A partial government shutdown is about to hit the Department of Homeland Security. Here’s what that means
February 12, 2026
‘They put me on there to die’: Conservatives unload on GOP’s failures to carry out DOGE cost-cutting
February 12, 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi took heated questions from lawmakers in a combative congressional hearing over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein that have exposed sensitive private information about victims despite redaction efforts
February 11, 2026
5 takeaways from Pam Bondi’s fiery testimony
February 11, 2026
North Korean state media says the country's leadership will convene a major political conference later this month
February 08, 2026
The Department of Justice will allow members of Congress to review unredacted files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
February 06, 2026
Johnson can now lose only one vote after Texas Democrat sworn in
January 02, 2025
President Donald Trump acted quickly to negotiate with Democratic senators on a deal to avert a government shutdown
January 31, 2026
A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released Friday revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before his death by suicide in 2019
January 30, 2026
Hill Democrats – and even some Republicans – plot an exit for Noem
January 28, 2026
The District of Columbia's longtime delegate is closing out her career in Congress
January 25, 2026
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testified publicly for the first time on Capitol Hill about his investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election
January 22, 2026
Johnson seeks Trump agenda 2.0 as GOP anxiety grows over midterms
January 19, 2026
There's broad bipartisan support in Congress for reviving federal health care subsidies that expired at the beginning of the year
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump has announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up
January 15, 2026
Congress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a three-bill package on Thursday
January 15, 2026
Senate Republicans have voted to dismiss a war powers resolution that would have limited President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela
January 14, 2026
Military plane part of secretive, classified fleet used in first Caribbean boat strike
January 13, 2026
Trump steps up pressure campaign to avoid rare Congress reprimand on war powers
January 13, 2026
The Trump administration has announced it will end Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants
January 13, 2026
Members of Congress are considering the possible consequences for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and even Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after an ICE officer shot Renee Good to death in Minnesota
January 10, 2026
President Donald Trump gathered House Republicans this week at Washington’s Kennedy Center for a pep rally that kicked off the year
January 09, 2026
Fear of Trump’s wrath ripples through House GOP
January 09, 2026
President Donald Trump says he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes
January 07, 2026
Walmart employees praised after man threatens 'petrified' mother and child
Birthday party fight turns deadly
Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for call to resist unlawful orders
Love is found in unexpected places at the Berlin Film Festival
Venezuela’s parliament is to debate an amnesty bill that could free hundreds
FDA rejects Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application - for reasons with no basis in the law
Max Verstappen calls new F1 cars 'no fun' as Leclerc leads day 2 of Bahrain test
Raising Cane’s fights Back Bay eviction over chicken smell, alleges ulterior motive