Skier Hunter Hess took the bait in Milan, or more likely, couldn't wait to preen for the foreign press, noting that he had "mixed emotions" representing his country.
Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that has led to a pause in funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says Washington Republicans are wasting their time and resources trying to throw Sen. John Cornyn a lifeline in the state's hotly contested GOP primary.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Tuesday became the first Republican senator to speak out against a House GOP-drafted bill to require people to show documented proof of citizenship before registering to vote and to show ID to cast a ballot, a top priority of the Trump administration. Murkowski, a prominent centrist Republican, said the Constitution...
The U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January but gained far fewer jobs than initially reported in 2025, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The January employment report showed the labor market booming last month, with the jobless rate ticking down slightly to 4.3 percent. Economists expected the U.S. to...
President Trump’s mandatory detention policy for apprehended migrants has claimed its biggest legal victory yet. Is it a turning point? Only time will tell, but the ever-growing swarm of more than 1,000 cases has now entered a new chapter — one that could prompt the Supreme Court to get involved. The Trump administration’s policy keeps unadmitted migrants who are arrested during enforcement operations locked up without bond, regardless of how long they’ve lived in the U.S. It leaves no discretion. It...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily grounded all flights to and from El Paso International Airport for 10 days early Wednesday morning. In a notice to airmen (NOTAM) on its website, the FAA said that “no pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by” its stoppage. The order went into effect at 1:30...
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) sent a late-night letter on Monday to Democrats in Maryland’s General Assembly, urging the state legislators to pass a new redistricting map. The map has already passed the state’s House, but the bill now faces opposition from Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D), who has refused to bring the measure...
A grand jury on Tuesday refused to indict a coalition of Democratic lawmakers over their participation in a controversial "illegal orders" video last fall. The failed federal indictment was pursued by the office of U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, as first reported by The New York Times. The lawmakers urged military...
A few GOP rebels on Tuesday issued a stunning rebuke of President Trump’s tariff regime, joining with Democrats to vote down legislation that would have banned members’ ability to call snap votes to repeal the tariffs. The House voted 214-217 to block the rule, which would have also teed up votes for unrelated legislation later this week. ...
