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Congress moved with rare speed and near unanimity Tuesday to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, delivering a sweeping bipartisan rebuke to months of resistance from President Donald Trump and Republican leaders. The House voted 427-1 to approve the …

David Richardson, the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, resigned Monday after roughly six months at the helm, ending a short and tumultuous tenure defined by budget battles, internal unrest and criticism of the agency’s response to catastrophic summer flooding in Texas. Two administration officials confirmed the resignation, …

The House is poised to overwhelmingly approve legislation Tuesday that would force the Justice Department to publicly release all records related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a dramatic culmination of months of bipartisan pressure and a sudden shift in support from President Donald Trump. The measure, authored by …

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., accused President Donald Trump this weekend of endangering her safety, claiming his escalating public attacks helped trigger a recent pipe-bomb threat at her construction company and a surge of harassment, including hoax food deliveries. “President Trump’s unwarranted and vicious attacks against me were a dog …

A federal magistrate judge on Monday sharply rebuked the Justice Department’s handling of its case against former FBI Director James Comey, citing a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” and ordering prosecutors to provide defense lawyers with the full record of the grand jury proceedings that led to Comey’s indictment. …

President Donald Trump is escalating pressure on Republican leaders in Indiana, publicly calling for the ouster of the state Senate’s top lawmaker after he declined to reconvene the chamber to consider a mid-cycle redrawing of congressional maps favored by the GOP. In a pair of sharply worded posts Sunday on …

The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it will fully lift the emergency flight restrictions imposed at 40 of the nation’s busiest airports during the record-setting government shutdown, clearing airlines to resume normal operations beginning Monday at 6 a.m. EST. The announcement came in a joint statement from Transportation Secretary Sean …

President Donald Trump abruptly abandoned months of efforts to block the release of federal records tied to Jeffrey Epstein, reversing himself just as dozens of House Republicans appeared poised to defy him on a bipartisan bill to force the documents’ disclosure. “House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, …

President Donald Trump has again pardoned Dan Wilson, a self-described militia member who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and later pleaded guilty to unrelated federal firearms offenses. The new “full and unconditional” pardon, signed Nov. 14, wipes away the Kentucky man’s gun convictions …

The Justice Department quietly replaced several presidential pardons posted online this week after observers noticed that multiple documents appeared to contain identical versions of President Donald Trump’s signature — a discovery that set off questions about whether the signatures were authentic. The pardons, dated Nov. 7, included clemency for former …

The Justice Department on Thursday filed suit to block California’s newly approved congressional map, thrusting the nation’s most populous state into a high-stakes legal and political fight that could influence control of the U.S. House in 2026. The complaint, filed in federal court in California, challenges boundaries adopted by voters …

President Donald Trump publicly severed ties Friday with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, once one of his closest MAGA allies, accusing the Georgia firebrand of drifting “Far Left” and vowing to endorse a primary challenger “if the right person runs.” The extraordinary denunciation — delivered on Trump’s Truth Social account — …

The Trump administration said Friday it will lift tariffs on a range of foreign goods — including beef, tomatoes, bananas and coffee — in a bid to ease consumer price pressures that have accelerated since the president’s global trade levies took effect. The exemptions, effective immediately, apply to a set …

President Donald Trump said Friday he will direct Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s relationships with prominent Democrats and major financial institutions, escalating a political fight over the late financier’s connections as Congress moves toward forcing new disclosures in the case. In a post on …

The Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump appears to live on after the head of a nonpartisan state agency appointed himself the new prosecutor in the case. Peter J. Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, will take over the case from embattled Fulton County …