Abigail Spanberger is set to make history Saturday when she becomes Virginia's first female governor, opening a new chapter in Richmond as Democrats prepare to control every lever of state government for the next two years.
The Insurrection Act grants presidents extraordinary power to use armed forces on American soil, though its use remains rare in modern times. Here's more on what the Act is and its history.
Federal immigration agents deployed to Minneapolis have used aggressive crowd-control tactics - including pointing rifles at demonstrators and deploying chemical irritants early in confrontations - actions the government says are necessary to protect officers from violent attacks. But law enforcement experts warn these measures are escalating risk and being carried out by agents without extensive crowd-management training.
Ian Roberts, the former Des Moines schools superintendent accused of being an illegal immigrant and who was found with a gun when he was arrested, signaled he may plead guilty to federal charges against him.
Zohran Mamdani has been elected Mayor of New York City, and is promising to lower costs and make life easier for New Yorkers through rent freezes, free childcare, and non-profit city owned grocery stores, funded by tax increases on corporations and wealthy residents.
LIVE Video: House to vote on GOP-led health care bill, without ACA subsidies Just ahead of a House procedural vote Wednesday on a narrow, GOP-crafted health care bill, four Republican members defied their own leadership and joined a Democratic discharge petition that would force a vote on the House floor on extending Affordable Care Act...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday he will push for a moratorium on AI data center construction in an effort to “give democracy a chance to catch up” amid concerns about the “unregulated sprint” to develop the technology. “AI and robotics are the most transformative technologies in the history of humanity and will have a profound impact on the lives...
The House advanced a GOP health care bill Wednesday, even as moderate Republicans signed a Democratic discharge petition to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies in an act of defiance against leadership. The vote was 213-209. Rep. Jen Kiggans (Va.) was the only Republican to vote no. The GOP package would not address the expiring...
A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday made way for President Trump’s National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., to continue, a boon for his campaign to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously agreed to pause a lower court order blocking troops from being sent into...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) blasted the Pentagon’s ongoing probe into him Tuesday. “This is all a bunch of bulls‑‑‑,” Kelly told reporters on Capitol Hill. The Defense Department said Monday it is escalating its review into Kelly, a retired Navy captain, over a Nov. 18 video in which and other Democrats told U.S. service members...
President Trump on Wednesday attacked Brown University over what he claimed was a lack of security cameras after the FBI faced criticism for arresting a person in connection with a fatal shooting who was later released due to insufficient evidence. "Why did Brown University have so few Security Cameras?" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "There...
The Justice Department has until Friday to release its files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law on Nov. 19, gives DOJ 30 days to release its documents, setting the deadline for Dec. 19. The legislation passed both chambers of Congress with veto-proof majorities last...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio slammed Vanity Fair for publishing a bombshell profile on White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in which she appeared to give candid assessments of President Trump’s Cabinet and his policies. In a statement on social platform X, Rubio joined the chorus of White House officials standing by Wiles while...
Peter Navarro's appeal of his contempt of Congress conviction may seem, to some, unnecessary. Last year, fresh out of prison after serving a 4-month stint for refusing to abide a congressional subpoena, he was whisked onto the Republican National Convention stage and welcomed back into the fold. With President Trump back in the White House, so, too, is Navarro, reprising his role as trade adviser to a...
