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The Trump administration deported five men convicted of violent crimes to the southern African nation of Eswatini this week, continuing its controversial practice of removing immigrants to third countries that are not their nations of origin. According to Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin, the deported individuals came from …

President Donald Trump said Wednesday it was “highly unlikely” he would fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, appearing to reverse course less than a day after floating the idea with Republican lawmakers and sparking a temporary dip in the stock market. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said, …

Maurene Comey, a senior federal prosecutor who helped lead the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, was fired this week without public explanation, amid mounting pressure on the Justice Department from President Donald Trump’s base to release additional files tied to Epstein’s associates. The move adds to growing tensions within the …

In a stunning rebuke to a segment of his MAGA base, President Donald Trump on Wednesday disavowed supporters who have pushed for the release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, calling them “weaklings” who “bought into this bulls—.” The blistering post on Trump’s Truth Social platform marked his sharpest break …

President Donald Trump is urging Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to add five GOP-friendly House seats, a move that could dramatically reshape the battleground for the 2026 midterm elections. Speaking Tuesday before departing the White House for a trip to Pittsburgh, Trump said, “Texas will be the …

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of 2,000 National Guard troops from Los Angeles, the Pentagon confirmed Tuesday, scaling back a controversial military response to immigration-related protests that erupted across the city last month. “Thanks to our troops who stepped up to answer the call, the lawlessness in …

Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired the Justice Department’s top ethics official, Joseph Tirrell, intensifying concerns among legal experts and former department staffers that a systematic purge of internal watchdogs is underway under President Donald Trump’s administration. Tirrell, who served as director of the Departmental Ethics Office, announced his dismissal …

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday filed murder and stalking charges against Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old Minnesota man who has confessed to carrying out a deadly attack targeting state lawmakers and their spouses — an act of political violence that has shocked the nation and left Minnesota reeling. Boelter is accused of …

A pair of lawmakers from opposite sides of the aisle introduced a new immigration reform bill Monday that would provide limited legal status to certain undocumented immigrants, in a rare moment of bipartisanship amid the Trump administration’s stepped-up deportation campaign. The bill, titled the Dignity Act of 2025, was unveiled …

The Senate could take its first steps Tuesday toward approving a $9.4 billion rescissions package pushed by President Donald Trump and already passed by the House, as a Friday deadline looms and divisions among Republicans threaten to derail the effort. The package would cancel previously approved federal spending, including $8.3 …

A Democratic-led push to force the release of all Jeffrey Epstein-related documents was narrowly blocked by House Republicans on Monday, as the House Rules Committee voted 6–5 to prevent the proposal from reaching the House floor — exposing growing fissures inside MAGA-aligned GOP ranks. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Ro …

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to resume dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, granting an emergency request to lift a lower court ruling that had blocked the termination of nearly 1,400 federal employees. In a 6–3 decision, the Court’s conservative majority sided with …

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed Monday that he will continue his campaign for New York City mayor as an independent candidate, just weeks after losing the Democratic primary to Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in a stunning upset. “I’m in it to win it,” Cuomo wrote in a post on X, signaling …

In a dramatic escalation aimed at pressuring Russia to end its war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump on Monday announced plans to impose 100% tariffs on any country that continues to do business with Moscow if a peace agreement is not reached within the next 50 days. “We’re going to …

A new child tax credit is coming next year, bringing significant changes that will alter how much assistance families receive — and which families can receive it. With his tax and spending package, President Donald Trump passed a permanent change to the child tax credit spearheaded by congressional Republicans. It …