House passes bill fast-tracking mining on federal lands

Mining companies get fast-tracked federal approvals for critical minerals

ICE accountability fight threatens Feb. 13 government shutdown

Democrats demand body cameras and warrant rules before Feb. 13 deadline

Lancet study projects 9.4 million deaths from US foreign aid cuts by 2030

The State Department dismissed the peer-reviewed study as coming from a "failed journal"

Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge to California redistricting map

Five GOP-held seats could flip as California primaries begin Feb. 9

Trump withdraws 700 ICE agents from Minnesota after fatal Minneapolis shootings spark backlash

Border Czar confirms mass deportations continue despite president's rhetoric

United States pledges $200 million to Sudan humanitarian crisis as war deepens

UAE contributes $500M as international community mobilizes aid

Congress used the power of the purse to reverse RFK Jr.'s cuts to CDC, FDA, and NIH

The bipartisan FY2026 bill requires agencies to stay staffed and mandates 60 days' notice before any CDC reorganization

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi assassinated by masked gunmen in Zintan, Libya

Son of former dictator dies as Libya instability continues

US F-35 shoots down Iranian drone near aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf

Navy F-35 destroyed Shahed-139 approaching USS Abraham Lincoln; IRGC also harassed US tanker

Trump fights hush money conviction on state and federal appeal tracks

Trump is simultaneously appealing his 34 felony convictions in New York state court while trying to move the case to federal court, where he could invoke presidential immunity to wipe out the conviction entirely.

Ganger brothers testify to Congress about ICE killing their sister Renee Good in Minneapolis

Luke and Brent Ganger tell Democratic lawmakers about sister's killing by ICE agent

Commerce invokes Section 232 for EU steel despite WTO violations

Trump slaps EU with steel and aluminum tariffs citing security

Twenty-two state AGs file coordinated Tenth Amendment challenges

22 attorneys general form legal coalition arguing federal overreach violates constitutional limits