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The legislation, which brings to an end a four-month lapse in funding, now goes to President Trump to sign into law.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
ASecret Service agent is under criminal and internal agency investigation for his alleged role in a hazing incident at a historically black fraternity at Miami's Florida International University that landed a pledge in the hospital.
Democrats have rolled the dice in Maine as they pursue a post-Trump future. Will it work?
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Who loves paying $4.97 for a gallon of gas?
Trump isn't the first president to hold an extravaganza on his own major birthday.
Rep. Chip Roy proposes ending pay and power for House and Senate lawmakers who serve 12 or more years in their respective legislative chambers.
Trump saw about a dozen specialists for prior check-ups, per past statements. The White House has declined to identify which specialists assessed the president.
Latest California governor primary results as Democrats Katie Porter, Tom Steyer and Xavier Becerra and Republicans Chad Bianco, Steve Hilton vie for nominations to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Sabato's Crystal Ball shifts three Senate races toward Democrats, saying they have a clearer path to winning the majority in the midterm elections.
The party is trying desperately to win back some voters in the key swing group.
The Point Pleasant Beach Police Benevolence Association says they’ve never adopted the logo of the Punisher.
The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marria…
Reps. Ilhan Omar and Sarah McBride mocked Rep. Nancy Mace after she placed fifth in the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary contest.
David Rush, the C.I.A. employee, worked on a highly classified China spying program with Stephen A. Feinberg, the Pentagon’s second-ranking official.
Phones have turned us into awkward, antisocial puppies who can’t handle eye contact.
McGregor, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s main attraction, had the support of the prominent sports physician Neal ElAttrache when he decided to use performance-enhancing drugs.
Vice President JD Vance's chief of staff, Jacob Reses, is set to depart the White House later this summer, Fox News has learned.
Despite the cartels and kidnappings, Mexico sort of chugs along, with middling economic performance and flourishing life in the major cities.
How I read a confidential memo on live television—and what it reveals about ideological bias
Author Quinn Slobodian has won acclaim for his attempt to link the famed Austrian economist to right-wing extremists. But his arguments collapse under scrutiny.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin accuses the Biden administration of turning a blind eye to sexual abuse reports targeting migrant children.
In an effort to prevent statutory surveillance authority from expiring, the president signals that he will nominate a DNI with intelligence experience.
Lawmakers in a growing number of states are imposing restrictions on 3D-printed firearms, sparking debate over Second Amendment rights and gun control.
This case shows how quickly tragedy becomes raw material for those who seek to exploit it.
The president and the Maryland governor are at odds again — this time over renovations to golf courses at Joint Base Andrews.
With Graham Platner now the Democratic nominee against Senator Susan Collins, signs of how hostile the race will be have quickly emerged.
A measure to temporarily continue a key surveillance law fell well short of the support needed to pass, further raising the chances that it will lapse on Saturday.
Iona Italia talks to lawyer and historian Adam Wakeling about the enduring importance of Enlightenment values and how to defend them today.
Senator Graham’s close call with a runoff shows ‘America First‘ is appealing, but manners matter more.
The president's top advisers gathered in a series of Situation Room meetings as they struggled to contain a scandal engulfing Donald Trump himself.
Hava Mendelle — army veteran, nurse, and co-founder of Minority Impact — speaks with Zoe Sankey about antisemitism in Australia, the red-green alliance, October 7th, and why she left the activist left behind.
The Interior Department is cutting 43 partnerships and over $4 million in funding for groups tied to DEI, environmental justice and immigration.
"War Room" host Steve Bannon and Article III Project's Mike Davis discussed allegations that the largest Democratic fundraising group, ActBlue, weakened donor verification safeguards and misled Congress about its anti-fraud measures.
Rep. Mark Harris urges Treasury Secretary Bessent to strip the SPLC of its tax-exempt status, alleging the group funded extremist organizations.
Sen. Schmitt warns Democrat immigration policies threaten Western civilization as his $350 million ICE funding provision targets sanctuary cities.
House Democrats blocked a FISA Section 702 extension, leaving the key U.S. surveillance program set to expire Saturday amid a Trump intel standoff.
Federal testing data released Wednesday shows that students are struggling, and experts said that means they may not be able to work in high-skill jobs.
A roundup of legal news from the last week.
Vote in House today on temporary extension appears doomed as Trump and Dems face off over appointment of Bill Pulte as national intel director.
British author Josh Ireland’s new book about the murder of Leon Trotsky tells the gripping story of a rivalry between two very different men.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
Pentagon safety systems detected an air quality issue Thursday, prompting a shelter-in-place order and hazmat response as officials investigated a reported chemical spill.
President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts.
The congresswoman finished fifth in the state’s GOP gubernatorial primary, according to unofficial returns, solidly losing even her own home county and district.
Unless stipulated by law or regulation, a bank has no obligation to consider whether it should be ‘financing emissions’ or, indeed, ‘growth.’
The #CancelColbert saga in 2014 established the paradigm for countless hashtag controversies that followed.
Under Donald Trump, the United States is, as policy analyst Karim Sadjapour suggested, the "attention deficit superpower."
War Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a great speech on D-Day in Normandy.
Not everyone panicked. Some kept their heads. Some saw what needed to be done and said so.
David Reich and the politics of recent human evolution.
One week ago, Congress was sailing toward relatively easy passage of a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which authorizes intelligence agencies to spy on non-U.S. electronic communications without a warr…
Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out.
A cohort of young Millennial and Gen Z politicians have centered their campaigns this year on housing costs, and the divide is more generational than partisan.
Two reports by U.S. investigators reveal how Medicare Advantage is quick to reject requests for short-term nursing home or inpatient services.
Four years into the full-scale invasion, Ukraine bears little resemblance to the country Russia expected to defeat in a matter of days.
An African migrant who attacked and attempted to behead a man was confronted by a Catholic nationalist.
The Trump admin suspends federal funding for Los Angeles's primary homelessness support agency, accusing it of fraud and 'wanton mismanagement' of taxpayer dollars.
British liberals exclude reactionary cranks like Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur because they don’t have the stomach for a fight.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Grim predictions add to the problems of a president already facing a sharp rise in inflation.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democr…
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A U.S. military official said the president’s seemingly dramatic announcement on Wednesday referred to a previously reported effort to shepherd commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Justice Department once tried to stay out of state elections, urging caution. It is now pressing forward with claims of fraud as President Trump revives his unfounded assertions that elections cannot be trusted.
Commanders do not usually speak publicly about future operations to avoid jeopardizing the mission’s success.
The most consequential weakness of philosopher and journalist Kathleen Stock’s new polemic against assisted dying is its failure to engage with the empirical record.
One-third of Americans shoulder health care debt. Insurers are being asked to consider lending money to Obamacare consumers who can’t afford higher deductibles.
Progressives in Ireland are holding on to the taboo that immigration is an unmixed blessing.
So far, a clear media narrative has emerged from the 2026 midterm election primaries: Trump's unprecedented reshaping of the Republican Party in his image over the last decade is nearly complete, and his influence remains as strong as ever.
Haaland could make history as the first female Native American governor if she’s elected.
SCOTUS may not be the most sympathetic to violent criminals, but it has been vigilant in policing abuses by overly creative federal prosecutors.
Peter Simonson examines the sad phenomenon of attending college merely to get the degree.