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Lindsey Halligan has departed the Justice Department after a federal judge ruled she could no longer refer to herself as a U.S. attorney, finding that her continued use of the title violated binding court orders that invalidated her appointment last year. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed Halligan’s exit in a …

Two members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team working inside the Social Security Administration secretly communicated with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls, the …

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance announced Tuesday that they are expecting their fourth child, a boy, due later this summer. “We’re very happy to share some exciting news. Our family is growing!” Usha Vance wrote in a social media post that included a joint statement from …

Congressional negotiators from both parties released a sprawling bipartisan funding package Tuesday intended to keep the federal government open ahead of a Jan. 30 shutdown deadline, but provisions related to Immigration and Customs Enforcement are already threatening to fracture Democratic support in both chambers. The 1,059-page measure would fully fund …

President Donald Trump doubled down over the weekend on threats to acquire Greenland, saying he would place a 10% tariff on eight European countries that object to his plans and posting several times on social media. Trump’s insistence that the United States gain control of the Arctic island from Denmark …

From toppling Venezuela’s leader to ordering mass deportations, from turning once-independent government entities into rubber stamps to demolishing the White House’s East Wing to build a massive ballroom, President Donald Trump has spent his first year back in office trampling political norms and testing the nation’s institutional guardrails. Some ideas …

A federal judge on Friday sharply limited the tactics federal law enforcement officers may use while policing protests in Minneapolis sparked by the Trump administration’s surge of immigration enforcement resources to the city. In an 83-page order, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez barred federal agents from using pepper spray or …

President Donald Trump privately linked his increasingly aggressive posture toward Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize last year, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to think purely of Peace,” according to two European officials familiar with the exchange. The message, sent …

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into Minnesota officials, including Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over allegations they conspired to impede federal immigration agents, marking a dramatic escalation in the Trump administration’s confrontation with state and local leaders in Minnesota, according to multiple sources familiar …

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking extensive voting records and personal data on California’s 23 million registered voters, ruling that the Trump administration’s demand was “unprecedented and illegal.” U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said the federal government lacked authority to compel states to turn …

President Donald Trump said Thursday he may invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy U.S. troops into Minnesota, threatening a dramatic escalation of federal authority amid protests over a fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and mounting tensions between the White House and Democratic state officials. “If the …

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Thursday that she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump during a White House meeting, a striking symbolic gesture even as Trump has publicly questioned her ability to lead Venezuela following the U.S.-backed ouster of former President Nicolás Maduro. Machado …

The Trump administration on Thursday announced a new plan it says is aimed at lowering health care costs in the United States, but the proposal offers few details and largely repackages ideas President Donald Trump has floated for months, coming as Affordable Care Act open enrollment ends in most states. …

Michigan U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain is facing tough questions over a newly disclosed private investment her husband made in Elon Musk’s xAI company, right as the U.S. government planned to expand xAI for integration with military systems. Financial disclosures filed Dec. 15, 2025, show Michael McClain purchased between $100,001 and …

The Trump administration has reversed a decision to cut nearly $2 billion in federal grants supporting mental health and addiction treatment programs, following swift backlash from lawmakers and advocates. Thousands of grants administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration were abruptly terminated late Tuesday before the decision …