President Donald Trump has invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act to accelerate the production of U.S. munitions, missiles, interceptors, and critical defense components as American stockpiles face mounting strain from the war with Iran and years of heavy weapons transfers to allies, including Ukraine and Israel.
In a rare instance of congressional unity, the House and Senate reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement over legislation to boost housing supply and home ownership across the country.
The central bank would implement new task forces to aid in deciding monetary policy, Kevin Warsh, the new chairman of the Federal Reserve, said Wednesday.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is moving toward a standalone renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, setting up a sharp Republican divide with President Donald Trump, who has demanded that any FISA extension be paired with his election integrity legislation.
Major League Baseball has warned several San Francisco Giants players after they wrote Bible verse references on their hats during the team’s recent Pride Night, according to The Athletic.
Federal agents have disrupted a chilling alleged terror plot targeting UFC Freedom 250, held Sunday night on the White House South Lawn — coinciding with President Trump’s 80th birthday weekend. As of Monday, five individuals were in custody, with 23 people identified as part of a broader suspected network.
President Donald Trump has once again complicated Republican leadership’s plans in Congress, demanding Monday that lawmakers attach voter ID legislation to the spy powers reauthorization bill.
President Donald Trump’s short-term peace deal with Iran has sparked mixed reactions among U.S. lawmakers, with Republicans projecting cautious optimism and Democrats criticizing the conflict occurring in the first place.
With the Working Family Tax Cuts that defunded abortion from federal Medicaid dollars set to expire on July 4, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America sent a letter to Senate Republicans asking them to pursue another budget reconciliation bill to keep taxpayer dollars from funding abortion.
Eight crew members are believed dead after a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff Monday morning at Edwards Air Force Base in California, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing base officials.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced Friday that her office has uncovered newly declassified evidence showing the U.S. government funded more than 120 biological laboratories in more than 30 countries, including facilities in Ukraine that officials previously warned could be vulnerable amid Russia’s ongoing war.
The Department of Defense has released a third batch of declassified UFO-related files, offering new details on unresolved government investigations into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, including a striking 2024 account from Colorado in which a former U.S. Army intelligence officer described a shimmering, “potato-shaped” object that appeared to cloak itself before vanishing.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is seeing fresh evidence that his long-running campaign to pull the Democratic Party sharply left is gaining ground, as several candidates carrying his populist, democratic socialist message have notched key primary victories — including one Senate nominee facing renewed scrutiny over past allegations involving a Nazi-linked tattoo.
Federal authorities said Thursday they have accounted for 146,000 unaccompanied migrant children who entered the United States during former President Joe Biden’s administration, while roughly 300,000 minors remain unaccounted for, amid allegations that many vulnerable children were placed with fraudulent sponsors and exposed to abuse, labor exploitation, and sex trafficking.
Congress left Washington without renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, allowing a key foreign surveillance authority used to track foreign terrorists and national security threats to expire Friday.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on June 11 temporarily allowed President Donald Trump’s 10 percent global tariffs to remain in effect, extending a pause on a lower court ruling that had struck down the duties as unlawful.
One day after federal trustees warned Congress that Social Security’s retirement trust fund will go insolvent by 2032, a U.S. House subcommittee met to question Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano about the program’s future.
Social Security’s retirement trust fund will be depleted in 2032, triggering an automatic 22% reduction in benefits for about 70 million Americans unless Congress acts, federal trustees warned Tuesday.
U.S. inflation rose by 0.5% in May, coming up to 4.2% over the last 12 months, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Wednesday.
Republican Steve Hilton appears poised to advance to California’s November gubernatorial election, setting up a likely showdown with Democrat Xavier Becerra after a prolonged ballot count that has intensified Republican criticism of the state’s election system.