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SCOTUS takes up Trump’s bid to fire FTC commissioner at will — a showdown that could topple 90-year precedent

The Supreme Court will weigh Trump's authority to fire a sitting FTC member in a major test of presidential powers — and a 1935 landmark court ruling.

US deports more Iranians, Islamic republic says

As President Donald Trump's administration aims to carry out an illegal immigration crackdown, it has deported even more Iranians, according to reports

Ex-House Democrat drops out of Texas Senate race as Jasmine Crockett candidacy rumors swirl

Former House Rep. Colin Allred said he will no longer run for Senate in Texas, as rumors swirl of a potential bid by Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

Biden’s supercharged federal contracting pipeline targeted for freeze after bribery bust, undercover sting

Sen. Joni Ernst demands pause in 8(a) program funding after Biden administration tripled contracting goals and fraud cases emerged involving millions in taxpayer dollars.

Colin Allred drops out of Texas Senate race

Former Texas Rep. Colin Allred ended his Senate run on Monday as challenger Jasmine...

Vance rebukes criticism of Trump‘s Ukraine peace plan

Vice President Vance on Friday defended President Trump's 28-point peace plan to bring an end to the more than three-year war in Ukraine, pushing back on criticism he said is not based on "critical reality." Vance, in a post online, outlined three things needed for a successful agreement: "1) Stop the killing while preserving Ukrainian...

US guardrails aren’t built for electric vehicles. It’s time to change that.

The protective systems lining America’s roads are not ready for the next generation of vehicles. 

Amazon recalls item over risk of ‘death from suffocation’ to infants

A playpen sold on Amazon has been recalled for the risk of serious injury or death from suffocation and entrapment hazards, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Friday.

Relocation of US Space Command in the works

Colorado Springs Rep. Jeff Crank said the Trump administration told him the move won't be as bad as he originally feared. 

Frontlines with Robert Sherman: Eyes on Ukraine

On the ground in Ukraine, all of my sources are giving indications it is highly tense, and they do not like where the conversation is going between the Kremlin and White House.

Republicans frustrated with Bondi over Epstein, Comey ‘messes’ at DOJ

Senate Republicans are venting their frustration over Attorney General Pam Bondi’s management of thousands of records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and, more recently, mistakes made by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in handling a controversial indictment against former FBI Director James Comey. Several Republican senators say that controversies at the Justice Department...

Republicans double down on discharge petitions after Epstein vote

House Republicans are throwing cold water on the idea of making discharge petitions harder to execute — and threatening to launch even more of the rarely used gambits to circumvent leadership. The heightened interest in the rarely used tool comes after Democrats teamed up with a small group of Republicans to force a vote on...

John Bolton criminal case on sluggish pace to trial 

For former national security adviser John Bolton, a trial is a long way off. At a hearing in his criminal case Friday, a federal judge made no attempt to set a trial date on the allegations of mishandled classified material, forced instead to grapple with a pretrial schedule that will likely stretch into next fall...

Maxwell to plead Fifth in House Epstein investigation: Comer

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said that the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell will “plead the Fifth” against congressional investigators. “Her lawyers have replied that she’s not going to answer any questions,” Comer told Politico in an interview Friday. “She’s only going to plead the Fifth.” ...

Bondi files to release sealed Epstein grand jury transcripts

Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed an expedited motion seeking the release of the grand jury transcripts in the Jeffrey Epstein case amid an aggressive push by lawmakers to release all files related to the late convicted sex offender.  Bondi filed the motion in the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida, leveraging the enactment of...

Trump on Greene’s resignation plans: ‘Great news’

President Trump on Friday night said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) announcement that she is leaving Congress in early January is "great news for the country" — perhaps pouring salt on the wound one week after pulling his support from her. The president told ABC News's Rachel Scott that Greene, formerly one of Trump's biggest...

Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season

“The serious harms that AI chatbots have inflicted on children are well-documented."

Chiefs special teams coach dismisses Trump kickoff rule criticism: ‘He has no idea what’s going on’

Kansas City Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub brushed off President Trump’s criticism of the National Football League’s (NFL) new kickoff rule, saying Trump has “no idea what’s going on.” “He doesn’t even know what he’s looking at,” Toub said at a Thursday press conference in response to a reporter’s question about Trump’s comments. “He...

Federal judge blocks IRS from sending ICE taxpayer information for deportations

A federal judge has blocked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from handing over the home address information of taxpayers who may be undocumented to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a 94-page ruling Friday in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Taxpayer Rights against the IRS that called the...

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