Most Americans said partisan redistricting in the House threatens democracy, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Fifty-five percent of respondents in the Reuters/Ipsos poll said there is a negative effect on democracy from changing House district maps to secure seats, with 46 percent of Republicans and 71 percent of Democrats saying the same. California and...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday announced it had terminated California’s participation in a federal sex education grant program after the state refused to remove information about transgender people from its curricula. The department’s Administration for Children and Families (ACF) asked California in March to submit all learning materials for its Personal...
Kim Davis has asked the Supreme Court to erase Obergefell v. Hodges, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, but the odds of the court revisiting the issue are slim and the case is more about religious liberty than same-sex marriage.
Tens of millions of dollars in funding for health programs run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that had been blocked by the Trump administration is being released to grantees. According to several CDC employees, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the agency’s spending plans for specific grants,...
The number of unauthorized immigrants in the US reached an all-time high of 14 million in 2023, driven by policy shifts from the Biden administration and the COVID-19 pandemic, before Trump reversed some of those policies upon his return to office in January 2024.
U.S. Marshals Service Director Gady Serralta on Wednesday said President Trump’s D.C. takeover is reducing rampant crime that residents have been forced to experience for more than four decades. “These are folks that have been living this for 40 years, 40 years of having to live in fear,” Serralta said during a Wednesday evening appearance...
Trump faces pushback from Pennsylvania's Josh Shapiro over proposed executive order to end mail-in ballots for 2026 midterm elections and future contests
Judge Fred Biery grants preliminary injunction against Texas Ten Commandments bill, ruling it violates First Amendment by favoring Christian denominations over others
On Aug. 11, President Donald Trump unveiled plans to dispatch National Guard troops and federalize the Metropolitan Police to address crime in Washington.