From a looming government shutdown and another major spending bill to voter ID laws, permitting reform and the fight over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Matt Delaney looks at what's at stake in Congress's final weeks of Republican control following the 2026 midterms.
On the morning of a Laguna Pueblo village's annual Feast Day, Ashley Sarracino knelt in her family home holding clothespins between her teeth. She straightened her niece's black cotton manta, a traditional one-shouldered dress, and tied a sash around her waist.
Alaska voters have elected a Democrat for governor for the first time since 1998, part of a national midterm elections wave that gave the party sweeping wins in state governments across the country.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, whose leadership is under fire in his own party, has postponed a series of events he had scheduled this week to promote the release of his book on antisemitism, citing "security reasons."
A federal appellate court said Monday it will not come to President Trump's rescue and block a lower court order forcing him to rehire thousands of probationary workers who were fired.
U.S. airstrikes targeted Houthi military assets, with officials claiming dozens of casualties. President Donald Trump warned Iran would be held responsible for any retaliation.
The White House trolled critics on Monday by posting a meme video showing deportations to the famed '90s song “Closing Time," a longtime staple at closing bars and weddings.
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Monday that “the ball is now in Russia's court" to accept a U.S.-proposed ceasefire deal that Ukraine agreed to last week.
North Carolina Republicans want the state's attorney general to be restricted from joining lawsuits against presidential orders, as the House is primed to take up the bill.
A former classmate of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian Columbia graduate student recently arrested by ICE, said she feels “safer with him gone" and he “hates America and everything it stands for."
El Salvador's president and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to celebrate a deportation flight that carried illegal immigrants out of the country even after a federal judge asked for the plane to be turned around.
