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Leavitt brushes off Lutnick–Epstein heat with list of administration wins media ignored before ending briefing

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick amid questions about his connections to Jeffrey Epstein during a briefing Tuesday.

Dem lawmaker compares ICE agents to Nazis and Gestapo during fiery House hearing on enforcement

Democratic lawmakers likened ICE agents to Nazis during an explosive House hearing as Rep. Dan Goldman clashed with acting director over enforcement tactics.

House Dem explodes on top Trump immigration official, says he ‘better hope’ for pardon from president

Progressive Rep. Shri Thanedar exploded on top Trump immigration officials, calling federal immigration officers “thugs" and saying they “better hope" for a presidential pardon.

DOJ signals crackdown on synagogue protesters using abortion clinic statute

The Justice Department expanded civil rights enforcement against protesters accused of disrupting religious worship using recent synagogue cases as a legal model.

Mamdani’s antisemitism czar once slammed post condemning Hamas terror attacks

NYC's new antisemitism czar once criticized a social media post condemning Hamas rocket attacks, calling it "state-sanctioned violence" against Palestinians.

Millions of Americans rely on the Affordable Care Act. They deserve an upgrade.

The ACA was never meant to be frozen in time: It was meant to evolve.

Man who falsely claimed to shoot Charlie Kirk faces up to 15 years in prison

George Zinn, accepted a plea deal as he faced charges of obstruction of justice and sexual exploitation of a minor.

National Parks Service to remove invasive ‘salt cedar’ trees from Big Bend National Park

From Feb. 12-28, park resource crews will cut down tamarisk trees in the area and then treat the stumps with the herbicide triclopyr. The National Parks Service said in a Jan. 27 news release that it will remove invasive trees in Big Bend National Park, along the Rio Grande and the park's hot springs area.

Savannah Guthrie calls for prayers for missing mother: ‘Bring her home’

“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie is calling for prayers as the search continues for her missing mother. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing on Sunday morning after she did not show up for church near Tucson, Ariz. In an Instagram post on Monday evening, the NBC host asked her followers to “please pray” for the return...

Echoes of Kent State are reverberating through Minneapolis

As in the aftermath of Kent State, the right wing’s opinion is not based on the facts but on political partisanship.

Our recovery agenda must start before addiction takes hold

Regaining connection to other human beings is the basis for recovery.

Probable cause found against West Virginia woman accused in alleged Trump assassination plot

A woman accused in an alleged scheme to assassinate President Donald Trump made a court appearance in Jackson County, West Virginia Monday.

Live updates: House votes could end government shutdown; Trump, Colombian leader to meet

House Republicans could end the partial government shutdown on Tuesday, as the lower chamber gears up for votes on a five-bill minibus and a two-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A razor-thin margin and Democrats' refusal to fast-track the funding package put House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his conference...

Gabbard says Trump requested her presence at Fulton County election center search

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard participated in the FBI’s recent search of a Georgia election center at the request of President Trump, she told members of Congress in a Monday letter. Last week, Gabbard was captured on camera by a Reuters photographer near the election office in Fulton County, Ga., where she was seen...

The Movement: MAGA balks at pumping brakes on deportation operations

A portion of the MAGA base that has long supported mass deportations is worried that the Trump administration will pump the brakes on its immigration enforcement strategy in the wake of mass public outrage over the killing of two Americans by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. “We have to hold the line. There can be...

First, they came for the journalist

Trump is using the Department of Justice to target his political enemies and intimidate journalists, just as the Department of Defense is being used to wage war and seize other countries' resources.

House panel advances funding bill to reopen government, teeing up tight floor vote

The House Rules Committee on Monday night advanced legislation to end a partial government shutdown, teeing up what will be a tight vote on the House floor for House Republican leadership. The panel advanced the funding package 8-4 along party lines. The legislation, passed by the Senate last week, consists of a so-called minibus of...

Maryland Democrats advance new congressional lines in state House

Maryland Democrats advanced a new set of congressional lines that would eliminate the state’s one remaining GOP-held House seat on Monday. The Maryland House of Delegates voted 99-37 to advance a new House map that would give Democrats an 8-0 edge in their congressional delegation. The state currently has a 7-1 Democratic edge. The legislation...

Texas Democrat sworn in to House, shrinking GOP margin to 1 vote

Rep. Christian Menefee (D-Texas), a former Harris County, Texas, attorney, was sworn in as a member of the House on Monday after winning the special election runoff for the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s (D-Texas) seat last week. “It's been more than 330 days since the people of the 18th Congressional District had representation, had a...

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