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President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Monday tasking Vice President JD Vance with overseeing an initiative aimed at investigating fraud across the U.S., reports the New York Post.
Janet Mills does not have a dicey Reddit history or a recently covered-over Nazi tattoo. But her candidacy is haunted by Joe Biden’s 2024 debacle.
President Trump’s war in Iran has raised some costs just as many Americans are starting to see savings from last year’s tax cuts.
A California mother whose 13-year-old son was executed by an illegal alien gang member, shared a message to incoming Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Four alleged terror attacks connected naturalized U.S. citizens in March expose critical security gaps in America, a security expert warned on Fox News.
Ms. Wiles said that the disease was caught in its early stages and that she would remain in her role.
They were a key part of the coalition that powered the president’s comeback, and their frustrations signal vulnerability for Republicans ahead of the midterms.
Rhode Island Democrats propose banning police from hiring Trump-era ICE agents, escalating state pushback against federal immigration enforcement.
The American debate about the campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
President Trump warned that he could postpone a meeting set to begin in just over two weeks if China refuses to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
David French's praise for a progressive Christian candidate reveals a deeper problem in modern moral thinking: feelings and intentions now outweigh doctrine, truth, and the consequences of policy.
Workers are filing lawsuits against the countertop industry as cases of silicosis, a deadly lung disease, rise.
Fareed explains why AI's massive energy demands are straining the power grid, but also why AI could enable big breakthroughs in sustainability and clean energy.
Democrats' refusal to fund the Department of Homeland Security has exceeded any hypothesis of good faith. It is an unpatriotic attack on America's frontline of defense during a time of war and potential Iranian sleeper cells, and an inexcusable bu…
As mayor of Farmville, Virginia, my focus is primarily on local issues. It involves paving streets, supporting our police and fire departments, helping small businesses grow, and working with colleagues to move our town forward. When people stop m…
Does anyone think a healthy nation with a healthy political culture would elect a man like Donald Trump not once, but twice?
On Tuesday, Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi is looking to take a major step toward becoming only the second Indian American elected to the Senate.
Why art and science serve different ends.
Vice President Kamala Harris, a former US senator from California who previously served as the state's attorney general, could be the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party ticket after receiving President Joe Biden's support t…
Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent and CBP Operations Commander Greg Bovino will retire at the end of March, concluding a nearly 30-year career with the agency.
President Donald Trump on Monday repeated his call to nations to help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, and complained that some were not very enthusiastic about providing help to Washington. Trump wants nations to help police the strait after Iran re…
The war in Iran is currently in a phase in which the military trajectory is relatively positive: the United States is steadily destroying Iran's ability to use its most essential tool in the war - drone and missile attacks - which in turn underpin…
Friday 6 March – Friday 13 March
The party’s well-funded canvassing and advertising campaign for a referendum that could add four blue seats to Congress has Republicans scrambling to respond.
Even with Kristi Noem gone, the Administration's immigration agenda shows no signs of flagging-in fact, it is leading toward a new humanitarian and legal crisis.
What one lawmaker’s defection from the GOP says about the state of politics
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is facing mounting pressure from President Donald Trump and House Republicans to advance the SAVE America Act, an election bill that has drawn unified opposition from Senate Democrats.
Most groups defended their support for medical intervention. But the Society for Plastic Surgeons broke with the consensus.
A woman’s allegations of rape against a Republican House candidate have put Trump in a bind.
An interview with Dr Shmuel Bar.
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…
The 5-year-old was briefly held at Dilley, where families are sent after ICE roundups.
As the fighting with Iran enters its third week, President Trump declares victory - but the White House has yet to define what winning means.
DHS’s next leader will inherit a fast-moving $38 billion plan for industrial-scale immigrant detention.
President Donald Trump says the United States is prepared to destroy Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub but so far has chosen not to do so.
As Iranian agents surveil London’s Jewish communities and IRGC-backed plots multiply, Britain’s failure to proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps endangers UK citizens.
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.
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…
Sen. Rand Paul considers 2028 presidential run, saying he'll decide after 2026 midterms while advocating for free market policies in Trump-dominated Republican Party.
The Democratic contest highlights divisions over crypto regulation and billionaire influence in politics, as the industry spends millions in a battle with the governor.
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.
President Donald Trump issued a Truth Social post on Monday announcing that his White House chief of staff Susie Wiles had received an early stage breast cancer diagnosis.
Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and MAGA Republicans in and out of Congress are putting on a full court press to get Senate Majority Leader John Thune to blow up the Senate's filibuster rule to jam through their SAVE America Act, which they regularly tal…
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark said Monday on Newsmax's "Wake Up America" that President Donald Trump could ultimately decide to send U.S. troops into Iran - not for an invasion, but to help secure American shipping and naval forces in the Strait of Ho…
President Donald Trump blasted Judge James Boasberg and asserted that he should be yanked off of cases related to his administration.
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Both the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are probing the results of the 2020 election in Arizona.
The planned vote on the SAVE America Act will show who's "fighting for secure elections and who fears them," Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee told Breitbart.
Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., said Monday that U.S. allies, especially NATO partners, need to help immediately in the widening war in Iran, arguing member countries should join efforts now to secure the Strait of Hormuz instead of waiting until after …
In the wake of the Republican National Convention earlier this month, Fareed speaks with historian Niall Ferguson about how and why the modern-day GOP has changed since the Reagan era of the 1980s.
Australia has long been considered politically stable compared with Europe and the United States. But according to political scientist Eric Kaufmann, that period of “Australian exceptionalism” may be coming to an end.
The Pentagon identified the six service members who were killed when a U.S. refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq while supporting operations in Iran.
The U.S. and Israel crippled Iranian forces in two weeks of war, but Tehran’s ability to disrupt oil flows and its uranium stockpile complicate the push to end it.
How we learned to reason poorly with accurate data.
A Trump-aligned legal group claims Democratic-run states are filing frivolous lawsuits to block the president's agenda without proof of injury.
The Justice Department sent a motion for reconsideration to U.S. District Judge James Boasberg regarding his order to stop a subpoena of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Joshua Byers was hopeful when he voted for Donald Trump in 2024. The 26-year-old document clerk believed the former and future president when he said he would lower prices and improve the lives of the working class.
Hawaii Democrat Jill Tokuda explained why she refused to stand during Trump's State of the Union challenge at a town hall event, when asked about the moment by a voter.
President Donald Trump said Monday that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and will begin treatment while continuing her duties at the White House.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
The foreign origins of Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson’s antisemitism.
Nearly a year after a national-security scandal erupted on my iPhone, no one in the Trump administration has faced consequences.
What did Speaker Mike Johnson mean when he talked about a “course correction” in the Trump administration’s deportation approach? Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs analyzes how the message around deportation is changing.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
The U.S. is examining laser weapon systems as a way to counter Iranian drone attacks and protect U.S. and allied forces in the Middle East, as the conflict places increasing strain on existing missile defenses.
The head of a federal arts commission is proposing the more ornate Corinthian style for the nearly 200-year-old columns at the building’s front entrance.
The president’s longtime confidante plans to continue working while receiving treatment. Her prognosis is “beyond excellent,” Trump said.
Janet Mills is sharp, but her candidacy is haunted by Joe Biden's 2024 debacle.
Has the salesman in chief gotten rusty?
I rarely find myself disagreeing with The Wall Street Journal's editorial page, which is reliably conservative most of the time.
Representative Andy Ogles wrote on Monday that “Muslims don’t belong in American society.” He represents thousands of them in Congress.
President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out again at Democrats for Transportation Security Administration officers continuing to be unpaid during the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
A ruling Friday that derailed an investigation into the Federal Reserve chair at an exceptionally early stage showed the limits of President Trump’s campaign of legal retribution.
Major conservative groups are pressing the Trump administration to intensify deportation efforts against migrants in the United States, reports the Daily Caller. The push comes as the White House recently told Republicans...
The National Endowment for the Humanities seldom gave seven-figure grants. Now big awards flow to handpicked projects, including an institution with three full-time employees.
Iona Italia talks to historian Clare Mulley about her biography of Polish war heroine Elżbieta Zawacka, aka Agent Zo.
Why Germans fear American religion, and what this reveals about Europe.
Ahead of a vote on whether to close the center for two years of construction, the president criticized its previous financial management and physical condition.
Trump’s nominee has one big thing going for him: He’s not Kristi Noem.
Israel faces not a solvable conflict but a permanent condition—one requiring deterrence, “violent maintenance,” and historic patience—while confronting both regional enemies and a cultural battle in the West.
Conservative influencers are pushing for a return to the dark days of 1950s inquisitions.
A local campaign against the small school reflects growing Islamophobia in conservative enclaves in America and among G.O.P. officials.
After two weeks of war with Iran, the Trump administration is being forced to temper its expectations of a swift end to the conflict, with U.S. intelligence and defense officials expressing doubt it can achieve the overthrow of Iran's government a…
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
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The president’s personal iPhone has been lighting up.
Laura K. Field’s smart new book takes a critical look at MAGA’s Ivy League intellectuals.
The federal workforce shrank by a little more than 10% during the first year of President Donald Trump's second term in the White House, according to the Pew Research Center.
Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
The administration’s policy of deporting people to South Sudan, Rwanda and other distant countries has been a striking attempt to create uncertainty for immigrants.
Author Wynton Hall claims that Gemini characterized several Republican senators' rhetoric as hate speech, but did not find anything objectionable from Democrats.
Bobby Pulido is facing scrutiny over the amount of time he spends in Mexico as the Latin Grammy winner pursues Texas' 15th Congressional District seat against Rep. Monica De La Cruz.