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Schumer’s former ally mounts leadership challenge as Democrats face rare internal power struggle

Senate Democrats face their first contested leadership race since 1994 as Chris Van Hollen challenges Chuck Schumer with Bernie Sanders' backing.

Colossal cost — and tiny benefit — of the ‘net zero’ climate madness

Right now, thousands of diplomats, bureaucrats, and campaigners are meeting in Türkiye yet again...

Rep. Jamie Raskin wants to ‘rein in ICE’ and ‘rebuild’ DOJ next Congress

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin is launching his bid to chair the powerful House Judiciary Committee with a promise to investigate alleged corruption and effect policy changes within the Trump administration.

New White House lobbying rule under Stephen Miller: Staff can’t meet with lobbyists without approval

White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is ushering in a new era of lobbying protocols at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., reportedly requiring staff to receive prior approval if they want to meet with a lobbyist.

House panel calls for ban on public officials using prediction markets

The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee is calling for new laws to crack down on insider trading in prediction markets.

Trump to invoke Schedule F to make it easier to fire some federal workers

President Donald Trump is preparing to make one of the controversial personnel changes laid out in the conservative Project 2025 blueprint for his second term.

White House, DHS offer new justifications for deporting Abrego Garcia, MS-13 gang suspect

Trump officials are sharing new reasons for deporting MS-13 suspect Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, saying his initial claims blocking his deportation in 2019 were "fake" and revealing new details of a human smuggling allegation.

Sen. Van Hollen returning to U.S. after meeing with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen was flying home from El Salvador on Friday after meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported there by the Trump administration. It's unclear what will happen next in the case.

Anti-Israel Harvard students conspire to smear law firms critical of campus antisemitism: report

Anti-Israel Harvard Law students organized a smear campaign against law firms that have stood up against campus antisemitism, according to a Washington Free Beacon investigation.

Trump dishes on Abrego-Garcia’s ‘unbelievably bad’ record and Democrat’s ‘fake’ El Salvador trip

President Donald Trump said that Kilmar Abrego Garcia holds an “unbelievably bad" record, following Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s Thursday visit to El Salvador to meet him.

Federal judge orders halt to Trump admin’s CFPB terminations

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily halt mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau after an appeals court had previously narrowed an earlier injunction.

ICE dispels rumors about viral video showing agents smashing window to arrest illegal

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is dispelling rumors swirling around online after a video showing an arrest where an agent smashed in a car window went viral.

Top Ivy League university in the hot seat as Congress ramps up investigation: ‘Almost all woke’

Harvard University continues to face scrutiny, and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating how Harvard uses taxpayer money.

Pentagon’s week of power struggles: leak fallout and shouting matches hit Hegseth’s inner circle

Multiple defense officials describe a bitter internal feud behind the sudden ouster of three aides to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — with finger-pointing and accusations flying.

Despite Trump’s order, a surprising number of DEI programs remain ‘active’ at colleges and universities

Despite the Trump administration's orders for colleges and universities to dismantle their DEI programs, several have chosen simply to rebrand them, critics charge.

Trump White House launches web page on COVID-19 lab leak

The Trump White House is leaning heavily into the lab-leak theory on the origins of COVID-19 with a web page that outlines evidence of a spillover from a virology center in Wuhan, China, instead of nature.

D.C. judge lets DOGE dismantle USIP

A D.C. District Court judge rejected a temporary restraining order request from USIP employees Thursday aimed at keeping the Department of Government Efficiency from dismantling the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Democrats questioning Gov. Newsom’s liberalism in California

Carley Stephens has several ways to describe her political scorn for Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Young girl faints in Oval Office during Trump’s session with reporters

A young girl suddenly fainted in the Oval Office during a question-and-answer session that President Trump was having with reporters.

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