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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 …

President Donald Trump’s administration announced Wednesday it is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak, the latest in a series of federal actions asserting control over the District of Columbia. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, speaking alongside Amtrak President Roger Harris, said the change would restore the historic 1907 landmark …

A federal grand jury in Washington declined to indict a former Justice Department paralegal accused of hurling a salami sandwich at one of the federal officers President Donald Trump has deployed in the nation’s capital. The unusual decision not to indict Sean Dunn, 37, was first reported by The New …

Two children, ages 8 and 10, are dead Wednesday following a shooting at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis, where students at the Catholic school there gathered for Mass to celebrate the beginning of the school year. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who committed …

The dust is far from settled after a Utah judge issued a ruling Monday ordering the Utah Legislature to draw a new congressional map after determining lawmakers unconstitutionally undid a 2018 voter-approved ballot initiative that created an independent redistricting commission. The lawsuit’s plaintiffs, anti-gerrymandering groups, including Better Boundaries, and Democrats …

A senior federal official has accused the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) of exposing the personal data of virtually every American to potential theft, according to a whistleblower complaint obtained by reporters. The filing, submitted by SSA Chief Data Officer Charles Borges, claims that …

President Donald Trump jolted his conservative base this week by saying he would welcome 600,000 Chinese students into American universities, a move that appears at odds with his administration’s hardline visa policies and his “America First” agenda. The surprise announcement, made Monday in the Oval Office alongside South Korean President …

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will challenge her removal, her attorney said Tuesday, arguing President Donald Trump “has no authority” to fire her. Trump announced late Monday that he would fire Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, over allegations that she falsified documents to …

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a highly unusual lawsuit filed by the Trump administration against every federal judge in Maryland, ruling that the executive branch cannot sue the judiciary to overturn a standing order that temporarily limits deportations. U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen, a Trump appointee who normally serves …

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing state National Guard units to be ready to assist local, state and federal law enforcement, a potential step toward a dramatic expansion of Trump’s use of military personnel for domestic policing. The order calls for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to ensure troops …