U.S. Politics

President Donald Trump says the slate of tariffs he plans to announce Wednesday will be “nicer,” “kinder” and “more generous” than other countries have treated the U.S.

The Department of State will assume many of the responsibilities and oversight of programs previously performed by the U.S. Agency of International Development, effectively shuttering the controversial USAID department.

U.S. taxpayers have shelled out tens of thousands of dollars in recent years to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research on LGBT issues, the kind of funding now under scrutiny by the Trump administration.

Allowing people with state-issued concealed carry licenses or permits to conceal a handgun in any other state, a bill proposed by a North Carolina congressman, has moved forward from a congressional committee.

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday calling for the immediate declassification of most FBI files related to the agency’s investigation into the since debunked allegations Trump colluded with Russia during his first presidential run – known as Crossfire Hurricane.

While Democratic lawmakers and experts said Tuesday that the Biden administration effectively facilitated a crackdown on speech it disliked, they maintained those efforts did not amount to unconstitutional censorship.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents based in Houston continue to arrest and remove violent criminals illegally in the U.S. In several targeted operations, agents arrested more than 600 criminal foreign nationals, including scores who were previously deported multiple times, confirmed gang members, sex offenders and fugitives.

Faced with the task of financing a $4.5 trillion extension of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Republican lawmakers are considering using an unconventional accounting tactic that would change the price tag from $4.5 trillion to zero dollars.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a critical case regarding Louisiana’s redrawn congressional districts on Monday.

Despite pushback from the nation’s top Supreme Court justice, the White House continues to stand by President Donald Trump’s demand that federal judge James Boasberg, who attempted to block recent deportation flights, be impeached.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency likely violated the Constitution with its massive cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

In an early morning announcement, President Donald Trump declared Monday that former President Joe Biden’s rash of preemptive pardons issued during his last days in office are “void, vacant, and of no further force or effect.”

A class action lawsuit was filed on Saturday against the Trump administration after President Donald Trump signed an executive order invoking the Enemy Aliens Act to target, arrest, and remove violent Venezuelan prison gang members, Tren de Aragua (TdA), from the U.S.

Lawmakers have prevented a government shutdown by passing a six-month funding stopgap bill, with the U.S. Senate voting 54-46 hours before the midnight deadline.

With just a day before the potential for a government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., switched course Thursday night and said he would vote to approve House Republicans’ Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year.

Less than 48 hours before federal agencies run out of money, Senate Democrats have decided to risk a government shutdown in a largely symbolic effort to oppose the six-month funding stopgap endorsed by President Donald Trump.

The House voted Tuesday evening to advance a Continuing Resolution that, if passed by the Senate, will fund core government services for the rest of the fiscal year and avoid a government shutdown.

The Trump administration is introducing a new mobile app through the Department of Homeland Security to facilitate the self-deportation of illegal immigrants, replacing the controversial CBP One app.

In his first address to Congress since returning to office, President Trump highlighted his accomplishments and outlined key priorities, including border security, stopping what he called the “invasion of America,” opposing transgender ideology, tightening immigration laws, eliminating government diversity programs, cutting bureaucracy, and strengthening the military.