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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Saturday aimed at curbing the reach of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops, preemptively challenging President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy them to Illinois. “We must take immediate, drastic action to protect our people from federal overreach,” Johnson, a Democrat, said …

Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday called Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts, thrusting the state into a growing national battle over partisan gerrymandering ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Kehoe’s announcement came just hours after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a fellow Republican, …

Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas’ new congressional map into law Friday, celebrating in a social media video that the state is “now more red in the United States Congress.” Abbott’s signature concludes the legislative portion of this unusual mid-decade redistricting effort, which started earlier this summer when President Donald Trump …

The White House has notified Congress that President Donald Trump will cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding through a rarely used budget maneuver known as a “pocket rescission,” drawing bipartisan criticism and sparking questions about its legality. The move — not attempted in nearly 50 years — would slash …

A state-appointed elections official in North Carolina has resigned after being arrested and accused of slipping illicit drugs into his granddaughters’ ice cream, authorities said Thursday. James Edwin Yokeley Jr., 66, stepped down as chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections following his arrest earlier this week. Police said …

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump had no legal authority to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every country in the world, dealing a major legal setback to one of his signature economic policies but leaving the duties in place for now. The U.S. Court of …

President Donald Trump has revoked U.S. Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, ending security that had been extended beyond the standard post-office period, officials confirmed Friday. Harris’ senior adviser told NBC News the former vice president was “grateful to the United States Secret Service for their professionalism, …

The U.S. Air Force has offered full military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, the Air Force veteran fatally shot while storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, officials confirmed Thursday. Babbitt, 35, was killed by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd as she attempted to climb through a shattered window …

Louisiana is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decades-old precedent that has safeguarded minority voting rights, urging the justices to strike down the central provision of the Voting Rights Act and ban any use of race in redistricting. In a legal brief filed Wednesday, Republican Attorney General Liz …

The Department of Homeland Security has begun transferring detainees out of Florida’s controversial state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” days after a federal judge ordered parts of the facility dismantled. In a statement Wednesday, DHS said detainees were being moved to other centers across the country in response …

President Donald Trump’s administration announced Wednesday it is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak, the latest in a series of federal actions asserting control over the District of Columbia. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, speaking alongside Amtrak President Roger Harris, said the change would restore the historic 1907 landmark …

A federal grand jury in Washington declined to indict a former Justice Department paralegal accused of hurling a salami sandwich at one of the federal officers President Donald Trump has deployed in the nation’s capital. The unusual decision not to indict Sean Dunn, 37, was first reported by The New …

Two children, ages 8 and 10, are dead Wednesday following a shooting at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis, where students at the Catholic school there gathered for Mass to celebrate the beginning of the school year. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who committed …

The dust is far from settled after a Utah judge issued a ruling Monday ordering the Utah Legislature to draw a new congressional map after determining lawmakers unconstitutionally undid a 2018 voter-approved ballot initiative that created an independent redistricting commission. The lawsuit’s plaintiffs, anti-gerrymandering groups, including Better Boundaries, and Democrats …

A senior federal official has accused the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) of exposing the personal data of virtually every American to potential theft, according to a whistleblower complaint obtained by reporters. The filing, submitted by SSA Chief Data Officer Charles Borges, claims that …