California GOP leader introduces 'two-state solution' bill to split the Golden State into liberal coastal and conservative inland regions amid redistricting dispute.
Jack Smith's attorneys push back against a Hatch Act investigation by the Office of Special Counsel, launched after Sen. Tom Cotton alleged election interference.
Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, Sinaloa Cartel co-founder, pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges and must forfeit $15 billion as Trump administration intensifies cartel crackdown.
Lisa Cook's potential removal from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors gives Trump another opportunity to name someone more closely aligned with his financial policy.
More than a dozen Claire's stores, as well as a few Icing stores, appear to be the first set to close after the mall-based retailer filed for bankruptcy last week.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday the FBI does not have jurisdiction to return Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled their state. “Texas lawmakers are digging in. You heard Governor Abbott there talking about the FBI, Senator Cornyn calling the FBI to help locate those Democratic lawmakers who fled the state. I wonder, do you...
President Trump ripped the Federal Reserve's renovations to its headquarters Sunday ahead of a a press conference Monday addressing "crime and the beautification" of Washington, D.C., “The Press Conference on Crime and “Beautification” will be held tomorrow, at 10:00 A.M. EST, in the Press Briefing Room, and it will not only involve ending the...
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Sunday that he doesn't believe there is a risk that peace negotiations in Alaska with President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will reward Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. ABC News's Jonathan Karl asked Rutte on "This Week" if he believed, like former national security adviser John Bolton does, that...
The Defense Secretary has ordered the refurbishment of a 1914 Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery, which is a racist monument that celebrates white supremacy and Jim Crow, and is an insult to the values of the American people.
President Trump signaled he was ramping up plans to address violence and crime in Washington, D.C., reiterating he would have a news conference at the White House on Monday, adding, "There will be no 'Mr. Nice Guy.'" "I'm going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before. The Homeless have...
Former national security adviser John Bolton, a vocal critic of President Trump's foreign policy decisions, said the president "wants the Nobel Peace Prize more than anything else," adding that "the way to his heart," which he said leaders like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have discovered, is to offer to nominate him. While discussing Trump's recent...
U.S. NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker said President Trump will have to "trust but verify" Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Alaska on Friday, where they plan to hold talks about ending the war with Ukraine. On CNN’s "State of the Union" with Dana Bash, Whitaker said if the world leaders reach a deal,...
The Board of Immigration Appeals denied a Salvadoran woman asylum, ruling that her claim that Salvadoran women constitute a group at risk of persecution was too broad and insufficiently particular, despite international and U.S. precedents recognizing gender as a protected ground for asylum.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is leaning into the Texas redistricting battle as he seeks to fend off a conservative primary challenge from state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). On Tuesday, Cornyn publicly called for FBI Director Kash Patel to assist in tracking down Democrats who fled the state in protest. Two days later, the senator...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) on Sunday said he's not ruling 'anything out' when it comes to a potential 2028 presidential bid. “I'm focused on running for reelection as Governor of the State of Illinois, and everything that I do really is focused on lifting up the people of my state,” he said to NBC’s...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says that peace negotiations in Alaska between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could be "a positive step forward." “If, in fact, an agreement can be negotiated which does not compromise what the Ukrainians feel that they need, I think that's a positive step forward. We all want to see...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday shrugged off the idea of Vice President Vance being the likely Republican frontrunner for the 2028 presidential elections. “Neither Trump, nor he nor the Republicans of today have anything of significance to say to working class people,” he said on CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash. “Doesn’t...
