Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., and his team faced a monumental task on Nov. 5: Sift through more than 20,000 documents obtained from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein in search for something that would shed more light into President Trump's relationship with the now-deceased convicted sex offender.

After six tedious days combing through the records,...Read more

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, unrepentant in a Texas prison, may be angling for a pardon from President Donald Trump.

The convicted fraudster’s account on social media platform X has in recent months repeatedly claimed innocence, and posted a steady stream of comments and content aligned with Trump and his Make America Great Again ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democrat Bridget Brink’s campaign in Lansing got $93,500 last quarter from Utah donors ― an odd infusion for someone running to be the next member of Congress from mid-Michigan.

In a Metro Detroit contest, attorney and Democrat Eric Chung has received 95% of his larger contributions from out of state, with the most coming ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Troy Nehls, a Texas Republican and former sheriff, said Saturday that he would not seek a fourth term in Congress, a move that sets the stage for another Nehls in Congress.

Shortly after Troy Nehls announced on X his decision not to run, his identical twin brother Trever said he would seek his brother’s seat in Congress.

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A day after California voters passed Proposition 50, U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democrat from Long Beach whose district stands to gain more Republican voters than any other House member under the new congressional maps, pledged to represent all constituents in what will be California’s new 42nd Congressional ...Read more

CHICAGO — Northwestern University will pay a $75 million fine to settle allegations of antisemitism from the Trump administration, restoring hundreds of millions of federal funding, officials announced Friday.

As part of the agreement, Northwestern also said it will continue following federal anti-discrimination laws, review its international...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he plans to pardon a former president of Honduras who’s serving a decades-long U.S. sentence for cocaine trafficking, two days before the nation’s election.

Trump announced the pardon of Juan Orlando Hernandez in a Truth Social post on Friday.

Hernandez “has been, according to many people that I...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened a slew of aggressive actions to curtail legal migration to the U.S. in response to one National Guard member dying after being ambushed near the White House, though the scope of those moves and what legal or congressional mechanisms he may pursue remain unclear.

Trump, who has amplified his anti-...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spoke with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro last week and the two discussed a possible meeting, according to The New York Times, as the U.S. ramps up pressure on Caracas ahead of potential military strikes.

The leaders still have not made plans for such a meeting, the Times reported Friday, adding that U.S....Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he is terminating every document former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen in his latest move to eradicate his predecessor’s legacy.

In a Truth Social post Friday, Trump accused Biden of signing “approximately 92%" of documents through the use of an autopen. The president threatened perjury...Read more

President Donald Trump threatened a slew of aggressive actions to curtail legal migration to the U.S. in response to one National Guard member dying after being ambushed near the White House, though the scope of those moves and what legal or congressional mechanisms he may pursue remain unclear.

Trump, who has amplified his anti-immigration ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called for “reverse migration” in the United States as he outlined a further crackdown on immigration following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington.

In a pair of Truth Social posts late Thursday that disparaged many U.S. immigrants, Trump said he would halt admissions from ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration is expanding its immigration crackdown in the aftermath of the shooting of a pair of National Guard members in Washington.

The two Guard members remained in critical condition on Thursday after they were shot in an ambush Wednesday near the White House. The suspect is Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, an Afghan...Read more

President Donald Trump’s administration is expanding its immigration crackdown in the aftermath of the shooting of a pair of National Guard members in Washington.

The two guard members remained in critical condition on Thursday after they were shot in an ambush Wednesday near the White House. The suspect is Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, an Afghan...Read more

When Donald Trump welcomes the Group of 20 to his private golf resort in Miami next year, he’ll decide who’s on the guest list.

That much is clear after the U.S. president said in a social media post Wednesday that he won’t invite South Africa, the holder of this year’s G-20 presidency and the object of the U.S. president’s ire for ...Read more

President Donald Trump failed to sway a U.S. appeals court to revive a civil lawsuit accusing Hillary Clinton and others of conspiring to tarnish his 2016 campaign with bogus claims of collusion with Russia.

A three-judge panel of 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday unanimously affirmed the dismissal of the case and upheld almost $1...Read more

In a fiery rebuttal to allegations he’d criminally misrepresented facts in his mortgage documents, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., sued Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte on Tuesday — accusing him of criminally misusing government databases to baselessly target President Trump’s political opponents.

“Pulte has abused his ...Read more

CHICAGO — Northwestern University is expected to close a deal “soon” with the Trump administration, potentially restoring $790 million in frozen federal research funding, according to the U.S. Education Department.

The deal could also resolve several government investigations into alleged antisemitism on campus. An agency spokesperson ...Read more