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President Donald Trump is escalating pressure on Republican leaders in Indiana, publicly calling for the ouster of the state Senate’s top lawmaker after he declined to reconvene the chamber to consider a mid-cycle redrawing of congressional maps favored by the GOP. In a pair of sharply worded posts Sunday on …

The Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it will fully lift the emergency flight restrictions imposed at 40 of the nation’s busiest airports during the record-setting government shutdown, clearing airlines to resume normal operations beginning Monday at 6 a.m. EST. The announcement came in a joint statement from Transportation Secretary Sean …

President Donald Trump abruptly abandoned months of efforts to block the release of federal records tied to Jeffrey Epstein, reversing himself just as dozens of House Republicans appeared poised to defy him on a bipartisan bill to force the documents’ disclosure. “House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, …

President Donald Trump has again pardoned Dan Wilson, a self-described militia member who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and later pleaded guilty to unrelated federal firearms offenses. The new “full and unconditional” pardon, signed Nov. 14, wipes away the Kentucky man’s gun convictions …

The Justice Department quietly replaced several presidential pardons posted online this week after observers noticed that multiple documents appeared to contain identical versions of President Donald Trump’s signature — a discovery that set off questions about whether the signatures were authentic. The pardons, dated Nov. 7, included clemency for former …

The Justice Department on Thursday filed suit to block California’s newly approved congressional map, thrusting the nation’s most populous state into a high-stakes legal and political fight that could influence control of the U.S. House in 2026. The complaint, filed in federal court in California, challenges boundaries adopted by voters …

President Donald Trump publicly severed ties Friday with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, once one of his closest MAGA allies, accusing the Georgia firebrand of drifting “Far Left” and vowing to endorse a primary challenger “if the right person runs.” The extraordinary denunciation — delivered on Trump’s Truth Social account — …

The Trump administration said Friday it will lift tariffs on a range of foreign goods — including beef, tomatoes, bananas and coffee — in a bid to ease consumer price pressures that have accelerated since the president’s global trade levies took effect. The exemptions, effective immediately, apply to a set …

President Donald Trump said Friday he will direct Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s relationships with prominent Democrats and major financial institutions, escalating a political fight over the late financier’s connections as Congress moves toward forcing new disclosures in the case. In a post on …

The Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump appears to live on after the head of a nonpartisan state agency appointed himself the new prosecutor in the case. Peter J. Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, will take over the case from embattled Fulton County …

A senior Trump administration official has referred Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., to the Justice Department over allegations of mortgage fraud, escalating a widening series of politically charged accusations targeting some of former President Donald Trump’s most outspoken critics. The referral was made by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, …

The Trump administration on Thursday announced preliminary trade frameworks with Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador and Ecuador, marking the latest step in the White House’s push to renegotiate U.S. trade relationships across the globe. While the broad outlines are set, senior administration officials said specifics will be finalized in the coming …

The looming end of the government shutdown means federal food assistance is being restored — but for some Americans, it could take days to get their funds. Experts said it was unclear when millions of Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will receive benefits again …

A bipartisan push to compel the Justice Department to release long-secret materials related to Jeffrey Epstein cleared a major hurdle Wednesday after House Speaker Mike Johnson had delayed a new Democrat’s swearing-in for seven weeks — a move that had stalled the effort. The measure, known as the Epstein Files …

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that the House will vote next week to repeal a little-known provision slipped into the bipartisan bill that ended the 43-day government shutdown — a clause that could allow several Republican senators to sue the federal government for up to $500,000 each over a …