The Supreme Court allowed Texas to use its new congressional map for the 2026 elections, blocking a lower court ruling that found the plan was likely a racial gerrymander; federal agents arrested the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC offices the night bef … | Continue reading
Republican Matt Van Epps won a House special election in Tennessee’s deep-red 7th District by roughly nine points, far below Trump’s 22 point margin there last year; a Pentagon watchdog concluded that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked endangering U.S. troops by using his pers … | Continue reading
Trump said he doesn’t want Somali immigrants in the U.S., calling them “garbage,” saying they “contribute nothing,” and claiming they “ripped off that state for billions of dollars” and should “go back to where they came from and fix it” after he was asked if Minnesota’s governor … | Continue reading
The White House said Navy Adm. Frank Bradley ordered a second strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat on Sept. 2 that killed survivors of an initial U.S. attack; Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said investigators believe Rahmanullah Lakanwal was radicalized after arrivi … | Continue reading
The White House postponed its new Affordable Care Act subsidy plan after Speaker Mike Johnson said House Republicans wouldn’t support it; the FBI requested interviews with six Democratic members of Congress who appeared in a recent video telling U.S. troops and intelligence offic … | Continue reading
A federal judge ruled that interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed and dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James; the Pentagon opened an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly after “seriou … | Continue reading
Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior” and said their actions were “punishable by DEATH” after they released a video reminding service members they must refuse illegal orders; a federal judge ruled that Trump’s deployment of more than 2,000 National Guard … | Continue reading
The Justice Department admitted that the full grand jury never saw the final two-count indictment against former FBI Director James Comey; Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department will release its Epstein-related records within 30 days and promised to “follow the la … | Continue reading
A federal court blocked Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map for the 2026 elections and ordered the state to revert to its 2021 districts; Congress ordered the Justice Department to release its unclassified files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein; Trump call … | Continue reading
Trump rolled back reciprocal tariffs on beef, coffee, bananas, tomatoes, tea, cocoa and fruit juices to ease grocery prices that increased as a result of his tariffs; Trump threatened to back primary challengers against Indiana state lawmakers who oppose his mid-cycle congression … | Continue reading
The Justice Department sued to block California’s new voter-approved congressional map, which created five Democratic-leaning districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections; Trump signed the House-passed funding bill last night to end the longest government shutdown in American hi … | Continue reading
Jeffrey Epstein wrote that “of course [Trump] knew about the girls”; after a 50-day delay, Rep. Adelita Grijalva was sworn into Congress, immediately providing the final signature needed to force a House vote on releasing the Justice Department’s Epstein files; the House returned … | Continue reading
The Senate voted to advance a bipartisan bill to end the nation’s longest government shutdown after eight Democrats broke ranks to join Republicans; the Trump administration told the Supreme Court that it plans to keep fighting to block a court order requiring full November SNAP … | Continue reading
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fully fund November SNAP benefits by Friday for about 42 million people; U.S. employers laid off 153,074 people in October, the highest for any October since 2003; Trump called Democrats’ “affordability” message “DEAD,” claiming … | Continue reading
Democrats won elections across several states Tuesday, taking governorships, legislative chambers, and ballot measures in a rejection of Trump’s second-term agenda; California Republicans sued to block the state’s new congressional maps hours after voters approved Proposition 50, … | Continue reading
At 35 days, the federal shutdown has tied the record for the longest in U.S. history; Trump is preparing to make life “a living hell” for Senate Republicans who refuse to eliminate the filibuster; the White House walked back Trump’s threat to block SNAP payments “until the Radica … | Continue reading
The Trump administration will restart SNAP payments but only at half the usual amount; the government shutdown entered its 34th day and is on track to become the longest in U.S. history as Trump refused to negotiate with Democrats over extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; CBS … | Continue reading
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to a one-year trade truce after meeting in South Korea; Trump ordered the U.S. military to restart nuclear weapons testing “on an equal basis” with Russia and China; the Senate voted to end the “national emergency” Trump declared to j … | Continue reading
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the government shutdown will permanently reduce U.S. economic output by up to $14 billion if it continues through November; SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans will lapse on November 1 for the first time in the program’s history … | Continue reading
Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration for stopping food stamp payments during the government shutdown; Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted Speaker Mike Johnson on a private House Republican call, demanding to know “what the Republican plan fo … | Continue reading
The Trump administration will stop providing food assistance on Nov. 1 for about 42 million Americans; the Pentagon is using a $130 million private donation to help pay troops during the government shutdown; the largest federal workers union urged Congress to end the shutdown and … | Continue reading
The Senate rejected two bills to pay federal workers during the shutdown, which is now in its 23rd day; at least 25 states warned that food aid benefits will stop in November if the federal government shutdown continues; Trump called off a planned “surge” of federal immigration a … | Continue reading
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes sued the House in federal court to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva; Trump told Republicans to “hold the line” on the government shutdown, saying “We will not be extorted” and that he would meet Democratic lead … | Continue reading
A man pardoned by Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries; Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel “is not going to pass” following reports that … | Continue reading
A divided federal appeals court ruled that Trump can deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon; James Comey asked a federal judge to dismiss his indictment, claiming Trump ordered the prosecution “because of personal animus” and that interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan … | Continue reading
A federal judge in Chicago ordered ICE agents involved in Operation Midway Blitz to wear body cameras during encounters with protesters; former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith defended his prosecutions of Trump, calling Republican allegations of political bias “ludi … | Continue reading
The Senate failed to pass funding bill for the ninth time as the shutdown entered its third week; a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from firing more than 4,000 federal workers during the government shutdown; the Trump administration blamed the ongoing g … | Continue reading
Trump threatened to permanently cut more “Democrat programs” as the government shutdown entered its third week; North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders will vote next week to redraw the state’s U.S. House map to add a Republican-leaning seat; the Supreme Court will rehear … | Continue reading
The Trump administration fired more than 4,000 employees across at least seven agencies on Friday as the government shutdown entered its second week; House Speaker Mike Johnson called the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced subsidies a “boondoggle” and warned the U.S. is “barreling to … | Continue reading
Trump threatened to use the ongoing government shutdown, now in its ninth day, to make permanent cuts to “Democrat programs”; U.S. District Judge April Perry temporarily blocked Trump from deploying or federalizing National Guard troops in Illinois for 14 days; Senate Republicans … | Continue reading
Trump demanded that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker “be in jail”; former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to charges of making false statements and obstructing a congressional proceeding; the FBI fired three agents tied to former special cou … | Continue reading
Trump floated invoking the Insurrection Act to “get around” court orders blocking his National Guard deployments to Democratic cities; Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly refused to answer questions from Senate Democrats about the Justice Department’s indictment of former FBI D … | Continue reading
Illinois and Chicago sued to block Trump’s deployment of 300 federalized National Guard troops to the city; a federal judge declined to stop the deployment, allowing 200 Texas Guard troops to move toward Illinois as part of the operation; federal agents shot and wounded a woman i … | Continue reading
Trump called the shutdown an “unprecedented opportunity” to slash “Democrat agencies,” bragging that “I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this”; the Trump administration is planning to send billions in bailout payments to U.S. farmers; JD Vance dismissed a racist A … | Continue reading
The federal government shut down after Trump and Republicans refused to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies and Democrats blocked a temporary funding bill; the White House told House Republicans that mass firings of federal workers would start in “one to two” days; the Trump adm … | Continue reading
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth assembled hundreds of the U.S. military’s top leaders at Quantico to demand they accept his agenda or “do the honorable thing and resign”; Trump followed Hegseth’s address by telling the generals that the U.S. is under attack by an “enemy from withi … | Continue reading
Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on a U.S. peace plan for Gaza that Hamas has not accepted; Oregon sued the Trump administration to block the deployment of 200 National Guard troops to Portland after Trump announced he was authorizing the military to use … | Continue reading
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals to assemble at Quantico for an in-person meeting without giving a reason; the FBI said the Dallas ICE shooter planned to “maximize lethality against ICE personnel” and cause “real terror”; the Justice D … | Continue reading
A shooter opened fire from a nearby rooftop at a Dallas ICE field office, killing one detainee and critically wounding two others; Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC after a weeklong suspension, defended free speech, and denied he mocked Charlie Kirk’s killing; former FBI director Jame … | Continue reading
In a combative 56-minute address to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump told world leaders their countries are “going to hell,” accused the U.N. of “not even coming close to living up” to its potential, denounced climate change as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on … | Continue reading
Trump demanded that Attorney General Pam Bondi prosecute his political rivals a day after he forced out the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia; Bondi swore in Trump’s former personal lawyer and current White House aide as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern Distr … | Continue reading
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened ABC stations with “remedies” and possible license revocations over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s killing; Disney and ABC responded by suspending Kimmel’s show "indefinitely"; Trump celebrated ABC’s suspension of Kimmel’s show, ur … | Continue reading
Former CDC director Susan Monarez told senators she was fired for refusing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s demand to preapprove vaccine recommendations from his handpicked advisory panel “regardless of the scientific evidence”; the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a … | Continue reading
House Republicans released a stopgap bill to fund the government through Nov. 21, but excludes Democrats’ demands to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies and reverse Medicaid cuts; the person accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk was formally charged with … | Continue reading
Utah authorities booked Tyler Robinson on suspicion of aggravated murder in the killing of Charlie Kirk; Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, providing no concrete evidence, said Robinson held a “leftist ideology” and had been “radicalized” online; the FBI said Robinson had an “obsession” with … | Continue reading
Utah authorities booked Tyler Robinson on suspicion of aggravated murder in the killing of Charlie Kirk; Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, providing no concrete evidence, said Robinson held a “leftist ideology” and had been “radicalized” online; the FBI said Robinson had an “obsession” with … | Continue reading
Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA and a central MAGA organizer who built a conservative student network tied to spreading false claims the 2020 election was stolen, organizing for Jan. 6, Christian nationalism, and anti-LGBTQ+ culture wars, was shot and k … | Continue reading
Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA and a central MAGA organizer who built a conservative student network tied to spreading false claims the 2020 election was stolen, organizing for Jan. 6, Christian nationalism, and anti-LGBTQ+ culture wars, was shot and k … | Continue reading