Politics

House Republicans are hoping to affirm that they are on the same page as Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday night.

President Trump repeatedly returned to the subject of illegal immigration on Tuesday night, when he touted his record and took aim at how Democrats have handled the issue.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explained the United States' negotiations with Hamas aimed at securing the release of American hostages during a Wednesday briefing.

DOGE head Elon Musk met with senators at the Capitol on Wednesday to update them on his progress and answer questions.

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio confronted Denver Mayor Mike Johnston for upholding “sanctuary" city policies after an illegal immigrant allegedly assaulted a federal officer.

Democratic lawmakers wouldn't provide a definition for "woman" in a new video as President Donald Trump focuses his second term on declaring the difference between the two biological sexes.

The General Services Administration already has removed an online list of more than 400 "non-core" federal properties it said it wanted to sell off.

Rep. Sylvester Turner, Texas Democrat and former mayor of Houston, died suddenly at age 70, just two months into his first congressional term.

The Merit Systems Protection Board moved Wednesday to block the Trump administration's attempt to fire thousands of "probationary" workers at the Agriculture Department, saying the action may have violated the law.

New York Mayor Eric Adams told Congress under oath on Wednesday that his new stance on illegal immigrants isn't the result of any deal with the Trump administration.

Farmers and meat producers across the U.S. can expect the new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China and the retaliatory action from those countries to hurt their bottom lines by billions of dollars if they stay in place a while, and consumers could quickly see higher prices for produce and ground beef.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas has died two months after taking office and hours after attending President Donald Trump's address before Congress in Washington, D.C., officials said on Wednesday. He was 70.

Georgia U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath filed paperwork on Wednesday to raise money for a run for governor in 2026, becoming the first Democrat to take that step.

The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to drop an emergency abortion case in Idaho in one of its first moves on the issue since President Donald Trump began his second term.