President Trump's passionate push for Senate Republicans to scrap the filibuster as a way to end the shutdown and pass GOP priorities swayed some senators, but not nearly enough.
Democrats' sweep of the off-year elections this week gave the party renewed vigor for battling President Trump and confidence that the victories are a springboard for the 2026 midterm campaigns.
Homeland Security said Wednesday that it has just completed its sixth straight month without catching and releasing any illegal immigrants apprehended at the southern border.
Not everyone who voted in Northern Virginia in Tuesday's election has felt the impact of President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape the federal government, but even many who haven't said they have colleagues or neighbors who are dealing with the consequences.
As the polls closed on Tuesday across Virginia, it quickly became clear it was a night of firsts: Voters overwhelmingly elected a slate of candidates who broke race and gender barriers in contests considered among the most consequential nationally.
The latest briefing on the U.S. military’s strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, did not quell the concerns of some Democrats in attendance, who are demanding more information about the operations that have killed more than 60 people. The...