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Democrats on Tuesday elected Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) to serve as the party’s top member on the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, marking a notable generational shift in a key role central to oversight of President Donald Trump and government accountability. At 47, Garcia becomes one of the …

President Donald Trump sharply criticized both Israel and Iran on Tuesday morning, just hours after heralding what he called an “unlimited” ceasefire between the two longtime adversaries — a fragile agreement that now appears dangerously close to collapsing. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and …

The Trump administration will move to repeal a landmark 2001 rule that restricted logging and road construction in national forests, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Monday, signaling a dramatic reversal in U.S. forest and environmental policy. Rollins, speaking at the Western Governors Association annual meeting, said rescinding the so-called “roadless …

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with a controversial deportation policy that enables the government to remove migrants to third countries where they have no prior connection, even when they fear torture or death. In a brief, unsigned order, the conservative-majority court put on …

In a major procedural victory, Senate Democrats succeeded in removing more than a dozen controversial Republican policy proposals from a sweeping tax and spending cut bill after Senate Parliamentarian rulings deemed them noncompliant with reconciliation rules. The decision derailed GOP efforts to restructure federal programs such as food assistance and …

Israel and Iran reached a truce in their 12-day-old war Monday, President Donald Trump said on social media. The ceasefire will go into effect at midnight Eastern, he said. “It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE … …

Iran launched a missile attack on the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday, escalating tensions in the Middle East just two days after the United States bombed three of Iran’s nuclear facilities in a dramatic show of force. Qatari officials said the country’s air defense systems intercepted …

The U.S. government has appealed a federal judge’s order to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, only to face new federal smuggling charges upon his court-mandated return. The Trump administration acknowledged the erroneous deportation earlier this spring after the Supreme …

Vice President JD Vance said Sunday that the United States is not at war with Iran, even after President Donald Trump ordered the first-ever direct U.S. military strike on Iranian territory, targeting three nuclear facilities over the weekend. “We’re not at war with Iran. We’re at war with Iran’s nuclear …

In what military officials are calling the largest operational B-2 bomber strike in U.S. history, the Pentagon on Sunday released new details about Operation Midnight Hammer, a coordinated American assault on three Iranian nuclear facilities that President Donald Trump said were “completely and totally obliterated.” The operation, which took place …

A major Republican effort to slash federal spending and offset the cost of President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax plan suffered a major blow Friday after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that a central piece of the proposal — shifting food stamp costs to states — violates Senate rules. The decision, …

The world is on high alert as Iran vows retaliation following President Donald Trump’s unprecedented U.S. airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities — a major escalation in a decades-long standoff that threatens to ignite broader conflict across the Middle East. The strikes, confirmed by the Pentagon, targeted Iran’s key nuclear …

The United States has entered the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, launching a dramatic and unprecedented joint military strike on Iranian nuclear sites early Saturday alongside Israeli forces, President Donald Trump confirmed on his Truth Social platform. “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites …

Vice President JD Vance ignited political controversy Friday by accusing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of encouraging violent protests in response to a wave of immigration raids across Southern California — protests that prompted President Trump to deploy thousands of National Guard troops and Marines …

President Donald Trump acted within his legal authority when he federalized California National Guard troops to respond to protests against federal immigration enforcement in Los Angeles, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday night. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Trump administration made …