Gun control activists believe this summer's spate of high-profile mass shootings shifted the ground on the issue -- and they'll get their first chance to prove it Tuesday in Virginia, where voters are being told it's the top issue in the battle for control of the state's General Assembly. Published November 4, 2019
Four administration officials defied subpoenas to testify Monday in the closed-door impeachment inquiry against President Trump, as House Democrats released the first transcripts from past secret proceedings, making a down payment on new promises of transparency to the month-old investigation. Published November 4, 2019
House Democrats released the first transcripts Monday from their monthlong impeachment proceedings, making a down payment on their promises to bring more transparency to what has been a secret investigation. Published November 4, 2019
A federal judge issued an order Saturday blocking President Trump's proclamation that would have ordered government screeners to refuse entry to would-be immigrants who can't prove they have their own health insurance. Published November 2, 2019
President Trump on Friday set a cap for the U.S. to accept just 18,000 refugees this fiscal year, marking the lowest number since the modern refugee system was created nearly 40 years ago. Published November 1, 2019
President Trump said Friday he has elevated Chad Wolf to be acting secretary at Homeland Security, putting him in charge of perhaps the administration's most critical portfolio. Published November 1, 2019
A federal judge on Thursday tossed the libel lawsuit Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona, had filed against CNN, Rolling Stone and the Huffington Post, ruling that even though they made errors, the news organizations didn't do it with malice. Published October 31, 2019
High-profile Democrats have been streaming into Virginia for weeks ahead of Tuesday's elections, rallying anti-Trump voters for what they hope will be the coup de grace in their three-decade push to reclaim total control of the state's government. Published October 31, 2019
It turns out that asking about citizenship may not have soured the 2020 census after all, according to a test the Census Bureau did to see what the effect of the controversial question would be. Published October 31, 2019
Democrats' first official step toward impeachment got off on a deeply partisan foot Thursday, leaving House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her team already lagging behind the 1998 move to impeach President Bill Clinton. Published October 31, 2019
The Trump administration made a rare admission of a mistake Wednesday as immigration chief Ken Cuccinelli said he bungled an August policy rollout that told some illegal immigrants caring for sick children that they had a month to leave the county or else face deportation. Published October 30, 2019
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, accused the chief of the government's legal immigration agency Wednesday of pursuing a "white supremacist ideology," sparking a brief row in a congressional committee. Published October 30, 2019
Just about everyone agrees that the U.S. owes an immense debt of gratitude to its veterans. An increasing number of members of Congress says that debt should include forgiveness even for violent crimes such as domestic violence, and public safety risks like drunken-driving, when the alternative is deportation. Published October 29, 2019
The Trump administration has taken big steps to solve the border surge of illegal immigrants from Central America, but smuggling cartels are responding by recruiting new migrants from Brazil and Mexico, officials said Tuesday. Published October 29, 2019
More than 150,000 illegal immigrants evaded capture at the border over the past year, Homeland Security officials said Tuesday, detailing the record surge and what agents and officers did to stop it. Published October 29, 2019
The Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy has done exactly what officials had hoped -- convince illegal immigrants with bogus asylum claims to give up and return home, officials said this week, declaring the controversial policy a success. Published October 29, 2019
Ghosts can bleed into the online world, as the Obama State Department found out earlier this decade when it paid $630,000 to boost its Facebook presence -- only to find out that most of those new followers were ephemeral. Published October 29, 2019
The federal government loves its costumes -- and not just at Halloween. Published October 29, 2019
A provision in House Democrats' defense policy bill would require the Pentagon to reveal locations of every troop deployment on the U.S.-Mexico border, including where they are housed, raising fears among activists that the language is intended to be a road map for antifa attacks on American soldiers. Published October 28, 2019
President Trump's border wall may eventually stop illegal immigrants, but right now it has created a new way for them to sneak into the U.S. thanks to the flurry of construction in Southern California. Published October 28, 2019
