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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 Trump administration released its strategy to Make America Healthy Again on Tuesday, which officials hope will reduce chronic diseases and align federal policy with their beliefs. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during a briefing on the strategy the 128 “recommendations are things that I’ve …

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday began an enforcement operation in Chicago targeting undocumented immigrants with criminal records, the Department of Homeland Security announced, escalating tensions between the Trump administration and Democratic officials in Illinois. The effort, called “Operation Midway Blitz,” comes after weeks of speculation and pushback from …

President Donald Trump on Monday downplayed the severity of domestic violence crimes, saying that were it not for “things that take place in the home they call crime,” the administration’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., would have resulted in a bigger statistical reduction in crime. “They said, …

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with the Trump administration, temporarily allowing federal immigration agents to resume roving patrols and stops in the Los Angeles region despite a lower-court ruling that restricted the practice. The unsigned order put on hold a July 11 decision by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah …

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee said Monday it has obtained documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate — including the disgraced financier’s so-called “birthday book,” which Democrats claim contains a letter President Donald Trump allegedly signed for Epstein’s 50th birthday in 2003. Ranking Democrat Robert Garcia posted an image on X of …