A provision of the government funding bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday could give Republican senators a big payday over the government allegedly spying on them. read more
The Trump administration moved Thursday to challenge California's effort to redraw the state's congressional maps ... read more
The company is run by the husband of Noem's chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the "emergency" at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign. read more
Officially changing the Department of Defense to the Department of War can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code and creating new letterheads, placards and badges. read more
Judge Jeffrey Cummings of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois today ordered the Trump administration to release hundreds of people from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers who are believed to have been arrested without warrants or probable cause, in violation of the Castañon Nava federal consent decree. read more
The White House summoned a key Republican lawmaker to the Situation Room on Wednesday for a meeting over the effort to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. read more
Russell Vought advances plan to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- The Trump White House doesn't just want to curtail the CFPB's efforts, it also wants to stop them " permanently. read more
Iran is grappling with its worst water crisis in decades, with officials warning that Tehran -- a city of more than 10 million -- may soon be uninhabitable if the drought gripping the country continues. read more
Approval of the way President Donald Trump is managing the government has dropped sharply since early in his second term, according to a new AP-NORC poll, with much of the rising discontent coming from fellow Republicans. read more
Fannie Mae officers were investigating whether Trump ally inappropriately accessed mortgage details of Letitia James, Adam Schiff and others read more
The next shutdown threat is around the corner -- Most of the federal government will continue running on autopilot through Jan. 30, setting up another showdown.
A 17-year-old with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men. She wants the public to have a fuller understanding of how she was victimized. read more
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday night on Patel's trips using the FBI's jet, noting the plane itself has made dozens of trips since Patel became director. read more
In an interview, Vitali Klitschko describes Russian troops attacking in relentless waves "like a video game" as he calls for the draft age to be lowered. read more
A suburban Chicago father and his 1-year-old daughter were pepper-sprayed at close range as they headed grocery shopping over the weekend and happened upon federal immigration agents, the family said. read more
To borrow a phrase from our reality TV star turned president: "You're Fired." read more
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