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Feds win convictions in antifa attack on ICE detention facility

Nine people were convicted by a federal jury Friday for charges stemming from last year's attack on an ICE detention facility in Texas, in what federal prosecutors called the first-ever terrorism trial for "antifa" adherents.

March 13, 2026

Treasury says Bessent will run IRS even though ‘vacancy’ term expired

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will continue to run the IRS even though he is no longer officially serving as acting commissioner, the agency said Friday.

March 13, 2026

White House offers to let judge overseeing East Wing case tour construction site

The Trump administration on Friday offered to give a personal tour to Judge Richard J. Leon, the man overseeing the court case challenging President Trump's plans to build a ballroom in place of the now-demolished White House East Wing.

March 13, 2026

Virginia’s new congressional map would be country’s most extreme gerrymander

Virginia's current congressional map, among the fairest in the country, would quickly become one of the most extreme if Democrats carry out their redistricting plans.

March 12, 2026

U.N. commission scolds Trump over ‘racist’ immigration enforcement surge

A U.N. human rights commission has issued an "urgent action" alert to the Trump administration warning that it has deported too many people, and citing it for "racial profiling and racist hate speech" against refugees and immigrants.

March 12, 2026

Federal judge halts ICE plans for detention center in Maryland

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday evening blocking ICE from moving ahead with plans to create a migrant detention facility in Williamsport.

March 11, 2026

Trump asks Supreme Court for OK to cancel deportation amnesty for 350,000 Haitians

The administration sought permission Wednesday from the Supreme Court to cancel deportation amnesty for 350,000 Haitian migrants, saying lower judges have wrongly stymied President Trump's plans.

March 11, 2026

Democrat-led states sue to stop Trump team from gathering college race admissions data

Democrat-led states sued Wednesday to try to shut down an Education Department effort to gather data on college admissions and race, saying the Trump administration is rushing the process and making life too difficult for the schools.

March 11, 2026

Court rules first graders have First Amendment rights in Black Lives Matter dispute

A federal appeals court has ruled that First Amendment free speech rights apply all the way down to first graders, as the judges weighed in on a tricky case involving a student who wrote a note to a Black classmate trying to say "all lives matter."

March 11, 2026

‘Dramatic departure’: Republicans challenge birthright citizenship for babies of illegal immigrants

Senate Republicans sought to add heft Tuesday to President Trump's argument that the Constitution doesn't -- and shouldn't -- require birthright citizenship, saying the great grant of American status shouldn't be reduced to a legal "loophole" of birth.

March 10, 2026

Loudoun sheriff says cooperating with ICE makes county safer

Loudoun County Sheriff Michael Chapman said his willingness to cooperate with federal immigration authorities is one of the factors that has made his Virginia jurisdiction safer.

March 10, 2026

Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon scours social media for tips to act for justice

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon is among the most active Trump officials on social media -- and it's not just her own posts.

March 10, 2026

‘Your time is up’: Witness tries to silence Sen. John Kennedy

Sen. John Kennedy has made a career out of embarrassing witnesses in congressional hearings, but he met his match Tuesday with Cato Institute scholar David Bier, who came ready for combat.

March 10, 2026

David Keene, maestro of the conservative movement, dead at 80

David Keene, a towering figure in the growth of the modern conservative movement who was equally comfortable in the weeds of grassroots politics and in the corridors of power in Washington, died Sunday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80.

March 9, 2026

Judge voids Trump’s attempt to gut Voice of America

President Trump lacked the power to install Kari Lake as head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, a federal judge ruled Saturday.

March 8, 2026

Noncitizen charged with voting in Alabama: ‘Simply showed them his … driver’s license’

A Mexican citizen managed to vote in federal elections in Alabama in 2022 and 2024 just by showing his driver's license and without ever being asked to prove he was an American citizen, federal authorities charged in a new criminal case.

March 7, 2026

ICE down to just 47 extra deportation officers in Minnesota

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has cut its deployment in Minnesota down to just 47 deportation officers and they are focused on picking up deportation targets from prisons and jails, the agency told a federal judge Friday.

March 7, 2026

Rights groups push Congress to rebuff COVID overreach

Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began to rip through the U.S., spreading death and sparking draconian shutdowns, the country still has not had a full accounting of the dystopian restrictions the government imposed to try to control the virus -- and the public.

March 6, 2026

New York AG Letitia James says Border Patrol account of migrant death in Buffalo ‘unreliable’

New York Attorney General Letitia James questioned the Border Patrol's version of events that led up to the death of a migrant in the state late last month, calling it "unreliable" and saying there are too many unanswered questions.

March 6, 2026

Lawmaker seeks emergency court order to stop Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center

A Democratic congresswoman has rushed to court to try to prevent President Trump from closing and demolishing the Trump Kennedy Center.

March 6, 2026