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Senate Republicans on Thursday detonated the so-called “nuclear option” to change chamber rules on a party-line vote, paving the way for President Donald Trump to accelerate confirmation of his executive branch nominees. The 53-45 vote alters long-standing Senate procedure by allowing unlimited numbers of nominees to be confirmed en bloc, …

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal two long-standing authorizations for the use of military force in Iraq, marking the latest bipartisan effort to reassert congressional control over war-making powers that many lawmakers say have been stretched far beyond their original intent. By a vote of 261 to 167, …

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison after the country’s Supreme Court convicted him of plotting a coup to cling to power following his 2022 election loss. The ruling marked the first time in Brazil’s history that a former president has …

Utah authorities announced Friday that a suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of conservative activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk, whose death during a campus event at Utah Valley University has shaken the political world. “We got him,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said at a press conference alongside …

President Donald Trump honored slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he remembered the victims of Sept. 11 during a ceremony Thursday in Virginia, and announced he would posthumously award the popular figure the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Kirk, the late co-founder and head of the political advocacy organization Turning Point …

Two days after Gov. Ron DeSantis once again called on the Florida Legislature to allow the open carrying of firearms, a three-judge panel of the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that the law banning open carry is unconstitutional. “No historical tradition supports Florida’s Open Carry Ban,” Judge Stephanie …

President Donald Trump said Thursday he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated during a campus speaking event in Utah a day earlier. Trump announced the honor during remarks at the Pentagon commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “Before we …

The Trump administration is eliminating several federal grant programs long reserved for colleges serving large numbers of minority students, saying the initiatives amount to unconstitutional racial quotas. The Education Department announced Wednesday it would withhold about $350 million in grants budgeted this year, most of it targeted for Hispanic-Serving Institutions …

Former Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her sharpest critique yet of former President Joe Biden in her upcoming memoir, calling his decision to run for reelection in 2024 “recklessness” and accusing his inner circle of repeatedly undermining her during their years in the White House. In the book, 107 Days, …

The Senate on Wednesday narrowly voted to block an amendment from Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., that would have forced the Justice Department to release all Jeffrey Epstein files, a move that has gained bipartisan momentum in the House. In a 51-49 vote, senators agreed to table Schumer’s amendment to …

Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University, officials confirmed. He was 31. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called the killing a “political assassination” at an evening press conference, describing the shooting …

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Lisa Cook can remain on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors while her lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove her moves forward, delivering a major rebuke to the White House and a defense of the Fed’s independence. U.S. District Judge Jia …

Missouri House Republicans on Tuesday advanced a controversial congressional redistricting plan that would give the GOP control of seven of the state’s eight U.S. House seats, part of a broader mid-decade push launched by President Donald Trump to cement his party’s narrow majority in Congress. The measure, which passed the …

President Donald Trump dined Tuesday night at a seafood restaurant near the White House, using the outing to promote his decision to deploy the National Guard and federalize policing in the nation’s capital, even as protesters outside denounced his actions as authoritarian. Trump’s motorcade traveled a short distance to Joe’s …

The Senate committee that oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold a high-profile hearing next week after the abrupt firing of former CDC Director Susan Monarez, who was pressured to resign but refused. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen. Bill Cassidy …