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A federal judge on Friday temporarily barred the Trump administration from withholding billions of dollars in federal funding for child care and family assistance programs from five Democratic-led states, ruling that the states had shown an immediate need to preserve the status quo while the dispute plays out in court. …

The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution to display a plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack, stepping around House Speaker Mike Johnson after he refused to install the memorial despite a federal law requiring it. The resolution directs …

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the top federal prosecutor in the Northern District of New York is serving unlawfully, marking the fifth time courts have rejected the Justice Department’s effort to keep an acting U.S. attorney in place without Senate confirmation under President Donald Trump’s administration. U.S. District Judge …

Federal agents reportedly shot and injured two people near a medical clinic in east Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The Department of Homeland Security acknowledged the shooting on social media, though it referred to a U.S. Border Patrol agent firing “a defensive shot.” Police had …

The Senate on Thursday issued a rare bipartisan rebuke of President Donald Trump, voting to advance a resolution that would bar him from using U.S. military force “within or against Venezuela” without prior approval from Congress. The 52–47 vote came over objections from Republican leaders and amid escalating rhetoric from …

The House on Thursday passed legislation to revive expired Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years, after a group of Republicans broke with party leaders and joined Democrats to force a vote that GOP leadership had tried to block. The measure passed 230–196, with 17 Republicans joining all Democrats in …

The federal government on Wednesday unveiled revised dietary guidelines that mark a notable shift in U.S. nutrition policy, elevating protein and full-fat dairy while urging Americans to sharply limit sugar and highly processed foods — a move that reflects Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s broader effort to upend decades …

Gov. Tim Walz issued an order for the Minnesota National Guard to prepare to be deployed if necessary following the killing of a 37-year-old woman by a federal immigration agent Wednesday. Dozens of members of the State Patrol’s response team have also been activated to respond to possible unrest, Walz …

Over the objections of Speaker Mike Johnson, a bipartisan coalition in the House voted Wednesday to advance legislation that would revive enhanced pandemic-era health insurance subsidies that lowered costs for roughly 22 million Americans but expired last month. The 221–205 vote cleared a critical procedural hurdle ahead of final passage …

President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed boosting U.S. military spending to $1.5 trillion in 2027, a dramatic increase he said is necessary amid what he described as “troubled and dangerous times.” The proposal comes days after Trump ordered a U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and bring …

An ICE officer fatally shot a woman driving an SUV through her car window in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. The deadly confrontation immediately ratcheted up the intensity of what was already a brutal crackdown on Minnesota and its immigrants by the Trump administration — and in a community with …

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Trump ally Lindsey Halligan to explain why she continues to identify herself as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia despite a prior court ruling that found her appointment unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge David Novak issued a three-page order demanding that Halligan …

The United States has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic following a dramatic weeks-long pursuit across international waters, sharply escalating tensions with Moscow as the Trump administration intensifies its global blockade of Venezuelan oil. U.S. officials confirmed early Wednesday that American forces boarded and seized the tanker …

Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down laws that included the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills, ruling that the measures violate the state constitution. The justices sided with Wyoming’s only abortion clinic and other plaintiffs who challenged abortion bans enacted …

The federal government is reducing the number of vaccines it formally recommends to all children in the United States, which public health experts say is an abrupt, potentially dangerous change that will sow confusion among families. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the agency now recommends …