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.
Journalists attending Saturday night's annual Gridiron Club Dinner in Washington snubbed a toast for President Trump, breaking a 140-year-old tradition of toasting the sitting president.
White House press secretary Karoline Leaviitt reminded a French politician who wants the Statue of Liberty back that the U.S. saved him from Nazi Germany.
Judge James Boasberg blocked Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants, fueling a legal battle. Trump’s border czar vows mass deportations will continue.
After Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg halted Trump's rapid deportation of Venezuelan gang members, Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, said he would be taking formal steps to impeach him.
Brown University professor Dr. Rasha Alawieh was deported to Lebanon after allegedly admitting she went to the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The Department of Veterans Affairs rescinded its directive permitting transgender-related health care services, aligning with President Donald Trump's two-sexes executive order.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, a colonel in the USAF reserves, said critics of the administration and its cuts to the federal workforce are wrong, pointing to a new facility in Virginia.
President Zelenskyy announces Ukraine's successful test of the Long Neptune cruise missile, a 620-mile-range strike weapon, as Russia escalates attacks amid fragile ceasefire talks.
President Donald Trump has allowed Customs and Border Protection agents the ability to hand out "maximum consequences" to those caught illegally crossing the border.
Forty-seven percent of registered voters approve of Trump’s performance — which equals his previous all-time high during the entirety of his political career.
President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson kicked off the Irish celebrations last week by welcoming Taoiseach Micheál Martin to the White House.
President Trump's plans to cut taxes and reduce the federal budget have put a bullseye on significant wasteful spending entrenched in Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security programs.
