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More than 3,500 U.S. troops, including roughly 2,500 Marines aboard the USS Tripoli, have arrived in the Middle East as the conflict with Iran intensifies, U.S. officials said Saturday. U.S. Central Command confirmed the deployment, saying the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit have entered the …

House Republicans on Friday narrowly passed a short-term funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, advancing legislation that is unlikely to clear the Senate and could prolong the ongoing shutdown. The measure passed 213-203 after House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected a bipartisan Senate bill that would fund most DHS …

House Republicans on Friday rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security through September, instead advancing a short-term extension that risks prolonging the shutdown into record territory. House Speaker Mike Johnson proposed extending all DHS funding through May 22, a stopgap plan that faces uncertain …

The U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday it plans to include Donald Trump’s signature on all newly printed U.S. paper currency, a move that would break with longstanding precedent. Traditionally, U.S. currency features the signatures of the Treasury Secretary and the U.S. Treasurer — not the sitting president. Officials said the …

President Donald Trump, who wants to ban mail-in voting, said he had the right to vote by mail-in ballot in Florida’s special election Tuesday “because I’m president of the United States.” The president’s statement at his Cabinet meeting Thursday comes as he aggressively pushes U.S. Senate Republicans to break the …

Donald Trump said Thursday he will sign an executive order to restart pay for Transportation Security Administration officers, who have gone more than a month without full pay during the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Trump did not specify the legal authority he plans to use to …

The Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security are nearing an agreement to share sensitive voter registration data for immigration and criminal investigations, according to sources familiar with the plan, a move that is drawing scrutiny as the policy is not disclosed in ongoing court battles. Under the arrangement, …

The House Ethics Committee on Thursday will hold a rare public adjudicatory hearing for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Florida Democrat accused of misusing millions in federal pandemic funds to support her congressional campaign. The proceeding — sometimes described as a “trial” — could shape whether the committee recommends disciplinary action, …

The Justice Department this week acknowledged it made a “material mistaken statement of fact” in federal court by incorrectly citing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo to justify arrests at immigration courthouses. In a letter filed Tuesday, government lawyers told U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel that a May 2025 ICE …

Democrat Emily Gregory flipped a Republican-held Florida state House seat Tuesday, defeating a candidate backed by Donald Trump in a district that includes his Mar-a-Lago estate. Gregory’s victory over Republican Jon Maples in Palm Beach County will not alter the GOP’s supermajority in the state Legislature. But the upset is …

The Pentagon is preparing to deploy about 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, U.S. defense officials said, in a move that would deepen American involvement in the escalating conflict with Iran. The planned deployment would add to thousands of Marines already heading to the region. …

Senate Republicans on Tuesday proposed a plan to end the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, as disruptions at airports worsen and thousands of federal workers continue to go without pay. The proposal would fund most of DHS but exclude the branch of Immigration and Customs Enforcement responsible …

The Supreme Court of the United States appeared Tuesday to side with Donald Trump in a case that could allow his administration to turn away asylum seekers at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border. During more than two hours of oral arguments, a majority of the court’s conservative justices …

Minnesota state and local officials sued the federal government Tuesday, alleging that authorities have blocked their efforts to investigate three shootings involving federal agents during an immigration crackdown earlier this year. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, was brought by Minnesota Attorney General …

President Donald Trump cast a mail ballot in a Florida special election, according to county records, even as he continues to publicly denounce the voting method as prone to fraud. Records from Palm Beach County Elections Office show Trump’s ballot was received and counted ahead of Tuesday’s election. The records …