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North Carolina Supreme Court ends 32-year school funding case in 4-3 ruling

Trump fires Pam Bondi and installs his former defense attorney as acting AG

VA killed its veterans mortgage rescue program — and 10,000 vets lost their homes

Public Citizen: 446 hospitals in 44 states face closure risk from $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts

DOJ sues Idaho secretary of state for voter rolls with partial SSNs in 30th state of national campaign

Trump's first primetime Iran address threatens to bomb all power plants, drawing war crimes warnings

Attorney General Bondi drops 23,000 criminal cases to prioritize immigration enforcement

Trump executive order directing USPS to restrict mail ballot delivery draws three immediate lawsuits

Supreme Court rules Colorado's conversion therapy ban violates First Amendment 8-1

Federal judge permanently blocks Trump order defunding NPR and PBS as First Amendment violation

Federal judge halts Trump's $400 million White House ballroom, rules president can't build without Congress

US gas prices cross $4 per gallon for first time since 2022 as Iran war closes Strait of Hormuz

Iran president signals willingness to end war as Pakistan and China coordinate peace mediation

House passes DHS stopgap 213-203 as Senate leaves on recess

No Kings protests draw 8 million across all 50 states

Supreme Court hears birthright citizenship case that could test a 125 year old rule

House Ethics panel says Rep Cherfilus McCormick committed 25 violations tied to campaign funds

Israel and US strike Iran nuclear sites for first time in war

Israel kills IRGC Navy commander who ordered Hormuz blockade

DOJ says ICE used wrong memo to justify immigration court arrests

Supreme Court weighs qualified immunity in Zorn Linton case with stakes for police accountability

Pentagon removes press corps from dedicated corridor and further restricts reporter access

NTSB probes LaGuardia crash linked to transponder failure and wider flight safety risks

HUD launches Covenant homeownership initiative to expand Black homeownership under fair housing authority

Judge orders return of DACA recipient deported after green card appointment in due process rebuke

SCOTUS weighs whether federal law kills state mail ballot grace periods

Judge blocks DHS from detaining refugees who lack green cards

Trump sends untrained ICE agents to airports as TSA wait times hit 4 hours

Trump gives Iran 48-hour Hormuz ultimatum, threatens power plants

Education Dept transfers $1.7T student loan portfolio to Treasury

24 states sue EPA as Trump repeals foundation of all climate rules

DOJ's criminal probe of Fed chair called political by judge

Education Department demands Maine exclude trans girls from sports or face loss of all K-12 funding

US intelligence report drops election interference threats for first time since 2017

Supreme Court to decide whether mail ballots must arrive by Election Day

House passes Deporting Fraudsters Act making benefits fraud a deportation ground

DNI Gabbard drops election interference from 2026 threat report

Federal judge permanently blocks Arkansas Ten Commandments school law

Unidentified drones spotted over base where Rubio and Hegseth live

White House offers 5 DHS reforms to end 31-day shutdown; Democrats reject as insufficient

Top Trump counterterrorism director resigns: Iran posed no imminent threat

Senate Democrats plan to stall the floor with repeated war powers votes to force Iran war probe

Israel kills Ali Larijani as Iran retaliates across the Gulf

Bessent confirms US lets Iran's oil tankers sail Hormuz while others are blocked

DOJ suspends prosecutor experience requirement as 5,500 staff have departed

Iran security chief warns of Epstein network false flag plot

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says forces will show no quarter in Iran

FCC chair threatens broadcaster licenses over Iran war coverage

North Carolina Supreme Court ends 32-year school funding case in 4-3 ruling

Trump fires Pam Bondi and installs his former defense attorney as acting AG

VA killed its veterans mortgage rescue program — and 10,000 vets lost their homes

Public Citizen: 446 hospitals in 44 states face closure risk from $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts

DOJ sues Idaho secretary of state for voter rolls with partial SSNs in 30th state of national campaign

Trump's first primetime Iran address threatens to bomb all power plants, drawing war crimes warnings

Attorney General Bondi drops 23,000 criminal cases to prioritize immigration enforcement

Attorney General Bondi drops 23,000 criminal cases to prioritize immigration enforcement

Trump executive order directing USPS to restrict mail ballot delivery draws three immediate lawsuits

Supreme Court rules Colorado's conversion therapy ban violates First Amendment 8-1

Federal judge permanently blocks Trump order defunding NPR and PBS as First Amendment violation

Federal judge halts Trump's $400 million White House ballroom, rules president can't build without Congress

US gas prices cross $4 per gallon for first time since 2022 as Iran war closes Strait of Hormuz

Iran president signals willingness to end war as Pakistan and China coordinate peace mediation

House passes DHS stopgap 213-203 as Senate leaves on recess

No Kings protests draw 8 million across all 50 states

Supreme Court hears birthright citizenship case that could test a 125 year old rule

House Ethics panel says Rep Cherfilus McCormick committed 25 violations tied to campaign funds

Israel and US strike Iran nuclear sites for first time in war

Israel kills IRGC Navy commander who ordered Hormuz blockade

DOJ says ICE used wrong memo to justify immigration court arrests

Supreme Court weighs qualified immunity in Zorn Linton case with stakes for police accountability

Pentagon removes press corps from dedicated corridor and further restricts reporter access

NTSB probes LaGuardia crash linked to transponder failure and wider flight safety risks

HUD launches Covenant homeownership initiative to expand Black homeownership under fair housing authority

Judge orders return of DACA recipient deported after green card appointment in due process rebuke

SCOTUS weighs whether federal law kills state mail ballot grace periods

Judge blocks DHS from detaining refugees who lack green cards

Trump sends untrained ICE agents to airports as TSA wait times hit 4 hours

Trump gives Iran 48-hour Hormuz ultimatum, threatens power plants

Education Dept transfers $1.7T student loan portfolio to Treasury

24 states sue EPA as Trump repeals foundation of all climate rules

DOJ's criminal probe of Fed chair called political by judge

Education Department demands Maine exclude trans girls from sports or face loss of all K-12 funding

US intelligence report drops election interference threats for first time since 2017

Supreme Court to decide whether mail ballots must arrive by Election Day

House passes Deporting Fraudsters Act making benefits fraud a deportation ground

DNI Gabbard drops election interference from 2026 threat report

Federal judge permanently blocks Arkansas Ten Commandments school law

Unidentified drones spotted over base where Rubio and Hegseth live

White House offers 5 DHS reforms to end 31-day shutdown; Democrats reject as insufficient

Top Trump counterterrorism director resigns: Iran posed no imminent threat

Senate Democrats plan to stall the floor with repeated war powers votes to force Iran war probe

Israel kills Ali Larijani as Iran retaliates across the Gulf

Bessent confirms US lets Iran's oil tankers sail Hormuz while others are blocked

DOJ suspends prosecutor experience requirement as 5,500 staff have departed

Iran security chief warns of Epstein network false flag plot

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says forces will show no quarter in Iran

FCC chair threatens broadcaster licenses over Iran war coverage