New York Rep. Nydia Velazquez - a trailblazer known by the nickname "La Luchadora" or the fighter - announced Thursday that she will retire next year after more than three decades in Congress.
A Muslim civil rights group that Texas' governor labeled a "foreign terrorist organization" filed a lawsuit challenging the move Thursday, saying it violates the U.S. Constitution and state law.
A federal judge issued an order Wednesday requiring the Trump administration to again consider granting protection from deportation to certain vulnerable young immigrants.
President Donald Trump's special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has informed the White House he'll leave his post in January, according to two senior administration officials.
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. After months of histrionics, self-aggrandizement, and apoplexy from Democrats and […]
Ezra Jin, founder and pastor of Zion Church, and more than 30 of his associates and church staff were detained in China on Oct. 10. They have been charged but not yet sentenced for their alleged crimes. Time is running out before sentencing occurs, after which it will be much harder to obtain their releases. […]
Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.) are co-sponsoring a resolution that calls for raising the threshold to censure House lawmakers. Since the lower chamber returned after nearly two months away last week, three House members — Reps. Chuy García (D-Ill.) and Cory Mills (R-Fla.), along with Del. Stacey Plaskett (D), who represents the...
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said she believes President Trump should “button it up” regarding his suggestion that six Democratic members of Congress should be imprisoned or even executed. Earlier Thursday, the president called the lawmakers “traitors” for urging active duty military members to disobey unlawful orders from his administration. “I would just call upon him...
Missouri attorney general sues FDA over generic mifepristone approval, alleging safety concerns and hospital complications from mail-order abortion pills.
The Department of Justice subpoenaed the personal phone records of House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan in 2022, seeking the Ohio Republican's phone data covering a more than two-year period.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is prepared to meet with anybody ahead of his meeting with President Donald Trump.
