Entertainment's awards season has coincided with the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign in Minneapolis, forcing artists to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolt against immigration crackdowns.
A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed by the Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald Trump's administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
The government is in a partial shutdown, and the House may struggle this week to pass a second iteration of a funding package needed to end it amid opposition from lawmakers in both parties.
The Republican National Committee has vastly outpaced Democrats in the crush for cash ahead of the midterm elections, holding a nearly $100 million advantage at the close of 2025, according to year-end filings to the Federal Election Commission.
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators - including young children - outside an ICE facility during a weekend protest that he and others characterized as peaceful.
President Trump brushed off a surprise Democratic win in a Texas state Senate special election -- even though it happened in a district that tends to be solidly Republican.
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday pressed the U.S. and Cuba to enter “a sincere and effective dialogue” following a recent rough patch in the two countries’ relations. “I have received the greatly troubling news regarding an increase in tensions between Cuba and the United States of America, two neighboring countries,” the pope said in a...
President Trump on Sunday announced that the Kennedy Center would be closed for a two-year restoration beginning in July. "The Trump Kennedy Center will close on July 4th, 2026, in honor of the 250th Anniversary of our Country, whereupon we will simultaneously begin Construction of the new and spectacular Entertainment Complex," Trump wrote in a...
A shutdown plan released by the Department of Transportation (DOT) on Thursday involves the furlough of more than 10,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) workers. The plan also states 13,835 air traffic controllers will not receive pay during the shutdown, which follows an extensive shutdown from late last year that put a strain on the U.S....
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.) said Sunday that he would prefer the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) undertake a “robust” investigation into the leak of President Trump’s tax returns, days after the president sued the agency for $10 billion over the disclosure. “I don't doubt the federal government deserves to be sued. The problem is, we...