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In a race that drew national attention and brought leaders from both major parties to Middle Tennessee to campaign, Republican Matt Van Epps pulled out a narrow win over Democratic Rep. Aftyn Behn in the special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District. Van Epps edged Behn by nearly 9 percentage …

The Justice Department on Tuesday sued six additional states in its expanding effort to obtain detailed voter registration data, escalating a confrontation with state officials who say the Trump administration is overreaching and endangering voter privacy. The latest lawsuits — filed against Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont and …

What began Tuesday as a meandering, unfocused Cabinet meeting marked by a dozing president, rambling speeches and even a senior official’s doodles abruptly transformed into a combustible exchange as President Donald Trump declared he did not want Somalis in the United States and his defense secretary struggled to defend a …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered some of his harshest rhetoric yet toward Somali immigrants and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., calling the congresswoman “garbage” and asserting that Somalis should “go back to where they came from,” remarks that immediately intensified criticism from civil rights leaders and Democrats who say he …

The publisher of the “Franklin the Turtle” children’s books is condemning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after he posted a doctored image of the beloved character appearing to attack suspected narcotics traffickers, a move that drew fresh criticism as the Pentagon faces scrutiny over lethal U.S. strikes in the Caribbean. The …

Costco Wholesale Corp. has filed a federal lawsuit seeking refunds of the tariffs it has paid on imported goods, becoming one of the largest U.S. companies to mount a direct legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s broad use of emergency powers to impose levies on foreign products. The complaint, filed …

President Donald Trump has accelerated his drive to curb legal immigration, after a native of Afghanistan who had been granted asylum was accused in a shooting in the nation’s capital that left one member of the West Virginia National Guard dead and another in critical condition. “In the wake of …

Sen. Mark Kelly on Monday delivered a forceful and unusually direct rebuke of President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, vowing he would not be cowed by the White House even as the Pentagon conducts a “thorough review” of the Arizona Democrat over what it called “serious allegations of …

Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews into U.S. military strikes on vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, following a report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly issued a verbal order directing U.S. forces to kill all survivors of a …

Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the federal government in a settlement with the Trump administration that ends months of escalating investigations and restores access to hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen research grants. The agreement, announced Friday night, comes after the administration suspended approximately $790 …

A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, has been serving unlawfully as the U.S. attorney for New Jersey, delivering a significant legal rebuke to the administration’s handling of high-level federal appointments. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the 3rd …

Less than a month after Democrats notched a series of victories in the Nov. 4 general election, the political spotlight shifts to Tennessee on Tuesday, where a special congressional election in the state’s 7th District will offer both parties their first test heading into the 2026 midterms. Republicans are working …

The Trump administration on Friday abruptly paused all asylum decisions nationwide, escalating its response to the shooting of two National Guard members near the White House earlier this week and signaling a sweeping crackdown on migration amid rising political tensions over national security. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph …

President Donald Trump said Thursday that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot near the White House had died, using the moment to escalate criticism of the Afghan evacuee program that brought the suspect to the United States. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died hours after the shooting, …

A panel of federal judges on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to move forward with a mid-cycle congressional map engineered to flip a key Democratic seat, underscoring the scope of the Republican Party’s aggressive redistricting campaign ahead of the 2026 midterms. The unanimous decision lets the GOP-controlled legislature use a map …