America’s war with Iran is at an impasse. President Donald Trump’s unfulfilled threats to launch a “major strike” are partly to blame. By constantly promising to strike the Islamic Republic only to back off at the last moment, Trump has undercut America’s leverage and made Iran less, not more, likely to negotiate in good faith. […]
The Senate adjourned for a five-week recess early Saturday morning after passing a bill to fund the federal government until Dec. 11 and confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general. Senate Republicans also agreed to set aside — for the moment — President Trump’s demand to approve another budget resolution to pave the way for tens...
The Senate early Saturday morning confirmed Todd Blanche as the next attorney general, with the nominee narrowly securing sufficient GOP backing after making a number of promises about how he would handle his tenure as the country’s top law enforcement officer. The vote was 50-49. Though confirmed along a party-line vote when he was nominated...
Democrats opened investigations, filed motions to subpoena and demanded the resignation of the Federal Communications Commission chair Thursday — a response to the suspension...
More than a dozen elected officials were arrested Thursday while protesting conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility where a federal judge this week extended a court order requiring the government to shape up its treatment of detainees.
As encounters with federal immigration agents around Chicago increase, tactics used by activists and immigrant leaders to fight back are also escalating.
Senate Republicans on Thursday confirmed 48 of President Trump's nominees for various executive branch roles, using their new rules change to allow nominees to be confirmed in batches even when Democrats are filibustering.
President Trump on Thursday elaborated about designating Antifa as a terrorist organization, saying the government will investigate the left-wing group's funding and its incitement of riots.
President Trump said Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission could strip networks of their broadcasting licenses for regularly criticizing him.
Congressional Democrats are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration's crackdown on free speech, accusing the president of trying to silence his critics and lead the country down a "road to autocracy."
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker deleted a photo with a Chicago area anti-violence worker part of the city's "peacekeeper" program, after learning they had been charged with murder days later.
Rep. Mike Flood said he will file a House Ethics complaint against Ilhan Omar over her response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination and other alleged violations.
