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President Donald Trump on Thursday announced sweeping new tariffs targeting a wide range of imported goods — including a 100% tariff on branded prescription drugs, 25% on heavy-duty trucks, and 50% on kitchen cabinets — in what he called a move to protect U.S. manufacturers and reduce reliance on foreign …

Former FBI Director James Comey proclaimed his innocence of federal obstruction charges and characterized the indictment against him as a consequence of “standing up to Donald Trump” in a video posted to social media, while current Director Kash Patel sought to allay concerns the prosecution was politically motivated. Meanwhile, Trump …

House Democrats on Thursday demanded a federal investigation into the unauthorized release of Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s military records, calling it a serious breach of privacy and a potential politically motivated leak ahead of New Jersey’s hotly contested gubernatorial election. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight …

The gunman who opened fire on a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas on Wednesday hated the U.S. government and wanted to “cause terror” by killing federal agents, authorities said Thursday, revealing new details about the deadly attack. Federal investigators identified the shooter as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, who …

Federal prosecutors in Virginia have charged former FBI Director James Comey with obstruction of justice and making false statements, just days after President Donald Trump publicly urged his Justice Department to indict his political enemies and replaced a top federal prosecutor who resisted. The indictment, returned Thursday by a grand …

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday it is suing six states — California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania — that have refused to turn over detailed voter roll data demanded by federal attorneys earlier this year. The Justice Department has reached out to more than half …

The Justice Department is preparing to ask a grand jury as soon as Thursday to indict former FBI Director James Comey on allegations that he lied to Congress, according to two people familiar with the matter. The move comes just days before the five-year statute of limitations expires on Comey’s …

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a deal Thursday clearing the way for TikTok’s U.S. operations to be transferred from its China-based parent company ByteDance to a group of American investors, two senior White House officials told NBC News. The agreement, which has been in the works for months, …

The White House is escalating the stakes of a looming government shutdown by preparing plans that could lead to mass firings of federal employees, according to an internal memo obtained by POLITICO. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has directed agencies to draft “reduction in force” (RIF) plans in …

Hundreds of federal employees purged in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to their jobs at the General Services Administration, the agency responsible for managing much of the government’s real estate portfolio. According to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press, GSA has given the workers …

Democrat Adelita Grijalva has won the special election to fill the U.S. House seat once held by her late father, longtime Rep. Raúl Grijalva, NBC News projected Tuesday night. Grijalva, a former Pima County supervisor and Tucson school board member, defeated Republican Daniel Butierez in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, which …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly canceled a scheduled White House meeting with Democratic leaders, saying he will not sit down with them until they “become realistic” in the escalating fight over government funding. The move comes with a shutdown deadline of Oct. 1 looming and both parties deadlocked over …

A deadly shooting at a federal immigration facility in Dallas on Wednesday left two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees dead and one critically injured, prompting an FBI investigation into what officials described as an act of targeted violence. The gunman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. No …

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the Trump administration to restore more than $500 million in federal grants to the University of California, Los Angeles, ruling that the government likely violated federal law by cutting the funds without proper justification. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin granted a preliminary …

President Donald Trump delivered a blistering address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, accusing the body of failing to solve global conflicts, dismissing international climate efforts as a “con job,” and warning U.S. allies that they risk collapse without Washington’s leadership. “All they seem to do is write …