WASHINGTON — Whether the Senate can coalesce around an agreement to fund the government or not, Capitol Police officers will continue showing up to work to protect lawmakers. But unlike the members of Congress who steered the country into a shutdown, those officers won’t collect a paycheck until it’s over.

And it might mean weekend and ...Read more

President Trump warned the country's top ranking military officials this week that they could be headed to "war" with U.S. citizens, signaling a major escalation in the ongoing legal battle over his authority to deploy soldiers to police American streets.

"What they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles — they're very ...Read more

A record-high share of Americans now describe the Supreme Court as leaning too far to the right, according to a new Gallup survey.

At the same time, public approval of the nation’s highest court and faith in the broader legal system remain at near-record lows.

The poll — conducted Sept. 2-16 — sampled 1,000 U.S. adults and has a margin ...Read more

Just hours before Congress passed its deadline to fund the government, Sen. Andy Kim gave an emotional, 20-minute explanation to constituents for why he sees the shutdown as a pivotal moment for Democrats to fight back against President Donald Trump.

“Look, this is going to be a challenge going forward, but it’s a lot that’s at stake,” ...Read more

WASHINGTON — White House Budget Director Russell Vought is planning to swiftly dismiss federal workers, a sign that Republicans will lean into hardball tactics to pressure Democrats to cave to end a government shutdown.

Vought told House lawmakers Wednesday that some federal agencies will move to terminate workers within one to two days, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Precipitating the first government shutdown in six years was a vexing problem plaguing Democratic lawmakers: How can they dig out of the worst political hole their party has faced in more than three decades?

A potential answer came this week, when Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill decided to stand and fight the Trump ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Trump administration opened a new front in what appears to be a financial assault on New York City over immigration and inclusion policies with an announcement Wednesday it is holding up $18 billion tied to two crucial infrastructure projects.

“Roughly $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects have been put on hold...Read more

NEW YORK — Shootings in New York City have dropped by a whopping 20% for the first nine months of the year, although the age of shooting victims is starting to trend younger, the NYPD said Wednesday.

By the end of September, cops had investigated 553 shooting incidents in the city — 140 fewer than by this time last year, NYPD officials said...Read more

The shutdown of the U.S. government could have ripple effects for human health and the environment as an already weakened Environmental Protection Agency will see nearly all of its staff furloughed and many of its operations paused.

The first shutdown in six years went into effect late Tuesday and requires federal agencies to stop all ...Read more

Former North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who lost a bid for a second term in a 2022 Republican primary, is seeking a comeback to Congress, this time from Florida.

Cawthorn announced Wednesday that he is running for Florida’s open 19th District, which includes Fort Myers and Naples and where GOP Rep. Byron Donalds is running for governor. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — One of the most competitive House races in the country has gotten a little more complicated with Republican Rep. David Schweikert announcing that he won’t seek reelection to Arizona’s 1st District.

After winning by less than a point in 2022 and 4 points in 2024, Schweikert was near the top of Democratic target lists once ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Some inspector general websites were down across the federal government as of midday Wednesday during the first day of the partial government shutdown, after lawmakers on Capitol Hill could not make a deal on a stopgap funding bill.

For at least a half dozen government watchdog offices, their websites appeared blank Wednesday ...Read more

For the first time in seven years, the U.S. government has shut down, leaving thousands of federal workers furloughed and putting public services on pause. Now, comes the blame game.

Republican lawmakers have faulted Democrats for failing to approve a GOP-backed ”clean” spending bill by the Oct. 1 funding deadline.

“House Republicans ...Read more

ICE will continue to conduct immigration arrests and detentions during the government shutdown.

Other aspects of the nation’s immigration system may slow, depending on the particular agency or duty.

The Trump administration has made Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations a top priority, notes the American Immigration Council’s ...Read more

For the first time in six years, the U.S. government shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, after Congress failed to reach a funding agreement.

A shutdown doesn’t mean all government operations cease. According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s website, a certain number of programs are “excepted,” including “anything dealing ...Read more

On Monday, YouTube became the latest media and tech company to settle one of President Donald Trump's lawsuits.

The Google-owned streamer agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit Trump filed after his account was banned following the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol. That brings Trump's haul from media and tech companies to more ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans wrestled with how aggressively to leverage the government shutdown to slash the federal workforce, openly debating a hardball tactic that could force Democrats to cave but carries political risk of backfiring.

At the same time, a group of moderate Republicans and Democrats huddled on the Senate floor Wednesday to ...Read more

Louisiana has issued an arrest warrant for a California doctor for allegedly mailing abortion pills to a Louisiana woman — the latest legal volley in an ongoing fight between states with abortion bans and those that have enacted protections for abortion providers who use telemedicine to send abortion medication over state lines.

The existence...Read more

The United States is in the first day of a federal government shutdown, and many nonessential government services are impacted.

Congress failed to pass a measure Tuesday to temporarily fund the government by the Oct. 1 deadline after Democrats and Republicans were at an impasse on health care policy.

Over 750,000 federal employees will likely ...Read more