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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has rescinded a rule that DHS expenditures over $100,000 be personally approved by his office.

President Donald Trump has attended oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court, marking a first for a sitting president.

The U.S. Supreme Court has finished hearing arguments over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily.

Democrats in North Carolina are scrambling to turn out rural Black voters and say the party cannot win the state without them.

Democrats have run California for years.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance are both seen as the Republican Party’s strongest potential candidates in the next presidential election, but the Iran war could prove to be a political millstone for them.

TMZ is turning its celebrity lens on Congress, tracking lawmakers on recess as a nearly six-week Department of Homeland Security shutdown drags on.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend a Supreme Court hearing in which judges will hear arguments on his executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

Homeland Security is pausing plans to buy new warehouses for immigrant detention as it reviews contracts signed under former secretary Kristi Noem.

An appeals court panel has suspended a federal judge’s order for the Trump administration to bring hundreds of Voice of America employees back to work from paid leave.

Thousands of additional U.S. troops are heading to the Middle East as the Trump administration has insisted that progress has been made in talks with Iran and has threatened to escalate the war if a deal is not reached soon.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to tighten voting rules by creating a national list of eligible voters and limiting mail ballots.

A federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to suspend construction of a $400 million ballroom after it demolished the East Wing of the White House.

A three-judge panel in Wisconsin has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Democratic voters that sought to redraw the battleground state’s Republican-friendly congressional boundary lines ahead of the November midterm election.

On Tuesday, Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed her first large group of bills into law since taking office.

President Donald Trump is attending the opening night of the musical “Chicago” at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday night.

Democrats are trying to win back the Senate.

Bruce Springsteen was in a defiant but upbeat mood in Minneapolis as he launched his latest U.S. tour.

A Florida airport has been cleared to be renamed after President Donald Trump, hours before the president separately revealed plans for a Miami skyscraper planned to house his presidential library.

Lawyers for Rep. Eric Swalwell are demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel immediately end any effort to release decade-old files from an investigation involving the California Democrat and a suspected Chinese spy that resulted in no criminal charges.

Joe and Jill Biden have added a pair of black Labrador-mix puppies named Boo and Scout to the former president’s home in Delaware, adopting the sibling dogs after they were rescued from a shelter in Tennessee.

There will be no Charlie Kirk highway in his home state of Arizona.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says it's important to closely monitor inflation amid a spike in energy prices from the Iran war as the average price for for gasoline nears $4 a gallon in the U.S. But he also said Monday, addressing students at Harvard University, that there isn't a lot Fed policymakers could do.

A New York Times attorney claims the Pentagon has flouted a court order blocking it from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Defense Department’s headquarters.

Mark Sanford is launching another run for Congress in South Carolina’s 1st District.

Two Arkansas Republicans with competing visions on how best to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda to overhaul elections and voting will vie for their party’s nomination for the state’s top elections job on Tuesday.

Democrats are drumming up enthusiasm for their long-shot candidate in Republican former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's old Georgia district while their party is building nationwide momentum.

Authorities in Los Angeles deployed tear gas near a federal detention center and made dozens of arrests following a “No Kings” rally this weekend.

Long security lines at airports are driving people crazy as Congress and President Donald Trump try to work out a budget stalemate.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has positioned himself as the grassroots favorite in the runoff election to determine the party's Senate nominee.

Members of Congress have repeatedly introduced bills to ensure the federal employees who control air traffic and conduct airport security screenings get paid during government shutdowns.

There seemed to be a deal.

President Donald Trump did not attend one of the biggest yearly meetings of conservatives for the first time in nearly a decade.

Tens of thousands of people joined “No Kings” protests across the U.S. and in Europe against the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s actions.

Transportation Security Administration agents could start getting their paychecks as early as Monday after President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to pay them immediately.

A federal judge has ruled that the immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” must provide people detained there with better access to their attorneys.

A Missouri judge has allowed the use of new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump says the American air travel system has reached a "breaking point."

A pro-Iranian hacking group is claiming to have hacked an account of FBI Director Kash Patel and has posted online what appear to be years-old photographs of him, along with a work resume and other personal documents.

Another teen is running for governor of Vermont, and this time, he'll be on the general election ballot.

A law requiring that most materials in federally funded affordable housing are made in America is fully kicking in.

Minnesota will be the flagship of the “No Kings” protest movement Saturday when Bruce Springsteen performs “Streets of Minneapolis” in a state where emotions are still raw over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and the deaths of two residents who were shot by federal officers.

A federal judge is weighing a demand by Georgia's Fulton County that the FBI return 2020 election ballots and records that were seized from an Atlanta-area warehouse.

Deep divisions were apparent over the Iran war as top diplomats from the Group of Seven countries have met in France.

Facing a convulsing stock market, President Donald Trump has moved to buy himself more time and hold off on carrying out a threat to obliterate Iran’s energy plants.

The Treasury Department plans to print President Donald Trump’s signature on every new U.S. paper bill.

President Donald Trump turned an otherwise serious Cabinet meeting into a long Sharpie story, arguing that it shows how he saves government money.

An appeals court has paused lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal officers' use of tear gas during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland.

A revised version of the House's aviation safety bill now has the backing of the National Transportation Safety Board, but the families of the 67 victims of last year's midair collision near Washington, D.C., still want to see tougher requirements to ensure reforms are implemented.

The House Ethics Committee is holding a rare public hearing into alleged ethics violations by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.

An appeals court has ruled that the U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond.

New population estimates show that U.S. growth in metro areas slowed sharply as immigration dropped and hurricanes pushed people out of some Gulf Coast counties.

A growing faction of concerned citizens across America's suburbs are positioned on the front lines of the anti-Trump resistance.

Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport shows how the partial government shutdown is straining air travel as TSA workers miss shifts without pay.

The Justice Department has settled for roughly $1.2 million a lawsuit with Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty during the Republican’s first term to lying about phone conversations with a top Russian diplomat but was later pardoned.

Republicans face growing political trouble ahead of November's midterm elections as the war in Iran keeps gas prices high and voters worry about living costs.

Florida state Rep.-elect Emily Gregory is the latest face of Democrats' optimism after she won a special legislative election in President Donald Trump's home state House district.

At a House Homeland Security committee hearing that stretched over three hours lawmakers and Transportation Security Administration officials stressed the urgency of the ongoing government shutdown as TSA workers scrape by without pay and long security lines wind through some airports.

A top House Democrat says President Donald Trump showed off a classified map on a 2022 flight to his New Jersey golf club and held onto a record from his first term that was so sensitive only six people would have had access to it.

Tens of thousands Transportation Security Administration officers are set to receive another $0 paycheck this week.

Conservatives are holding one of their largest annual gatherings as President Donald Trump faces a tough moment and a growing rift over the Iran war.

Democrat Emily Gregory has won a special election for a Florida state House seat, flipping a district that is home to President Donald Trump’s estate, Mar-a-Lago.

On Tuesday, Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed Executive Order 13, which is aimed at protecting election integrity in the Commonwealth.

The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a new Justice Department division focused on prosecuting fraud over critics’ concerns of potential political pressure to target White House opponents.

Speculation is mounting about who, if anyone, might replace Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for change in Cuba’s leadership.

The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with an immigration policy that has been used to turn back migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and whether the Trump administration should be able to revive it.

A Missouri court has upheld a mid-decade redistricting plan that gives Republicans a chance to win an additional congressional seat in this year’s midterm elections.

The University of Southern California has canceled a gubernatorial debate scheduled for Tuesday after candidates of color were excluded and accused the university of discrimination.

On Monday evening, Roanoke City Council met to discuss the city’s next budget. Leaders laid out a $421.5 million budget, an increase of about $13 million from last year.

A federal judge weighing the merits of the Pentagon’s designation of rising Silicon Valley star Anthropic as a security threat repeatedly questioned the government’s reasons for vilifying the company following a dispute over how its artificial intelligence technology can be used in war.

Oklahoma’s governor has appointed energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill a newly vacant U.S. Senate seat through the end of the year.

U.S. senators are discussing a proposal to end the Homeland Security budget stalemate by funding much of the department, including Transportation Security Administration airport workers who are going without pay.

President Donald Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice.

Award-winning journalist Bob Woodward has a new book that will explain how he came to write so many inside accounts from Washington.

A new Gallup survey finds that Americans’ outlook on the job market is increasingly pessimistic.

In a story published March 25, 2026, about Homeland Security funding, The Associated Press erroneously reported the surname of the acting TSA administrator.

Air traffic controllers at New York’s LaGuardia Airport were juggling a runway emergency moments before an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck Sunday night.

People around the world are cutting back on spending as high gas prices stretch household budgets.

President Donald Trump took a detour to Graceland on Monday.

European far-right leaders are rallying around Hungary’s Viktor Orbán as his grip on power looks shakier than it has in years.

The U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments on whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots — an election issue targeted by President Donald Trump.

The Senate has voted to confirm Markwayne Mullin as the new secretary of Homeland Security.

Democrats are pushing new tax-cut plans to ease voters’ affordability worries and blunt Republicans’ advantage on the issue.

Rahm Emanuel is proposing a far-reaching measure to crack down on betting in predictive markets in Washington as part of an effort to call attention to what he sees as a culture of corruption gripping the nation’s politics.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority sounds skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump’s decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security is drawing concerns that their presence may escalate tensions among air travelers and screeners.

Democrats are starting to treat Vice President JD Vance, not Donald Trump, as their number one focus among Republican leaders.

Voting rights advocates in Alaska are worried that a case set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court could end a long-standing practice of the state accepting ballots after Election Day.

Nearly 600 immigrant children were held in a Texas family detention center in recent months beyond court-mandated limits and without enough food, medical care or mental health services, with dozens languishing inside for more than three months, according to court documents filed Friday.

Tom Kean Jr.'s bid for a third term representing New Jersey's 7th Congressional District offers a window into the larger battle for control of the narrowly divided House.

There are races in 30 states this year for attorney general, and groups that support those candidates prepared for the elections by raising record amounts in 2025.

A Georgia appeals court says Fulton County doesn't have to seat two Republican picks to its election board.

A Missouri judge has struck down the ballot summary for a potential referendum on a congressional redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Pentagon, ruling that key portions of the new rules are unlawful.

A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security has failed to advance in the Senate amid growing concerns about long lines to get through screening at some of the country’s biggest airports.

The first of five high school protesters detained for days in Pennsylvania after a scuffle with a man who turned out to be the police chief entered a probationary program designed to spare him a criminal record.

Rocky Mount Mayor Holland Perdue will face a Public Disciplinary Hearing with the Virginia State Bar on April 23-24. The hearing will take place at the Virginia ABC Headquarters in Mechanicsville.

Does California’s race for governor finally have a leader.