CHICAGO — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is making a nearly $22 million bet in Illinois that its money, if not its policy views, can still hold sway...
Minnesota lawmakers proposed a bill to ban reverse location warrants allowing police to collect cellphone data near crime scenes, which they say violates the Fourth Amendment.
Casey Wasserman, the entertainment executive tapped by President Trump to chair the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, said late Friday that he is in the process of selling off his talent agency. The move, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, comes after Wasserman faced backlash after his name was uncovered in files tied to convicted...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) suggested Friday that world leaders likely see the U.S. as a "wrecking ball" under its current leadership, but added that President Trump is "temporary." Newsom, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, said the people he spoke with during the summit signaled they no longer see the U.S. as...
The U.S. military on Friday said it carried out a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean, killing three — months after similar strikes caused controversy at the Defense Department. The vessel was operated by designated terrorist organization and moved along "known narco-trafficking routs in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,"...
President Trump and top White House officials are ramping up pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates after two surprisingly strong economic reports. Data released by the Labor Department on Friday showed inflation falling below economist expectations in January, two days after the January jobs report showed a surprising surge in hiring last...
The cancellation of the official House delegation to the annual Munich Security Conference has drawn pushback from Democrats who still plan to attend, even as it’s upended a decades-long tradition of robust bipartisan participation in the high-profile global policy forum. A House leadership aide told The Hill that cancelling congressional delegations (CODEL) is standard operating...
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ran out at midnight, marking the third — but smallest — government shutdown of President Trump's second term as Democrats demand reforms to immigration enforcement practices. The shutdown is likely to last longer than the four-day partial shutdown that ended last week, as the White House, Republicans...
