Trump removes final three Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency with zero commissioners

President Donald Trump fired the last two Democratic members of the Election Assistance Commission and accepted the resignation of its lone Republican commissioner, leaving the federal agency with no sitting members just months before the 2026 midterm elections. The removals, Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland, both selected by congressional Democrats, came by email, the New […]

Former British MP Ann Widdecombe found dead in her home; police arrest 26-year-old suspect

Ann Widdecombe, the 78-year-old former British member of Parliament known for her sharp tongue, Brexit advocacy, and decades of Conservative service, was found dead Thursday in her home on the edge of Dartmoor National Park in southwest England. She had sustained what police described as "serious injuries." A 26-year-old man was arrested the following day […]

Seventh Circuit clears Florida's lawsuit against pediatrics group over youth sex-change claims

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court injunction that blocked Florida from suing the American Academy of Pediatrics, allowing Attorney General James Uthmeier to press his case that the nation's largest pediatric organization misled the public about the safety of sex-change procedures for minors. The ruling dismantles a legal barrier […]

EPA moves to scrap Biden-era truck emissions rules, projects $12 billion in savings for industry

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposal to roll back key parts of the Biden administration's heavy-duty vehicle emission requirements, projecting up to $12 billion in savings for the trucking industry and lower prices for consumers who depend on goods moved by diesel rigs. Zeldin made the announcement at the Trump administration's Great American State […]

Secret Service warned Trump against flying Qatari-gifted jet out of Turkey amid Iran threat

President Donald Trump departed the NATO Summit in Ankara aboard the older Air Force One after the Secret Service advised him not to fly the newer Qatari-gifted aircraft out of Turkey, a precaution driven by a potential threat from Iran, The Hill reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The switch came less than 24 […]

Grassley quietly demanded answers from Patel on FBI travel spending before Democrats went public

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley sent a private letter to FBI Director Kash Patel back in May asking point-blank whether he had reimbursed the government for personal travel on the bureau's jet, weeks before Democrats seized on the same issue with a public pressure campaign of their own. The Iowa Republican's letter, first reported […]

Nearly a month after cardiac arrest, McConnell remains hospitalized — and his own colleagues say they know almost nothing

Sen. Mitch McConnell has been inside George Washington University Hospital for more than three weeks, and the people who work alongside him in the United States Senate still cannot say with certainty what happened to him or when, or whether, he will return. The latest confusion arrived Tuesday when Rep. Brett Guthrie, a fellow Kentucky […]

Trump hails Florida venue ruling as a win while $3.8B Washington Post defamation suit falls at summary judgment

A federal judge in Florida handed President Donald Trump a procedural victory Monday, denying The New York Times' bid to move his defamation lawsuit out of the Middle District of Florida, a ruling Trump quickly celebrated on Truth Social. The same week brought a setback on a separate front: a different federal judge dismissed Trump […]

Air Force major confined to D.C. base, faces UCMJ probe after uniformed impeachment protest on Capitol steps

An Air Force major with 17 years of active-duty service is restricted to a military installation in southwest Washington after staging a brief, uniformed protest on the steps of the U.S. Capitol calling for the impeachment of President Trump and Vice President Vance. The military is now investigating him under five articles of the Uniform […]

Third Circuit judges press attorneys on scope of Catholic nuns' contraception exemptions

A federal appeals court panel grilled lawyers from both sides this week over whether Trump-era rules shielding religious employers from the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate followed proper procedure, the latest chapter in a legal fight that has dragged on for more than a decade and twice reached the Supreme Court. The oral arguments before […]