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A federal judge will hear oral arguments on Anthropic's bid to block a Pentagon supply-chain risk designation that prevents the AI developer from bidding on certain military contracts. The company says the designation was unlawful retaliation for its stance on AI safety and opposition to domestic surveillance; the government says the move responded…
Saudi authorities are edging toward participating in a U.S.-led campaign against Iranian forces after recent missile and drone strikes on energy infrastructure shifted Gulf security assessments. Riyadh has approved U.S. access to King Fahd air base and senior officials say a decision to join attacks is imminent. The United Arab Emirates is also inc…
California’s open, top-two primary and a congested field of candidates have produced an unusual outcome possibility: two Republicans advancing to the November governor’s race. With Gov. Gavin Newsom barred from a third term, several Democrats and two leading Republicans remain tightly grouped in polls. A key debate and the remaining weeks before th…
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the legality of a border policy known as "metering" — a practice that allowed U.S. immigration officials to turn away asylum seekers at ports of entry when officials determined border crossings were too strained to accept more claims. The case focuses narrowly on whether migrants who are stopped on the …
The U.S. Senate voted 54-45 to confirm Markwayne Mullin as the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem. Mullin has voiced support for President Trump’s hardline immigration agenda but indicated he would scale back certain aggressive enforcement directives. The confirmation follows months of political controversy…
Four weeks after the start of the Iran war, President Donald Trump is expected to focus on crime and immigration during a visit to Memphis, Tennessee. The trip highlights a federal law-enforcement surge that began in September and the administration’s effort to emphasize public safety while managing war-driven economic concerns tied to rising fuel …
The Trump administration has placed a statue of Christopher Columbus on the north side of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House, part of a broader effort to alter public representations of U.S. history. The gift, a reconstruction of a 1984 Baltimore statue, has reignited debates over monuments removed during 2020 racial justic…
Two former FBI special agents have filed an anonymous federal lawsuit in Washington D.C. accusing FBI Director Kash Patel of terminating them last fall because of their limited work on the Arctic Frost investigation into alleged fake electors tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The suit seeks reinstatement and contends the agents’ consti…
Federal prosecutors in Miami have issued a subpoena to former FBI Director James Comey as part of a Justice Department investigation into government officials who previously investigated or prosecuted Donald Trump. The probe, which has produced more than 130 subpoenas since last year, targets senior officials from the Obama and Biden administration…
The director of national intelligence told a Senate panel that the intelligence community has not identified a foreign threat to the upcoming congressional elections, prompting pushback from the panel's vice chairman over the absence of election-interference language in the annual threat assessment and the DNI's recent involvement in domestic elect…
House Republican leader Mike Johnson and senior intelligence officials are urging a rapid, straightforward extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The provision permits the NSA to collect intelligence on foreigners via U.S. communications infrastructure and allows law enforcement to query that data without a warrant. …
House Republican leader Mike Johnson and senior U.S. intelligence officials are advocating for a rapid, uncomplicated reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which permits the National Security Agency to collect foreign intelligence from data traversing U.S. digital infrastructure. The effort faces unresolved po…
A U.S. Senate committee voted to forward Senator Markwayne Mullin's nomination for Homeland Security secretary to the full Senate, even as the committee's Republican chairman criticized Mullin's past statements and announced his opposition. The nomination follows the abrupt firing of Kristi Noem and comes amid controversy over federal immigration e…
Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton emerged victorious in the Democratic primary to succeed retiring U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, defeating 10 rivals and positioning herself for a likely November win in the heavily Democratic state. Stratton ran on an explicitly progressive platform, including a push for a $25 federal minimum wage and calls …
Wolfe Research presented three scenarios for how the conflict in Iran could unfold, ranging from a swift dominance by U.S. forces to a prolonged ground campaign. Analyst Tobin Marcus characterizes the situation as highly uncertain but places the highest probability on a base case that resembles the more optimistic path - a conflict stretching into …
The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold its annual worldwide threats hearing Wednesday, offering senators a public forum to question senior aides to President Donald Trump about the conflict with Iran that began on February 28. Lawmakers from both parties have demanded greater transparency after weeks of classified briefings and growing concern…
Senate Republicans are using debate over the SAVE America Act to frame Democrats as opponents of voter-ID measures and to reinforce claims of widespread illegal voting, despite legal prohibitions and evidence that non-citizen voting in federal elections is extremely rare. Democrats say the bill targets a non-existent problem and risks disenfranchis…
The U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran has become a flashpoint in several Democratic primaries, with progressive challengers accusing more moderate or establishment-backed rivals of accepting money from defense contractors and pro-Israel groups. These disputes are playing out in contests across Michigan, Colorado, Illinois, Maine and North Carol…
The Republican-led U.S. Senate confirmed Anna St. John to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by a 51-45 vote. St. John, president and general counsel of the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute and a longtime class-action critic, faced opposition from Democrats and former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson for her prior testimony…
The U.S. House Oversight Committee has issued a subpoena for former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to provide a sworn, closed-door deposition on April 14 as part of its investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein. The panel alleges the Justice Department may have withheld material in its release of millions of Epstein-related documents. Bondi a…
President Donald Trump is urging Congress to enact the SAVE America Act, a slate of election-related changes that would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration, mandate physical photo identification at the polls, give the Department of Homeland Security access to state voter rolls, and add other provisions inclu…
Illinois voters will select nominees on Tuesday in a series of Democratic and Republican primaries for U.S. House seats that are expected to determine representation in Congress for the next two years. Multiple open seats in reliably Democratic districts have produced crowded fields, substantial fundraising by individual candidates and millions of …
Illinois voters face a consequential Democratic primary that will measure the influence of progressive activists as a new generation of lawmakers seeks to replace several long-serving incumbents. The open U.S. Senate contest, prompted by the retirement of Sen. Dick Durbin, and multiple House primaries created by other retirements have produced comp…
The SAVE America Act, championed by former President Donald Trump and advanced to the Senate floor by Republican leaders, would require most Americans to present proof of citizenship such as a U.S. passport or birth certificate to register to vote. While pitched as a fix to alleged non-citizen voting, the measure could impose obstacles on tens of m…
President Donald Trump told reporters that he believes individuals with learning disabilities should not serve as president, directing his comments at California Governor Gavin Newsom and citing Newsom’s public discussion of dyslexia. The exchange continues a recent cycle of personal attacks between the two politicians, with Newsom previously descr…
