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President Donald Trump said Friday that he had signed a commutation order immediately releasing former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from prison, calling his treatment “horrible” and “unfair.” “George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated,” Trump wrote on Truth …

Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani opened Thursday night’s New York mayoral debate promising to lower costs for city residents — then spent the next 50 minutes in a fierce and often personal fight over integrity, experience, crime, the war in Gaza, and President Donald Trump’s influence on the race. The …

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced new steps to make in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments more affordable, unveiling a deal with major drug and pharmacy companies to lower the cost of a key fertility medication. The announcement marks the administration’s first major policy move on IVF since February, when Trump …

A federal grand jury in Maryland indicted former national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday, making him the third outspoken critic of President Donald Trump to face criminal charges in recent weeks, a senior Justice Department official confirmed. Prosecutors allege Bolton improperly retained classified materials after his bitter split from …

Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared strikingly open Wednesday to raising the bar for challenges to voting maps under the Voting Rights Act, signaling a potentially sweeping shift that could weaken the landmark civil rights law and sharply limit how race can be considered in redistricting. The deeply …

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to stop firing federal employees during the ongoing government shutdown, calling the mass layoffs politically driven and unlawfully executed. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, sitting in San Francisco, issued a temporary restraining order blocking further job cuts, saying she believed the …

Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday defended young Republican leaders whose private group chat contained racist and antisemitic messages, arguing that the backlash is disproportionate and warning against “ruining kids’ lives” over “stupid jokes.” Speaking on The Charlie Kirk Show — the podcast founded by the late conservative activist and …

President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel claimed victory Wednesday in what they said was a months-long surge of law enforcement in major cities and pledged to continue sending federal authorities to address violent crime in U.S. cities. The FBI arrested more than 8,700 suspects during an initiative Trump …

A Florida judge has granted a protective order against Republican U.S. Rep. Cory Mills after his former girlfriend alleged that he threatened to release nude photos of her and harm future boyfriends following their breakup. Circuit Judge Fred Koberlein issued the order Tuesday in Columbia County, barring Mills from contacting …

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreign nationals accused of making derogatory or mocking remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the State Department said Tuesday. Officials said the decision followed a review of social media posts and videos that referenced Kirk, who was fatally …

A coalition of Democratic governors announced Monday the creation of a new interstate partnership aimed at coordinating public health efforts and information sharing, a move they say is necessary because the Trump administration has failed to provide consistent national leadership. The Governors Public Health Alliance, billed as a “nonpartisan coordinating …

More than a decade after the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and just two years after it declined to unravel another, the high court on Wednesday will hear a consequential challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map that could further weaken the law’s protections for minority …

The U.S. Senate returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday following a four-day weekend, but neither Republicans nor Democrats appeared ready to work toward ending the government shutdown following another failed vote to advance a short-term funding bill. President Donald Trump and administration officials also didn’t seem inclined toward compromise anytime …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded conservative activist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, honoring the Turning Point USA co-founder who was assassinated last month while speaking at Utah Valley University. “We’re here to honor and remember a fearless warrior for liberty, a beloved leader who galvanized the …

Several major U.S. news organizations, including The New York Times, The Associated Press, and conservative network Newsmax, said Monday they will not sign a new Defense Department document governing press access, a move that could see their reporters expelled from the Pentagon under the Trump administration’s new media policy. The …