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A sweeping government funding package is facing fresh obstacles in the Senate after a federal officer shot and killed a man in Minnesota over the weekend, deepening Democratic opposition to the Department of Homeland Security’s funding and raising the risk of a partial government shutdown next Friday at midnight. The …

A federal immigration agent shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis man during a protest Saturday, marking the second fatal shooting involving immigration officers in the state this month and intensifying tensions between Minnesota officials and the Trump administration over aggressive federal enforcement tactics. The man, identified by family as Alex …

A former senior Navy official who was removed from her post by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year is running for Congress, launching a Democratic bid for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. Nancy Lacore, a retired three-star admiral who served 35 years in the Navy as a helicopter pilot and …

Former special counsel Jack Smith testified this week that President Donald Trump deliberately sought to remain in power after losing the 2020 election and knowingly exploited the violence that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In his first public appearance since leaving the Justice Department …

Tens of thousands of Minnesotans marched in downtown Minneapolis Friday in a negative 30 degree windchill to protest the federal government’s continuing surge of immigration enforcement — demanding civil rights and a withdrawal of the 3,000 officers sent here by the administration of President Donald Trump. The demonstration took place …

Maryland lawmakers moved rapidly Friday to advance a new congressional redistricting plan after a gubernatorial advisory panel narrowly recommended changes that would significantly reshape the state’s lone Republican-held district. Just three days after the Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission voted 3–2 to recommend a new “concept map,” legislation based on that …

The city of Philadelphia sued the Interior Department and the acting director of the National Park Service on Thursday, alleging that federal officials unlawfully removed exhibits referencing slavery from a prominent historic site near Independence Hall. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, seeks a preliminary injunction requiring the restoration of …

For decades, the United States has held considerable power in determining the direction of global health policies and programs. President Donald Trump issued three executive orders on his first day in office that may signal the end of that era, health policy experts said. Trump’s order to withdraw from the …

The Trump administration has ordered Cabinet agencies to review federal funding flowing to a group of Democratic-controlled states and Washington, D.C., a move that has raised alarms among Democrats who fear the information will be used to cut off resources to so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration …

A small group of moderate House Democrats broke with their party on Thursday to help Republicans pass a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, overcoming fierce opposition from most Democrats angered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s aggressive operations in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities. The DHS funding measure …

President Donald Trump sued JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, on Thursday, alleging the banking giant cut off him and his businesses for political reasons after he left office in January 2021, a move Trump says caused millions of dollars in damages and disrupted his operations. The $5 billion …

A New York state judge ruled that New York City’s only Republican-held congressional district was drawn unconstitutionally, ordering state officials to redraw the map in a decision that could reshape the state’s House delegation ahead of the midterm elections. State Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Pearlman concluded that the Staten Island-based …

The U.S. Department of Education, for now, is backtracking on plans to garnish wages and seize tax refunds of student loan borrowers in default, the department announced last week. Less than a month after the agency said it would begin garnishing wages by sending notices to roughly 1,000 borrowers in …

The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after the couple refused to appear for closed-door, transcribed depositions tied to the panel’s investigation into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The resolution …

President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly scrapped the tariffs he had threatened to impose on eight European nations in a bid to pressure Denmark and NATO into ceding control of Greenland, reversing course hours after insisting the United States wanted the island “including right, title and ownership.” In a post …