The Merit Systems Protection Board moved Wednesday to block the Trump administration's attempt to fire thousands of "probationary" workers at the Agriculture Department, saying the action may have violated the law.
New York Mayor Eric Adams told Congress under oath on Wednesday that his new stance on illegal immigrants isn't the result of any deal with the Trump administration.
Farmers and meat producers across the U.S. can expect the new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China and the retaliatory action from those countries to hurt their bottom lines by billions of dollars if they stay in place a while, and consumers could quickly see higher prices for produce and ground beef.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas has died two months after taking office and hours after attending President Donald Trump's address before Congress in Washington, D.C., officials said on Wednesday. He was 70.
Georgia U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath filed paperwork on Wednesday to raise money for a run for governor in 2026, becoming the first Democrat to take that step.
The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to drop an emergency abortion case in Idaho in one of its first moves on the issue since President Donald Trump began his second term.
The hard-line House Freedom Caucus announced it would introduce a censure resolution against Rep. Al Green, making good on a promise to go after any Democratic lawmaker who disrupted President Trump's Tuesday address.
A pair of Democrats doubled down Wednesday on their decision to avoid bipartisan celebrations at the joint session of Congress on Tuesday, particularly when President Trump recognized a 13-year-old boy who survived brain cancer.