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A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that President Donald Trump violated a 19th-century law when his administration deployed thousands of troops to Los Angeles last June to assist in immigration enforcement and crowd control. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found that the deployment of 4,000 California National Guard members and …

Congressional Republicans are returning to Washington this fall riding high from a major legislative victory — passage of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts with no Democratic support. But the triumph sets the stage for an even tougher political test in September: keeping the government open. Federal funding …

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was hospitalized with multiple injuries, including a fractured vertebra, after a car crash in New Hampshire on Saturday evening, according to his security team. Giuliani, 80, was riding as a passenger on Interstate 93 in Manchester when his vehicle was rear-ended at high …

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that the Trump administration will expand Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in major cities, including Chicago, escalating tensions with Democratic leaders who have vowed to resist federal intervention. Appearing on CBS News’ Face the Nation, Noem confirmed that ICE operations already underway …

A federal judge on Friday blocked a major Trump administration initiative to expand fast-track deportations nationwide, ruling that the policy violates the constitutional rights of migrants who have lived in the United States for years. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, an appointee of President Joe Biden, issued the ruling in …

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Saturday aimed at curbing the reach of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops, preemptively challenging President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy them to Illinois. “We must take immediate, drastic action to protect our people from federal overreach,” Johnson, a Democrat, said …

Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe on Friday called Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts, thrusting the state into a growing national battle over partisan gerrymandering ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Kehoe’s announcement came just hours after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a fellow Republican, …

Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas’ new congressional map into law Friday, celebrating in a social media video that the state is “now more red in the United States Congress.” Abbott’s signature concludes the legislative portion of this unusual mid-decade redistricting effort, which started earlier this summer when President Donald Trump …

The White House has notified Congress that President Donald Trump will cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding through a rarely used budget maneuver known as a “pocket rescission,” drawing bipartisan criticism and sparking questions about its legality. The move — not attempted in nearly 50 years — would slash …

A state-appointed elections official in North Carolina has resigned after being arrested and accused of slipping illicit drugs into his granddaughters’ ice cream, authorities said Thursday. James Edwin Yokeley Jr., 66, stepped down as chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections following his arrest earlier this week. Police said …

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump had no legal authority to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly every country in the world, dealing a major legal setback to one of his signature economic policies but leaving the duties in place for now. The U.S. Court of …

President Donald Trump has revoked U.S. Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, ending security that had been extended beyond the standard post-office period, officials confirmed Friday. Harris’ senior adviser told NBC News the former vice president was “grateful to the United States Secret Service for their professionalism, …

The U.S. Air Force has offered full military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, the Air Force veteran fatally shot while storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, officials confirmed Thursday. Babbitt, 35, was killed by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd as she attempted to climb through a shattered window …

Louisiana is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decades-old precedent that has safeguarded minority voting rights, urging the justices to strike down the central provision of the Voting Rights Act and ban any use of race in redistricting. In a legal brief filed Wednesday, Republican Attorney General Liz …

The Department of Homeland Security has begun transferring detainees out of Florida’s controversial state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” days after a federal judge ordered parts of the facility dismantled. In a statement Wednesday, DHS said detainees were being moved to other centers across the country in response …