Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared strikingly open Wednesday to raising the bar for challenges to voting maps under the Voting Rights Act, signaling a potentially sweeping shift that could weaken the landmark civil rights law and sharply limit how race can be considered in redistricting. The deeply …

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to stop firing federal employees during the ongoing government shutdown, calling the mass layoffs politically driven and unlawfully executed. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, sitting in San Francisco, issued a temporary restraining order blocking further job cuts, saying she believed the …

Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday defended young Republican leaders whose private group chat contained racist and antisemitic messages, arguing that the backlash is disproportionate and warning against “ruining kids’ lives” over “stupid jokes.” Speaking on The Charlie Kirk Show — the podcast founded by the late conservative activist and …

President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel claimed victory Wednesday in what they said was a months-long surge of law enforcement in major cities and pledged to continue sending federal authorities to address violent crime in U.S. cities. The FBI arrested more than 8,700 suspects during an initiative Trump …

A Florida judge has granted a protective order against Republican U.S. Rep. Cory Mills after his former girlfriend alleged that he threatened to release nude photos of her and harm future boyfriends following their breakup. Circuit Judge Fred Koberlein issued the order Tuesday in Columbia County, barring Mills from contacting …

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreign nationals accused of making derogatory or mocking remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the State Department said Tuesday. Officials said the decision followed a review of social media posts and videos that referenced Kirk, who was fatally …

A coalition of Democratic governors announced Monday the creation of a new interstate partnership aimed at coordinating public health efforts and information sharing, a move they say is necessary because the Trump administration has failed to provide consistent national leadership. The Governors Public Health Alliance, billed as a “nonpartisan coordinating …

More than a decade after the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and just two years after it declined to unravel another, the high court on Wednesday will hear a consequential challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map that could further weaken the law’s protections for minority …

The U.S. Senate returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday following a four-day weekend, but neither Republicans nor Democrats appeared ready to work toward ending the government shutdown following another failed vote to advance a short-term funding bill. President Donald Trump and administration officials also didn’t seem inclined toward compromise anytime …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded conservative activist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, honoring the Turning Point USA co-founder who was assassinated last month while speaking at Utah Valley University. “We’re here to honor and remember a fearless warrior for liberty, a beloved leader who galvanized the …

Several major U.S. news organizations, including The New York Times, The Associated Press, and conservative network Newsmax, said Monday they will not sign a new Defense Department document governing press access, a move that could see their reporters expelled from the Pentagon under the Trump administration’s new media policy. The …

North Carolina Republican leaders said Monday they will redraw the state’s congressional map to add another GOP seat, joining a nationwide effort to fortify the party’s slim U.S. House majority before next year’s midterm elections. “President Trump earned a clear mandate from the voters of North Carolina and the rest …

Cody Balmer, the Harrisburg man accused of firebombing the Governor’s Residence in April as Gov. Josh Shapiro, his family and guests slept inside, pleaded guilty to attempted murder with a sentencing enhancement for terrorism on Tuesday. Balmer, 38, will serve a total sentence of 25 to 50 years. He’ll be …

After just over two years in Hamas captivity, the surviving Israeli hostages were released Monday as President Donald Trump visited Israel and Egypt to celebrate a U.S.-brokered peace deal to end the war in Gaza. In remarks to Israel’s Knesset, the country’s parliamentary body, Monday afternoon Jerusalem time, Trump hailed …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, according to U.S. and Ukrainian officials, as the administration weighs sending long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv — a move that could dramatically escalate tensions with Moscow. Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, Olga Stefanishyna, …