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Peltola declares victory in Alaska Senate race

Democrat Mary Peltola claimed victory on Saturday in Alaska's Senate race over incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.

Justice Department lawyer benched in New York ICE case as judge hints at further punishment

U.S. District Judge Sanket J. Bulsara booted a Justice Department lawyer from being able to argue in a case over ICE arrests in New York, saying he believes Thomas Price violated a key rule of court procedure with a recent filing in the case.

‘Absolutely FAKE NEWS’: Former press secretary Katie Zacharia on comeback buzz

Former White House press secretary Katie Zacharia says she's not trying to get her job back.

Trump team clashes with Louisiana over who controls prediction markets

The Trump administration and Republican Louisiana are publicly clashing over who can regulate prediction markets.

Colorado lawmakers silent as deleted internship ad limited applicants who identify as Muslim

Colorado state Sen. Iman Jodeh -- the first Muslim elected to the legislature -- is promoting an internship program, but you can only be hired if you fit the right race.

Venezuela agrees to resume deportation flights in response to pressure from Trump

Venezuela has agreed to resume accepting deportation flights from the U.S., according to Richard Grenell, a special envoy to the president.

Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva dead at 77

Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., died of lung cancer-related issues on Thursday morning, his office announced in a statement.

White House video rips Senate Dems with their own words for ‘hypocrisy’ over looming shutdown

WATCH: The White House published a highlight reel of Senate Democrats railing against potential government shutdowns as an attack on democracy ahead of their own 2025 shutdown showdown.

Trump praised for getting NATO allies to bolster defense spending: ‘really staggering’

President Donald Trump has long advocated for NATO allies to ramp up defense spending to between 2% to 5% gross domestic product.

Direct aid to Israel should be phased out to ‘reduce US leverage,’ influential conservative groups argue

The Heritage Foundation is responding to backlash against a report that suggested the U.S. should phase out direct aid to Israel so that a future president could not cut it off at will.

Texas AG announces probe into Dallas over its sanctuary polices: ‘The law is not optional’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday said he requested records from Dallas and its police department over its sanctuary city policies.

Universities that enable protest encampments would lose funding under proposed law

New legislation aims to penalize college campuses that enable protest encampments, which were a widespread phenomenon last year as a means of protesting the war between Israel and Hamas.

Transgender lawmaker slams Republicans’ ‘bizarre’ focus on culture wars

Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, accused Republicans of being "obsessed with culture war issues," saying the focus was "weird" and "bizarre."

Blue state’s LGBT ‘conversion therapy’ ban violates Constitution, ‘very easy case’ for SCOTUS, says expert

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case challenging a Colorado law's ban on so-called "conversion therapy" for minors after it declined to hear a similar case last year.

Trump asks Supreme Court to review ban on birthright citizenship

The White House argues that nationwide injunctions blocking President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order are overly broad and has asked the Supreme Court for relief.

GOP lawmaker calls for FBI investigation into ‘alarming’ allegations against top Dem fundraising platform

GOP Rep. Andy Biggs is calling on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue amid allegations of skirting finance laws.

WATCH: Treasury Secretary slams Dems for potential government shutdown

On Tuesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was asked about tariffs but pivoted to a looming government shutdown on Capitol Hill.

Senate Democrats refuse to go along with GOP spending plan, as shutdown deadline nears

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led government funding bill that already passed the House but failed to slap any limits on President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk's efforts to gut federal operations.

U.S. envoy visits Moscow for talks on ceasefire that a Russian official says would help Ukraine

An envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump arrived Thursday in Moscow for talks on an American-proposed 30-day ceasefire that Ukraine has accepted, but a senior Russian official said the truce would only help Kyiv by giving its weary and shorthanded military a break.

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