As Washington was roiled by the news that one of President Donald Trump's top aides added a journalist to a group chat discussing military plans, many Republicans going to the polls to replace that White House aide's old U.S. House seat have brushed off the story.

A Columbia University student from South Korea who is facing potential deportation for her involvement in a pro-Palestinian protest can't be taken into immigration detention for now, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

President Trump on Tuesday signed an order declassifying all FBI files on Crossfire Hurricane, the government's secret probe that searched fruitlessly for evidence that Mr. Trump colluded with the Russians to win the White House in 2016.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sent a letter to President Trump on Tuesday calling on him to immediately fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for discussing plans for military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen over an encrypted messaging app not approved for safeguarding national security secrets.

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SIGNAL MESS. The brouhaha over the group text involving top members of the Trump national security team is rapidly coming down to two questions: One, how did the participants in the group, which included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed the Trump administration’s attempt to deport a Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian protests on campus. “You can't exile political dissidents. Not in the United States,” Sanders wrote in a Tuesday post on X. His comments came hours after a federal judge ruled that Yunseo Chung, a 21-year-old lawful...

The Senate on Tuesday night confirmed Marty Makary to be the Food and Drug Administration commissioner. Makary was easily confirmed by a 56-44 vote, picking up three Democrats. Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Ill.) Maggie Hassan (N.H.) and Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) voted with all Republicans to confirm Makary. A Johns Hopkins surgeon, Makary will take over...

Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took to the streets on Tuesday for a rare protest against the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has controlled the war-torn strip for nearly two decades.  The videos shared on various social media platforms on Tuesday showed protestors marching through the streets of Beit Lahia, a city in...

Democrat James Malone has won an open Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a major upset in a district that comfortably voted for President Trump in November, Decision Desk HQ projects. Malone, the mayor of East Petersburg, is projected to defeat Republican Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons to represent Senate District 36 for the remainder of...

Democrat Dan Goughnour has won the open Pennsylvania state House seat left vacated by the death of the most recent officeholder, restoring Democrats’ narrow majority in the body, Decision Desk HQ projects. Goughnour, who is a member of the McKeesport school board and a police officer, will win over Republican Chuck Davis, the president of...