As off-year contests open the midterm season, President Trump has mostly looked elsewhere, touring Asia and offering only a late, lukewarm nod in Virginia. Yet his shadow looms. In New Jersey, Republican Jack Ciattarelli has recast himself with Trump-style appeals, betting 2024 gains — including sharp shifts in majority-Hispanic townships...
Andrew will not have to leave Royal Lodge immediately and could move to Sandringham as late as the new year, the BBC understands. King Charles has stripped his brother of titles and honours and is funding alternative accommodation on the Norfolk estate, with the move to happen as soon as...
Vice President JD Vance sparked backlash after telling a University of Mississippi audience he hopes his Hindu-raised wife, Usha, will convert to his Catholic faith. The remarks, delivered at a Turning Point USA event, drew criticism from Indians and Indian Americans who said he disrespected her religious choices and implied...
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled Friday that President Donald Trump cannot require documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration form, calling the directive an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers. Granting partial summary judgment to Democratic and civil rights groups, she permanently barred the U.S. Election...
Ohio’s redistricting commission approved new U.S. House maps Friday, a bipartisan vote that could strengthen Republicans in two Democratic-held districts and aid President Donald Trump’s efforts to hold a slim congressional majority. The move came amid intensifying national map fights: Virginia Democrats advanced a constitutional amendment to bypass a bipartisan...
Top congressional Republicans swiftly dismissed President Donald Trump’s late-night call to scrap the Senate filibuster to end the 31-day shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, through a spokesperson, said his stance is unchanged, while House Speaker Mike Johnson called the filibuster a vital safeguard and framed Trump’s post as anger...
President Donald Trump showcased a newly renovated Lincoln Bathroom, swapping 1940s art deco green tile for black and white polished Statuary marble with gold accents, which he called more fitting for Abraham Lincoln’s era. The reveal comes as he tears down the White House’s East Wing to build a 90,000-square-foot,...
Kristi Noem, the secretary of Homeland Security, rejected Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s request to pause federal immigration enforcement over Halloween, saying she would not ask ICE and CBP to stand down. Pritzker had urged a halt after reports that border patrol agents used teargas at a children’s parade in Chicago’s...
A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from halting SNAP payments during the shutdown, a day before the cutoff was set to begin. Judge Jack McConnell issued a temporary restraining order and directed the administration to use $6 billion in contingency funds and to...
U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis rebuked government lawyers after Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino told Fox News he welcomed her nightly check-ins, contradicting Justice Department claims the meetings would be “extraordinarily disruptive” and cause “irreparable harm.” A Seventh Circuit panel paused Ellis’s order during Operation Midway Blitz in Illinois,...
