U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in a memo Wednesday that the Justice Department will reverse a Biden-era directive to prioritize enforcement of environmental laws in disadvantaged and low-income communities. Bondi’s predecessor, Merrick Garland, issued guidance in 2022 directing the department to enforce environmental laws with emphasis on communities that have historically been underserved by...

President Trump’s Justice Department sued the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and local officials Thursday over laws creating a so-called “sanctuary city.”  Accusing the officials of impeding federal immigration enforcement efforts, the Justice Department asked a judge to declare the state and local measures unconstitutional because of the federal government’s supremacy. “The challenged...

House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to the acting Education secretary Thursday demanding answers around potential executive orders from the president to weaken the Department of Education. “Over the course of two weeks, the Trump Administration issued sweeping executive orders and sought to broadly and illegally freeze federal financial assistance. Federal employees have been...

Congress needs to reassert its authority and do its constitutionally mandated job by stopping the Trump administration from mindlessly cutting foreign aid.

Amber Ruffin, the just-announced headliner for this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, says "no one" wants President Trump to attend the high-profile event. "No one wants that," the comedian and "Have I Got News for You" personality said when asked in a Wednesday interview with CNN's Jake Tapper if she wanted Trump to take part in...

House Republican allies of President Trump are looking for him to set his government efficiency sights on the Department of Education.

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from obtaining access to certain Treasury Department payment records.

The Office of Civil Rights within the Department of Health and Human Services announced investigations into four medical schools over alleged antisemitic incidents during their 2024 commencement ceremonies.

The Department of Defense confirmed the arrival of the first 10 “high threat" migrant criminals to Guantanamo Bay, all of whom are members of the violent Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua.

The Trump administration on Thursday sued the city of Chicago and state of Illinois for allegedly interfering with immigration enforcement.