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Costco Wholesale Corp. has filed a federal lawsuit seeking refunds of the tariffs it has paid on imported goods, becoming one of the largest U.S. companies to mount a direct legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s broad use of emergency powers to impose levies on foreign products. The complaint, filed …

President Donald Trump has accelerated his drive to curb legal immigration, after a native of Afghanistan who had been granted asylum was accused in a shooting in the nation’s capital that left one member of the West Virginia National Guard dead and another in critical condition. “In the wake of …

Sen. Mark Kelly on Monday delivered a forceful and unusually direct rebuke of President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, vowing he would not be cowed by the White House even as the Pentagon conducts a “thorough review” of the Arizona Democrat over what it called “serious allegations of …

Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews into U.S. military strikes on vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, following a report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly issued a verbal order directing U.S. forces to kill all survivors of a …

Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the federal government in a settlement with the Trump administration that ends months of escalating investigations and restores access to hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen research grants. The agreement, announced Friday night, comes after the administration suspended approximately $790 …

A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that Alina Habba, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, has been serving unlawfully as the U.S. attorney for New Jersey, delivering a significant legal rebuke to the administration’s handling of high-level federal appointments. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the 3rd …

Less than a month after Democrats notched a series of victories in the Nov. 4 general election, the political spotlight shifts to Tennessee on Tuesday, where a special congressional election in the state’s 7th District will offer both parties their first test heading into the 2026 midterms. Republicans are working …

The Trump administration on Friday abruptly paused all asylum decisions nationwide, escalating its response to the shooting of two National Guard members near the White House earlier this week and signaling a sweeping crackdown on migration amid rising political tensions over national security. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph …

President Donald Trump said Thursday that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot near the White House had died, using the moment to escalate criticism of the Afghan evacuee program that brought the suspect to the United States. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died hours after the shooting, …

A panel of federal judges on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to move forward with a mid-cycle congressional map engineered to flip a key Democratic seat, underscoring the scope of the Republican Party’s aggressive redistricting campaign ahead of the 2026 midterms. The unanimous decision lets the GOP-controlled legislature use a map …

An Afghan national who entered the United States through a Biden-era resettlement program has been arrested in the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House, an attack that left both soldiers critically wounded and intensified political battles over the use of troops in …

A Georgia judge on Wednesday dismissed the state’s sweeping racketeering case against President Donald Trump and his allies after the special prosecutor who inherited the matter said he would no longer pursue charges, calling the move necessary “to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality.” Fulton County Superior …

Indiana lawmakers will return to the Statehouse next week to consider redrawing the state’s congressional map, reviving a volatile redistricting push backed aggressively by President Donald Trump despite earlier indications that Senate Republicans lacked the votes to move forward. The announcement came Tuesday as State House Speaker Todd Huston said …

Democratic members of Congress who released a video in mid-November telling members of the military that they are not required to follow illegal orders announced Tuesday the Federal Bureau of Investigation has asked to speak with them about the matter. Four House members, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and Michigan Sen. …

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Tuesday that she will not seek re-election in 2026, ending a 12-year run as the city’s chief executive and setting up an open race to lead the nation’s capital through a period of political tension and economic uncertainty. Bowser, 52, told NBC-4 Washington …