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Nogales, Arizona — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the U.S.-Mexico border this week, praising Department of Homeland Security and border agents for reduced encounters and outlining prior investments. Noem…
Washington The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use a voter-approved congressional map that favors Democrats, rejecting emergency appeals from state Republicans and President Trump's lawyers. The unsigned…
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Lee H. Hamilton, a Democratic congressman who represented Indiana’s 9th District from 1965 to 1999, died Tuesday at age 94, his family and office said. Hamilton served 17 terms, led congressional prob…
Albany, New York. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she selected former New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as her lieutenant governor running mate and introduced legislation to ban state police departments from enter…
Washington. President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke Wednesday by phone, discussing Iran and broader U.S.-China ties, including trade, Taiwan and Trump's planned April visit to Beijing. Trump posted that th…
MINNEAPOLIS — Federal border czar Tom Homan announced Wednesday that the administration will immediately withdraw 700 immigration enforcement officers from Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to transfer cus…
Atlanta — Fulton County filed a federal motion this past week seeking immediate and complete return of ballots and other records seized by the FBI on Jan. 28 from a warehouse near the county’s Union City elections facili…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said this week that Republicans should nationalize voting in at least 15 unspecified places, repeating baseless claims that widespread fraud marred the 2020 election. He spoke on a pod…
Annapolis, the Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill Monday to redraw the state's congressional map, shifting boundaries to make all eight districts more favorable to Democrats. It passed 99–37 after hours of debate …
WASHINGTON Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis will receive body-worn cameras, DHS Secretary Krisi Noem announced Monday, following the fatal shootings of two protesters on Jan. 7 and Jan. 24. Noem said the pr…
Washington, House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer on Monday rejected an offer from Bill and Hillary Clinton to provide a transcribed interview and a sworn declaration in the committee's Jeffrey Epstein probe, …
Washington, US President Donald Trump spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, ahead of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to US beginning February 2. Jaishankar will travel from New York to…
Washington — President Donald Trump announced this week he will close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts around July 4 for two years to undertake major renovations, subject to board approval. He said the …
Chicago — Federal changes to SNAP work requirements took effect this week, expanding mandatory work or training to able-bodied adults without dependents aged 18–64. State and local officials, food banks and recipients re…
Washington, President Donald Trump announced on Monday a trade-energy agreement with India that reduces U.S. reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods to 18% and removes a 25% punitive duty tied to Russian oil purchases. Prime …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Secretary of State Cord Byrd announced Sunday that all 22 citizen initiative petitions, including a recreational marijuana amendment, failed to meet Florida legal requirements to appear on the 2026 ba…
Springfield, Ohio — City officials and leaders alerted residents this week as Temporary Protected Status for Haitians expires Feb. 3, prompting concerns over potential immigration enforcement. Superintendent Bob Hill and…
Portland, Ore. — Mayor Keith Wilson demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave the city after federal agents used tear gas, pepper balls and rubber bullets on a crowd of demonstrators outside an ICE fac…
HOUSTON, Democrat Christian Menefee won a Texas special election Saturday, securing 68.4% of the vote and filling the U.S. House seat vacant since Rep. Sylvester Turner's death nearly a year ago. Menefee will serve throu…
San Jose — Laura Fernandez won Costa Rica’s presidential election on Sunday, securing 48–49 percent of the vote and surpassing the 40 percent threshold to avoid a runoff. Electoral authorities reported Fernandez leading …
Washington A partial government shutdown began Saturday after lawmakers missed finalizing spending, but officials say it differs from last fall’s broader closure and may end quickly. The Senate approved a comprehensive f…
Washington — President Trump said Saturday he ordered the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Noem not to intervene in protests in Democratic-led cities unless local officials request federal assistance or fede…
Washington, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that lawmakers will wait days before voting on a government funding package, prolonging a partial federal shutdown that began Saturday. Senators on Friday approved a two…
Fort Worth, Texas — Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican Texas Senate district that President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024. Rehmet, a veteran and labor union…
Washington, President Donald Trump said Saturday that India has agreed to buy Venezuelan oil, shifting purchases away from Iran, and invited China to do likewise. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that the United…