Texas has now bussed more than 30,000 illegal immigrants from its state to sanctuary cities across the country, Gov. Greg Abbott announced, taking a victory lap on what has been the most effective GOP public relations effort against President Biden's border policies.

A federal judge has ordered former President Donald Trump not to talk publicly about witness testimony, grand jury subpoenas and other "sensitive" evidence in the Justice Department's prosecution of him in the 2020 election conspiracy case.

A provision in the Pentagon policy bill working its way through Congress would ease environmental reviews to build new computer chip factories, a measure meant to make the U.S. competitive against China in an area critical to national security.

The intelligence community is deploying a full-court press across Washington to woo skeptics to support renewing surveillance powers that are set to expire later this year, with new overtures to civil liberties advocates and policymakers.

The campaign of former President Donald Trump on Friday came out swinging against Attorney General Merrick Garland's decision to elevate David Weiss, the U.S. attorney for Delaware, to special counsel in his investigation of President Biden's son Hunter Biden. Mr. Weiss has already been in charge of the investigation into the younger Mr. Biden's tax and other legal problems under both Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden.

Vice President Kamala Harris told young activists they are "critical" to changing the federal calculus on guns, saying their voices and votes can usher in a ban on military-style rifles and make firearm companies liable for gun violence.

The IRS has taken plenty of flak for sending stimulus checks to dead people, but a new inspector general's audit says the agency also has the reverse problem: It refused to send checks to some living people, claiming they were already dead.