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U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst announced Tuesday she is officially not running for another term in the U.S. Senate, leaving the seat open heading into the 2026 election cycle. In a video address, Ernst said it was “no easy decision” to decide not to seek reelection for a third term as …

The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released thousands of files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, bowing to growing bipartisan pressure to make more of the case public. But the release — posted in a sprawling Google Drive …

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is prepared to order federal authorities into Chicago and Baltimore to combat crime, escalating a confrontation with Democratic governors and mayors who insist outside intervention is neither wanted nor legal. Asked in the Oval Office about deploying National Guard troops to Chicago, Trump replied, …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that U.S. Space Command headquarters will move from Colorado to Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision and reigniting a fierce political and strategic debate over the future of America’s military space operations. Speaking in the Oval Office alongside Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete …

A federal grand jury in Washington has declined to indict an Indiana woman accused of threatening President Donald Trump on social media, underscoring growing resistance among D.C. residents to the administration’s aggressive use of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in the capital. Prosecutors charged Nathalie Rose Jones with …

Rep. Jerry Nadler, a towering figure in New York politics and the longest-serving member of Congress from the state, announced he will not run for re-election in 2026, closing out more than three decades in Washington. Nadler, 77, has represented a wide stretch of Manhattan since 1992 and became a …

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 …