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In our new Q&A, an expert explains how census data shapes politics, and how Trump is trying to skew the count.

“This trove of ICE documents provides chilling new insights into the breadth and depth of the Trump-Vance administration’s efforts to pursue baseless claims of widespread election fraud and assert gre...

The Trump administration has opened an investigation into Wells Fargo over the bank's years-long effort to increase homeownership among Black Americans.The Department of Housing and Urban Development sent a letter Wednesday to Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf saying it would examine whether the bank v...

While representing Dr. Christine Blasey Ford during the confirmation hearings for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, we watched Sen. Collins put politics before principle.

Shootings by federal agents are proliferating since Donald Trump took office in 2025, several of them in Texas. To stop it from happening again, local elected officials and prosecutors are hunting for...

From “covering” Trump to covering FOR Trump.

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Federal officials are left stunned after a sudden shift leaves taxpayers footing the bill for a controversial multi-million dollar promotional blitz despite early promises of a payback.

A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold ...

The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.

Ahead of midterms that could turn on high prices and borrowing costs, the secretary dresses down officials.

Outrage after Susan Collins tries to 'feel' her way out of Kavanaugh question: 'Pathetic'

The patient, who had traveled from Congo via Uganda, died Monday. Kenya is the fourth country to confirm an Ebola case in the outbreak started in May.

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It’s unclear how a federal proof of citizenship law would pass constitutional muster if a federal ban on noncitizen voting could not.

Donald Trump’s decision to feature aide Natalie Harp at his rally in Nebraska on Monday night raised eyebrows on MS NOW on Tuesday morning.That led to speculation about how the absent first lady Melania Trump viewed the proceedings.In Grand Island on Monday night, Trump asked Harp to bring him the e...

The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

Opinion editor Clay Wirestone writes: National Republicans are racing to the rescue of U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, diverting millions of dollars in advertising from North Carolina to Kansas. At least, t...

The White House Office of Management and Budget added $20 million to the pot for commemorative events a day before DHS awarded an advertising contract of the same amount.

Elon Musk's xAI on Friday ​persuaded a US ‌federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ​ban on AI-generated ​fake nude images as ⁠the technology and ​social media company pursues ​a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.

Prosecutors have long considered the defendants’ admissions during interrogations in 2007 to be their best evidence.

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At 3:54 pm Donald Trump emerged from the White House with freshly colored hair and makeup, as Marine One's engine roared in the background. He walked directly over to the waiting press, threw his hand...