video urging U.S. service members not to follow orders they believe are illegal. The decision by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro follows an unusual rebuke earlier this month, when a federal …

A former instructor at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement warned Congress on Monday that the agency’s rapid expansion under President Donald Trump is sending new officers into the field without adequate training to lawfully carry out immigration enforcement. “New cadets are graduating from the Academy, despite widespread concerns among training …

President Donald Trump enters his State of the Union address facing some of the weakest approval ratings of his presidency, according to a series of national polls released in recent days that show growing dissatisfaction with his handling of the economy, immigration and inflation. Only 39% of Americans approve of …

A federal judge on Monday permanently barred the Justice Department from releasing the portion of former special counsel Jack Smith’s final report that details his investigation into President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of sensitive government documents and alleged obstruction of the federal probe. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted requests …