Judge orders Trump administration to cease threats to prosecute election officials
A US judge ordered the Justice Department on Friday to stop threatening to prosecute state and local election officials who do not comply with the
October 31, 2026A US judge ordered the Justice Department on Friday to stop threatening to prosecute state and local election officials who do not comply with the
October 31, 2026President Donald Trump's administration stepped up criminal and civil investigations into allegations that Democrats
October 30, 2026Judge imposes sweeping emergency order halting DOJ pressure campaign on election officials across the country
October 31, 2026President Donald Trump's administration plans to deport some Afghan immigrants to Afghanistan, a US official and a coalition of veterans and advocacy
October 31, 2026Russia has vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution that would have supported Morocco’s demand for sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara
October 30, 2026The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has for the first time issued registrations to medical marijuana businesses
October 30, 2026Top diplomats from the Group of 20 largest world economies appeared far apart on critical global security issues as they began meeting in Atlanta
October 30, 2026A federal judge says she'll open a “formal inquiry” to investigate if attorneys for the Trump administration violated ethics during a legal dispute about a golf-course project
October 30, 2026President Donald Trump's months-long push to prod lawmakers to end the twice yearly practice of changing the clocks -- including posting the phone
October 30, 2026The Trump administration has approved a proposed $2.1 billion sale of Patriot air defense interceptors for Ukraine
October 30, 2026Judge tears into senior DOJ official and orders investigation into Trump’s golf course plans
October 30, 2026Judge blocks Trump administration’s Medicaid rule forcing sick recipients to prove they can’t work
October 30, 2026Cringe can generate enthusiasm among conservative voters by trolling the left while reducing serious policy debates to the level of online memes.
October 30, 2026A reorganization of civil rights investigations in education likely means many complaints will never be investigated and others will take years to solve.
October 30, 2026Big Oil is raking in huge profits. Shareholders like Trump are cashing in. You’re paying for it with high gas prices.
October 30, 2026Pentagon officials have in recent weeks asked several NATO countries to tone down their rhetoric regarding the threat posed by
October 30, 2026When Chinese President Xi Jinping meets his Swiss counterpart, Guy Parmelin, on Friday, the two will be marking one of the most favourable
October 29, 2026President Donald Trump's administration has demanded records from California as part of a criminal investigation into alleged voting by noncitizens –
October 29, 2026The U.S. Justice Department has issued subpoenas to California officials in an escalation of its scrutiny of local election administration
October 29, 2026US Senate Democrats plan to launch investigations into an array of issues, ranging from private equity’s impact on living costs to
October 29, 2026A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to identify any state or local officials who received letters seeking their compliance with the government’s efforts to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting in the midterm election
October 29, 2026Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Thursday the United States has suggested the country hold presidential
October 29, 2026Hegseth ousts Pentagon’s chief planner as renewed action against Iran looms, source says
October 29, 2026A federal judge on Thursday blocked US President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a rule that would narrow exceptions to new work requirements for
October 29, 2026A federal judge has ruled that chronically ill people on Medicaid won’t be bound by new work requirement rules that the latest Trump administration guidance requires in order to qualify for “medically frail” exemptions
October 29, 2026A quiet US-Mexico border, and the reduced urgency of undocumented immigration, has deprived Republicans of an issue that previously energized voters and offered conservatives an advantage.
October 29, 2026Federal judge warns Trump administration’s bid to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots would ‘wreak havoc’
October 29, 2026The Trump administration says it's blocking shipments from Chinese biotech company BGI and its affiliates, alleging ties to forced labor
October 28, 2026Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family have landed in Miami after fleeing Brazil
October 28, 2026Food and Drug Administration staffers had little input on the Trump administration's decision that eases access to peptide drugs favored by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. That’s according to people familiar with the policy’s development who were interviewed by The Associated Press
October 28, 2026(Corrects number of seats Democrats need to win to take control of the House to four from five in 15th paragraph) By Peter Eisler, Ned Parker, Mike Spector and Tom Hals Oct 28 - The Trump
October 28, 2026CNN, MS NOW and Politico expand lawsuit against Trump White House, citing continued ‘viewpoint discrimination’
October 28, 2026The U.N. General Assembly has condemned the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for the 34th year
October 28, 2026Legal groups have filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration's policy of hiding the locations of detainees with final deportation orders
October 28, 2026A US regulator proposed new rules on Wednesday to hasten liquefied natural gas projects and expand export capacity as part of the Trump administration's larger push to
October 28, 2026A federal judge has ruled that Republican Bill Essayli is not legally serving as the top U.S. prosecutor in Los Angeles
October 28, 2026A US judge appeared skeptical on Tuesday of the Justice Department's request to block California from counting any mail ballots for the November 3 midterm
October 27, 2026A federal judge has scolded the Justice Department for its unorthodox handling of a criminal case against two former FBI officials accused of making false statements to Congress about their participation in and knowledge of investigations involving Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden
October 27, 2026The parents of Alex Pretti, a US citizen shot and killed by federal immigration agents in Minnesota in January, criticized President Donald Trump's administration on
October 27, 2026It's been nine months since intensive care nurse Alex Pretti was killed by federal officers during the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis
October 27, 2026A US regulator is investigating whether prediction market operator Polymarket violated a 2022 enforcement deal in which it promised to ban US users from
October 27, 2026The US Justice Department has asked Washington state not to count any mail ballots received from more than 400 residents who it says may not be US citizens, opening a
October 27, 2026A crucial US Senate election in Alaska is the latest target among many Trump administration efforts this year to assert unconstitutional control over federal election administration by states.
October 26, 2026Libertarian candidates in highly competitive U.S. Senate races could play spoiler in a year the Senate majority hangs in the balance
October 27, 2026Jennifer Shuford, the deputy director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will leave the Trump administration after next week's midterm elections, the Washington
October 27, 2026The Trump administration is attempting to prosecute James Comey for what it calls a decade-old leak of classified information
October 26, 2026Appeals court rejects Trump DOJ demand to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots
October 26, 2026The Trump administration is asking Washington state to set aside any ballots received from more than 400 people it suspects registered to vote without U.S. citizenship
October 26, 2026President Donald Trump said on Monday the US would give $1 million to anyone who reported voter fraud that leads to an arrest and conviction, a week
October 26, 2026Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won reelection in Brazil's presidential runoff
October 26, 2026Brazilian voters have denied Latin America’s resurgent right its ultimate prize
October 26, 2026Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration told Venezuela’s interim authorities “weeks and weeks ago” that opposition leader María Corina Machado should be allowed to return
October 26, 2026A federal judge has ruled that Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was illegally fired as a federal prosecutor in New York last year
October 26, 2026A panel of federal appellate judges is questioning the Justice Department's demand that California election officials set aside thousands of mail ballots
October 25, 2026The abrupt firing of Maurene Comey as a federal prosecutor by President Donald Trump's administration was unlawful, a US judge ruled on Monday in a victory
October 26, 2026Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a massive presence at the polls on Election Day
October 26, 2026Wall Street banks are poised to score significant regulatory relief thanks to US President Donald Trump's Republican regulators, but ensuring the changes survive long-
October 26, 2026In his 2025 inaugural address, President Donald Trump said his return to the White House heralded the start of a new golden age for the US, especially for the economy.
October 26, 2026Judges skeptical of Trump administration effort to force California to set aside mail ballots
October 25, 2026The Justice Department's bid to preemptively block the results of Alaska's Senate race is not an attempt to give US President Donald Trump control of state elections, US
October 25, 2026ICE said a man jumped on the hood of their vehicle. Video — and police — say otherwise
October 25, 2026Nonpartisan analysts say Democrats stand a good chance of winning the US House of Representatives and possibly the Senate in the November 3 midterm
October 25, 2026Justice Department orders California counties to set aside ballots from suspected noncitizens
October 24, 2026Who is Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu’s main challenger in Israel’s elections?
October 24, 2026Trump DOJ sues to block Alaska US Senate results if Republican incumbent loses
October 23, 2026The sole Democratic member of the Federal Communications Commission on Friday urged the broadcast industry to take a more aggressive approach in
October 24, 2026President Donald Trump says he ordered the Justice Department lawsuit over Alaska’s U.S. Senate race
October 23, 2026Well before the throttling this month of Ukraine's military access to Elon Musk's satellite communications system, the Biden and Trump
October 23, 2026A US appeals court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration is not required under the US Constitution to give detained immigrants a chance to
October 23, 2026The first Russian diesel bound for the US following a surprise agreement reached between Moscow and US President Donald Trump is aboard a tanker heading for New York, ship-tracking
October 23, 2026President Donald Trump's administration has taken steps to block the results of a midterm election in Alaska
October 23, 2026The Trump administration's top border official is defending plans to build a wall in Texas' Big Bend region
October 23, 2026Most of the immigrants targeted by federal authorities in California this week for alleged voter fraud had applied for U.S. citizenship and now face charges related to lying on forms or during interviews
October 23, 2026The Trump administration's $8 billion in diesel aid for farmers will be disbursed after the November 3 election, an administration official said on
October 23, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has dismissed U.S. allegations of Canadian interference in the upcoming American midterm elections
October 23, 2026With the November midterm elections fast approaching, President Donald Trump is throwing an array of costly and politically fraught solutions at
October 23, 2026President Donald Trump says he has heard about the Department of Justice investigating Corey Lewandowski
October 23, 2026The US Justice Department asked an appeals court on Thursday to intervene in its lawsuit seeking to temporarily block California from counting more than 20,000 mail-in
October 22, 2026The US Department of Homeland Security oversaw 980,000 deportations during the first 18 months of President Donald Trump's second term, according to a
October 22, 2026A leading advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement has resigned as a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Calley Means says he leaves with respect for President Donald Trump and Kennedy
October 22, 2026Plaintiffs in a lawsuit trying to stop the Trump administration from building a triumphal arch along the Potomac River are asking a federal judge to halt all construction plans, one day after the National Park Service signaled it would begin work November 5
October 22, 2026Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration remains “full-bore ahead” with a sweeping reorganization of the Forest Service after a judge blocked the changes last week
October 22, 2026US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at reducing expenses for homeowners by lowering insurance premiums, refinancing costs and interest rates on
October 22, 2026A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote
October 22, 2026A new report shows President Donald Trump's administration has sharply increased deportations over the past year
October 22, 2026Signs and exhibits about slavery, climate change, and Native Americans have been removed from national parks across the country as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to eliminate what it calls disparaging material
October 22, 2026A new AP-NORC poll shows voters from both major political parties want the next Congress to focus on making life more affordable and ending the war in Iran
October 22, 2026Judge curbs Trump administration’s hunt for noncitizen voters in some states, citing flawed data
October 22, 2026The top Democratic lawmakers on the congressional intelligence committees on Wednesday said they received an intelligence briefing that Russia has
October 21, 2026President Donald Trump's administration asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to let it proceed with a plan to build a US-Mexico border barrier in a remote region
October 21, 2026The Trump administration is moving to end its legal fight to overhaul a popular student loan forgiveness program
October 21, 2026New Mexico has filed a civil lawsuit to block payments from Jeffrey Epstein's estate to the late sex offender's lawyer and accountant, and to recover damages for
October 21, 2026The Trump administration is asking a federal judge to let it reconsider a major federal permit granted for a large offshore wind farm
October 21, 2026The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to let it resume building a border wall through Texas's Big Bend region
October 21, 2026Exclusive: State Department warns Americans about Latin America. Privately, it tells asylum officers a different story
October 21, 2026When Justice Department staffers arrived in Minnesota this summer to monitor the state's primary election, they found
October 21, 2026When Vice President JD Vance speaks on the campaign trail about the high costs Americans are facing, he often says he understands that people are hurting
October 21, 2026US Health Secretary Robert F.
October 20, 2026A New Jersey food importer has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s power to invoke a Depression-era law to levy a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods
October 20, 2026President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have announced a $25 million program to encourage the public to blow the whistle on suspected fraud in the federal government
October 20, 2026CNN has threatened further legal action if its journalists continue to be denied access to Air Force One
October 20, 2026The US Social Security Administration said on Tuesday that it had corrected records for nearly 15% of all active Social Security numbers, adding missing death and citizenship
October 20, 2026President Donald Trump has dropped threats against Canadian jet maker Bombardier to ban it from the US market and
October 20, 2026US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that there was not much a Democrat-led House of Representatives could do to stop the Trump administration's agenda.
October 20, 2026Trump administration announces $8 billion farm relief plan as fuel, fertilizer costs bite
October 20, 2026Iran has deliberately prolonged talks with the US to try to weaken Donald Trump politically ahead of November's US midterm elections, senior officials say,
October 20, 2026Rising fuel prices coinciding with harvest season are frustrating farmers across the Midwest and raising concerns for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections
October 19, 2026President Donald Trump's administration has reached a settlement deal with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to close 18
October 19, 2026Democratic senator sparks controversy over comments on investigating the Trump administration
October 19, 2026The United States and Cuba have clashed at the United Nations as the Trump administration sought once again to build opposition for an upcoming annual vote condemning Washington's decades-long economic embargo against Havana
October 19, 2026Trump admin cuts to satellites will set back US weather forecasting by a decade, experts say
October 19, 2026US government debt hit a milestone $40 trillion in August, triggering a potentially uncomfortable debate for President Donald Trump and Republicans
October 19, 2026Many American scientists are being recruited by foreign universities holding out offers of stable funding and academic freedom
October 19, 2026Immigrants from Ukraine and Sudan to keep deportation protections for now
October 19, 2026Obama calls Trump administration’s investigation into Ilhan Omar ‘appalling’
October 18, 2026Olympic canoeist at center of Reflecting Pool scandal becomes a Trump foil
October 18, 2026Final plans for 250-foot triumphal arch omit Trump’s idea for military complex
October 17, 2026US President Donald Trump's decision to waive sanctions on Russia and tariffs on its goods days before they were to take effect will
October 17, 2026It wouldn’t be easy to strip Rep. Ilhan Omar of her citizenship, legal experts say
October 17, 2026Rep. Ilhan Omar challenges legality of Trump administration search of her home
October 17, 2026The US Justice Department on Friday warned Los Angeles County and California election officials they could be liable as abettors of a federal crime if
October 17, 2026A draft environmental assessment finds that President Donald Trump's plan to paint a 19th-century landmark office building next to the White House could harm its historic character
October 16, 2026The US budget deficit rose by $217 billion to nearly $2 trillion in the 2026 fiscal year, fueled in part by tariff refunds and record spending to service the nation's
October 16, 2026Kristi Noem quietly moves to her third job in Trump administration
October 16, 2026