Politics
House Republicans push $95 billion package for the Iran war and Trump’s priorities
House Speaker Mike Johnson will try to advance a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal Wednesday, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities over Democratic objections as a GOP priority before the midterm elections.
Special prosecutor drops all felony criminal charges against Louisiana Attorney General Murrill
A special prosecutor on Wednesday dismissed felony criminal charges against Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, who was indicted on accusations of threatening the jobs of New Orleans officials who fought a Republican-led overhaul of courts in the heavily Democratic city.
Trump trade rep says more tariffs are coming as blanket levies expire, Democrats raise cost worries
President Trump will keep tariffs at the center of his economic policy despite legal headwinds and Democratic complaints that levies fuel higher prices, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Congress on Wednesday.
Smithsonian museum director on hot seat over display of ‘crotch harness’
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History comes with a parental advisory warning, the museum's director told Congress on Wednesday, as she spent a second day struggling to defend a sexually charged exhibit that showed what one congresswoman called a "crotch harness."
Trump attends Dover transfer for troops killed in Iran war
President Trump on Wednesday traveled to Delaware's Dover Air Force Base to observe the dignified transfer of U.S. service members killed in the Middle East
House panel subpoenas nonprofits linked to Shanghai-based mega-donor over Chinese influence
The House Ways and Means Committee has subpoenaed three nonprofits tied to Shanghai-based tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham for allegedly failing to turn over a "single responsive document" to earlier requests for information.
1 in 10 Americans call politics the greatest risk to personal safety, says survey
Americans are the likeliest to name politics as a threat to their safety, as no other population in the world identifies politics as such a problem, according to a new survey.
Germany has deported a Uyghur man to China, his mother says
Germany has deported a Uyghur man to China where there are concerns he could be detained as a member of an ethnic group that has been targeted by the Chinese government, his mother told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Trump-backed candidates sweep Arizona GOP primaries
President Trump's preferred candidates won big in Arizona on Tuesday, adding to his long list of primary victories this election cycle.
WATCH: Mamdani says NYC can’t arrest Netanyahu but the federal government should
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said late Tuesday that the city would not be able to execute an arrest warrant issued by the world's top war-crimes court for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, but urged the federal government to do so.
Biggs wins GOP nomination, will challenge Democrat Hobbs for Arizona governor
U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, a fierce ally of President Donald Trump and former head of the House Freedom Caucus, won the Republican nomination for Arizona governor Tuesday.
House passes stopgap bill to fund government as Senate eyes alternative
The House passed a bill Tuesday evening that would keep the government funded through Dec. 4, but the Senate is preparing an alternative stopgap measure.
Judge bars deportation of witness in fatal ICE shooting of Mexican homebuilder
A federal judge has barred the deportation of a witness in the fatal shooting of a Mexican homebuilder by federal immigration officers during a traffic stop in Houston.
President Donald Trump to travel to Michigan ahead of swing state’s primary election
President Donald Trump is set to rally in Michigan next week as early in-person voting begins in the battleground state's primary, where voters will choose nominees for open Senate and governor's races.
House Democrats return from Cuba visit, decry Trump’s sanctions on the communist island
A group of House Democrats back from a trip to Cuba called on President Trump to drop sanctions and the blockade against the longtime communist foe, saying the economic isolation is causing suffering.
He was fired by the White House right after being sworn in. Now a top federal prosecutor is suing
The top federal prosecutor in Seattle who was fired last week less than an hour after being sworn in sued over his termination Tuesday, teeing up a legal challenge to the Trump administration's efforts to install its own picks in the powerful Justice Department posts.
Mexican man killed after ICE encounter in Florida was on vacation, officials say
A Mexican man who was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer in Florida after running from federal immigration officers was vacationing in the U.S. and had a tourist visa, according to a Mexican official and a group assisting his wife.
Arson charge lodged against ex-Army soldier in fiery attack on Manhattan federal building
An arson charge was lodged Tuesday against a former Army soldier accused of going to a federal building in Manhattan that houses immigration court proceedings and setting a sidewalk fire, igniting fireworks and firing a pellet gun.
Bystander severely wounded outside White House says Secret Service failed him
An active-duty soldier who was hit by a stray bullet during a shooting outside the White House announced on Tuesday that he plans to sue the Secret Service over his life-threatening injuries.
Wisconsin Democrats want to allow absentee voters to cast a new primary ballot
A chaotic Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor that has seen numerous candidates drop out and re-enter the race has threatened to leave thousands of voters who have already returned their ballots with worthless votes for the state's top office.
