Immigration advocates appeal to a higher power to sway the high court on birthright citizenship
March 30, 2026Why new and seasoned protesters alike say they came out to ‘No Kings’ rallies across the country
March 30, 2026Supreme Court fight over birthright citizenship threatens ‘chaos’ in proving newborns’ status
March 29, 2026Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have entered the monthlong war in the Middle East and claimed they launched missiles toward Israel
March 28, 2026"No Kings" protest in NYC on Saturday with rally marching down 7th Avenue
March 29, 2026Skipped meals, eviction notices and repo’d cars: TSA workers desperately await checks after Trump and Senate push for funding
March 28, 2026Deep divisions were apparent over the Iran war as top diplomats from the Group of Seven countries have met in France
March 27, 2026A judge has ruled that the government can convene a meeting next week to seek an exemption from the Endangered Species Act on the basis of national security for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
March 27, 2026Protests from Alabama to Wyoming — and on the Arctic Circle: What to know about Saturday’s third ‘No Kings’ rally
March 27, 2026A year after federal employees were hit by the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts through the Department of Government Efficiency, it remains unclear what the agency saved
March 27, 2026President Donald Trump says he will sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration workers
March 26, 2026Trump directs DHS chief to pay TSA agents as talks to end shutdown break down
March 27, 2026A federal judge has ruled in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic in temporarily blocking the Pentagon from labeling the company as a supply chain risk
March 27, 2026The Trump administration has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, ratcheting up its pressure campaign against colleges and universities
March 27, 2026An appeals court has paused lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal officers' use of tear gas during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland
March 27, 2026An appeals court has ruled that the U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond
March 26, 2026The Trump administration is seeking an exemption from the Endangered Species Act for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, citing national security as it wages war on Iran
March 27, 2026History suggests that boycotts are uniquely suited to expand public participation enough to spur political change.
March 26, 2026Companies that had sued for tariff refunds are taking different approaches to getting their money back – or quitting the effort.
March 26, 2026Trump administration admits error in lawsuit over immigration court arrests it justified with ICE memo
March 26, 2026Iran has dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East, issuing its own counterproposal instead, as it launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries
March 25, 2026ICE is at airports during the travel chaos: What agents are and aren’t doing
March 24, 2026GOP lawmakers vent frustration over Trump administration’s lack of info on Iran war
March 26, 2026Top Trump housing official issues new criminal referral for New York AG Letitia James
March 26, 2026Justice Department agrees to pay ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn in settlement over wrongful prosecution lawsuit
March 26, 2026Obstacles to ending war come into focus as US and Iran outline starkly different demands
March 26, 2026White House isn’t ready to nominate a new CDC director
March 26, 2026What to know on Day 26 of the Iran war: Tehran taunts Trump, US troop deployment
March 25, 2026Wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means' nomination to become U.S. surgeon general is stalled a month after senators grilled her on vaccines during a tense confirmation hearing
March 25, 2026The Trump administration offered a 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran, according to a person briefed on the contours of the plan but who was not authorized to speak publicly about it, even as it’s sending more troops to the Middle East
March 24, 2026The U.S. military is preparing to deploy at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East in the coming days
March 25, 2026A federal judge weighing the merits of the Pentagon’s designation of rising Silicon Valley star Anthropic as a security threat repeatedly questioned the government’s reasons for vilifying the company following a dispute over how its artificial intelligence technology can be used in war
March 24, 2026Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently probe three shootings by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti
March 24, 2026Newly released court records indicate the Justice Department's investigation of a $2.5 billion renovation project at the Federal Reserve didn’t find any evidence of a crime before a judge quashed government subpoenas, dealing a severe blow to the probe
March 25, 2026A new explosion — in Texas, this time — could be sending your gas prices higher
March 24, 2026Award-winning journalist Bob Woodward has a new book that will explain how he came to write so many inside accounts from Washington
March 24, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. is talking with an Iranian leader and claims the Islamic Republic is eager for a deal to end the war
March 23, 2026Armed federal immigration officers in tactical gear moved through terminals at some of the busiest U.S. airports Monday, standing near security lines and checkpoints after President Donald Trump ordered their deployment during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted air travel nationwide
March 23, 2026The Department of Interior says a French energy company has agreed to give up two U.S. offshore wind leases and invest in fossil fuel projects instead
March 23, 2026Trump administration will pay a French company $1 billion in taxpayer funds to not build wind farms
March 24, 2026A company that evaluates news outlets and websites to see which produce reliable journalism says it's under attack by the Trump administration
March 15, 2026Some journalists at Voice of America charged in a lawsuit Monday that the Trump administration — while largely shutting down the government-run outlet that provides news around the world — wants the operation to be more of a voice for propaganda
March 24, 2026When the EPA rolled back toxic air rules, it left this community in the path of pollution
March 18, 2026Why the Trump administration is easing sanctions on certain Iranian oil stockpiles
March 21, 2026Conservationists are warning that the Trump administration is working state by state to undo decades of progress in clearing skies over the country's beloved national parks
March 22, 2026Iran has struck two communities near Israel’s main nuclear research center, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured, hours after Tehran’s main nuclear enrichment site was hit as the war spun into a dangerous new direction
March 21, 2026Nearly 600 immigrant children were held in a Texas family detention center in recent months beyond court-mandated limits and without enough food, medical care or mental health services, with dozens languishing inside for more than three months, according to court documents filed Friday
March 22, 2026What we know on day 22 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
March 21, 2026High level officials usually shy away from public discussion of Japan’s 1941 sneak attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor
March 21, 2026A judge this week ruled that Voice of America's employees — and the news organization itself — get back to work
March 21, 2026The Cuban government has refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana to allow it to import diesel for its generators while the Trump administration continues to impose a fuel blockade on the island, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter
March 21, 2026A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Pentagon, ruling that key portions of the new rules are unlawful
March 21, 2026What we know on the 21st day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
March 20, 2026The former counterterrorism director who resigned this week in protest of the Iran war is denying allegations that he improperly shared classified information
March 21, 2026Your tax refund is likely bigger this year. But Trump’s war with Iran could take a bite out of it
March 20, 2026The U.S. military says it attacked an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged traffickers
March 20, 2026The White House just laid out how it wants to regulate AI
March 20, 2026Trump administration sues Harvard, alleging school didn’t protect Jewish students as settlement talks go nowhere
March 20, 2026Treasury Department to take over some federal student loans, as Trump administration works to dismantle Education Department
March 20, 2026The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department
March 20, 2026What we know on the 20th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
March 19, 2026Two dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of a scientific finding that had been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change
March 20, 2026Cracks emerge in GOP over Iran war cost as administration floats more than $200B request to Congress
March 20, 2026ICE releases NYC student Dylan Lopez Contreras 10 months after his arrest sparked protests
March 20, 2026The Trump administration’s new child care subsidy rules are the latest measure to challenge the struggling industry.
March 19, 2026Takeaways from former Trump administration counterterrorism chief Joe Kent’s extensive interview
March 19, 2026The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information
March 19, 2026Suspending the Jones Act will increase the supply of fuel by allowing foreign-flagged ships to transport oil between US ports, which should eventually educe gas prices.
March 19, 2026A former senior counterterrorism official who resigned over the Iran war says he and other national security officials with concerns about U.S. strikes on Iran were not allowed to express those concerns to President Donald Trump
March 19, 2026Democratic lawmakers have stormed out of a closed-door briefing on the Jeffrey Epstein files by Justice Department leaders, and say they will push to force Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions under oath about the case
March 19, 2026Cuba’s president has lashed out after the latest threat from the Trump administration after President Donald Trump said he can do “whatever he wants” with the island
March 18, 2026US downgraded in democracy index as press freedom concerns grow
March 18, 2026The Treasury Department is easing sanctions on Venezuela’s state oil company
March 18, 2026Takeaways from intelligence officials’ testimony amid war with Iran
March 19, 2026There’s a growing body of data showing the tariffs President Donald Trump said would help American factories are, in fact, squashing many of them
March 18, 2026Exclusive: Here’s how many immigrants have signed on to DHS’s nearly billion-dollar ‘self-deportation’ plan
March 18, 2026A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the government-run Voice of America to full operations, putting hundreds of journalists who have been on administrative leave for a year back to work
March 18, 2026A federal judge has for now halted Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s biggest vaccine moves, disrupting his push to remake U.S. immunization policy
March 18, 2026Arizona has become the first state to file criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing the prediction market platform of operating an illegal gambling business within its borders
March 18, 2026US gas prices surge to their highest since October 2023
March 16, 2026The Trump administration is expanding its growing Medicaid fraud crackdown to Florida
March 18, 2026Judge mocks White House East Wing ‘alteration’ as a ‘brazen interpretation of the laws of vocabulary’
March 18, 2026Gregory Bovino says he plans to retire from the U.S. Border Patrol in the coming weeks
March 18, 2026Just over a year ago, the Trump administration began an immigration enforcement campaign that swept up multiple people who had participated in pro-Palestinian activism on U.S. campuses
March 18, 2026The war in Iran has cut off diplomatic efforts to limit the country’s development of nuclear weapons. Securing that material and equipment in other ways would be difficult and dangerous.
March 17, 2026Flailing Cuba invites exiles to return, but hurdles remain
March 17, 2026Explosions are sounding in Dubai after the United Arab Emirates reopened its airspace following a brief closure amid incoming attacks from Iran
March 16, 2026Palestinian protester held in immigration detention for over a year is released
March 17, 2026Salvadoran nationals deported from the United States are arbitrarily detained in El Salvador and their loved ones do not know where they are or how to contact them
March 17, 2026White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer but plans to continue working through her treatment, retaining her place as one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides
March 16, 2026Trump and his officials pressure the news media in unison as Iran war scrutiny intensifies
March 16, 2026How Anthropic may benefit from its fight with Trump
March 16, 2026The United States’ war with Iran is entering its third week, but Congress has yet to publicly test the Trump administration’s case for the conflict
March 16, 2026The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is expanding, but the public data that tracks it is drying up
March 15, 2026The massive sewage pipe that ruptured and leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River has returned to operation after the completion of emergency repairs
March 14, 2026The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening before visitors access the grounds
March 14, 2026The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was eliminated by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a range of the president’s import taxes
March 14, 2026Cuban president says talks held with the United States amid intense pressure from Trump
March 13, 2026Oil prices stay high despite US temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian oil stranded at sea
March 13, 2026Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval
March 13, 2026The Trump administration is denouncing CNN for airing a portion of the new Iranian supreme leader's first public statement since he got the job
March 13, 2026Oil and gas prices have spiked with the war in Iran
March 13, 2026The Trump administration is suing California over the state's nation-leading vehicle emission standards
March 13, 2026A coalition of 17 state Democratic attorneys general has filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy that requires higher education institutions to collect data showing they aren't considering race in admissions
March 12, 2026Iran war complicates the economic pivot GOP badly wants to see from Trump
March 12, 2026The Trump administration is opening a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries
March 12, 2026CDC vaccine committee drops push to stop recommending mRNA Covid-19 shots, for now
March 12, 2026Word of the Week: The price of Brent crude oil is going crazy — but who is ‘Brent’?
March 12, 2026Trump asks Supreme Court to let protections for Haitians expire
March 12, 2026As critics question President Trump’s motivations for war on Iran, it’s not just about politics. It’s about the Constitution and whether Congress has any hope of checking the president’s warmaking.
March 12, 2026House Republicans sweat Iran’s costs as they struggle to push economic agenda
March 11, 2026The Trump administration is leaning away from dramatic funding cuts and settlements with universities, and more toward standard tactics to try to limit funding.
March 11, 2026U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would be the most intense day yet of U.S. strikes inside Iran
March 10, 2026North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and China are watching warily as war spreads across the Middle East
March 10, 2026Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than support
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