Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) almost looks like a centrist now. That would have been a strange thing to say eight years ago, when she knocked off Rep. Joe Crowley, then the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, and became the face of a new left flank that made party leaders nervous. She and the rest of […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who died unexpectedly on Saturday at age 71, was an unlikely GOP leader in the age of President Donald Trump. Graham could easily have become irrelevant once Trump became the unquestioned head of the Republican Party. The South Carolina senator was a top ally of longtime Sen. John McCain. They and […]
A federal judge ruled Thursday that police in the nation's capital illegally seized a gun from a man they stopped outside a laundromat, blasting the officers' account as unreliable and sharply criticizing Justice Department prosecutors for relying on testimony from an officer who has been discredited by other judges.
The Justice Department is examining the handling of the mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Adam Schiff, including the potential involvement of people who claimed to be acting at the behest or direction of two Trump administration officials who have been pushing the probe of the California Democrat, according to a document reviewed by The Associated Press.
Only 776 of the more than 10,000 air traffic controllers who had to work without pay during the shutdown will receive the $10,000 bonuses that President Donald Trump suggested because the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that only controllers with perfect attendance will get the checks.
A day after the Justice Department acknowledged to a federal judge that the full grand jury had not reviewed the final indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney overseeing the case abruptly reversed herself, insisting Thursday that the panel properly approved the charges as she tried to contain the fallout from earlier statements that risked imperiling the prosecution.
Senators will not be able to personally profit from a new law allowing them to sue the government for damages if their phone records are accessed for a federal investigation without their knowledge.
U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan on Thursday lashed out at a federal judge who has been picking apart her criminal case against former FBI Director James B. Comey.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that a "communist" will be meeting President Trump on Friday, using that word to describe Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani ahead of his visit.
Five people linked to the left-wing militant group antifa pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in this past summer's attack on a Texas immigration detention facility that left one police officer wounded.
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration broke the law in deploying the National Guard to patrol the streets of Washington without the city's approval.
The Trump administration said Thursday it has concluded that only Liberia is an immediate option for deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia, rejecting the migrant's claim that Costa Rica is ready to take him.
Seattle mayor-elect Katie Wilson says she’ll no longer need her parents’ financial help now that she gets a mayor's salary, while also defending their past support as 'relatable' for voters.
The RNC raised $14.7 million in October, building a massive $91 million war chest for the 2026 midterms as Republicans prepare to defend their House and Senate majorities.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ripped the Biden administration Thursday for their 'empty word salad' in migrant deportation battle, adding she would "love to see the evidence."
