The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the penalties for Gabriel Perez, who made the bets through Kalshi.

The defense secretary has floated a White House run with close friends and associates, two people said. And Hegseth sparked speculation with an event in Iowa this month.

The MyPillow founder said he’s prepared to pay nearly $1 million to cover the costs associated with a hand recount after he lost to state House Speaker Lisa Demuth.

Comey’s novel centers on a villain who sends coded messages urging retaliation against his political rivals. In new filings, federal attorneys are arguing that life imitated art.

The Justice Department said “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Mike Lindell’s refusal to pay the voting machine company Smartmatic led to daily penalties that are still being imposed.

The actor said he considered a Senate run after being asked about it “more than once” as Democratic nominee Graham Platner faces calls to drop out.

Some 4,000-plus spectators who are lucky enough, cunning enough or rich enough will score a seat to the fight on the South Lawn next month.

The term federal prosecutors said constituted a death threat against the president is "everyday lingo" in the restaurant business, one person said.

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More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.

The president of Colombia recalled his ambassador from the U.S. when the image was spotted in a White House photo, intensifying a growing rift between the two countries.

Most federal departments and agencies have put out guidance on which programs will stay open, and which ones won't, if Congress does not pass a funding bill by the end of Tuesday.

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The White House said E.J. Antoni was in town for meetings unrelated to Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The defense secretary has talked privately about running a campaign in Tennessee, sources told NBC News. The Pentagon said Hegseth’s “focus remains solely on serving under” Trump.

Media advocates say the cuts could have an especially harmful impact on rural Americans.

Some of of Trump's allies on Capitol Hill have pushed the administration to release more information about the case as the president has downplayed it.

Democrats are poised to contest the Republican talking points at every turn, emphasizing the cuts to Medicaid, as the two parties ready for next year's midterm elections.

House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., used a digital signature to send out letters and subpoena notices related to the Biden autopen investigation.

From bans on DEI programs to renaming the Gulf of Mexico, conservative states are officially implementing some of Trump’s policies.

"I don't know where it came from," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Budget Committee, told NBC News after he released the 940-page legislation.

Before he became pope, Chicago-born Robert Prevost was raised in a household of Cubs and Cardinals fans. Yet his allegiances were to the Sox.

The president announced earlier Thursday that he would be replacing Ed Martin, a "stop the steal" organizer closely aligned with Jan. 6 defendants, as his nominee for the post.

The boom coincides with the soaring viewership and popularity of professional and college women’s sports.

The new tariffs have sown anger and confusion among America’s neighbors to the north who say they feel betrayed by a longtime friend.

Hayden Haynes is a longtime top aide to Mike Johnson, both in the speaker's office and his personal office.

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Elon Musk and President Donald Trump continue to tout their cost-cutting and fraud-finding efforts, but high-profile claims aren't holding up to scrutiny.

Administration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees.

The Department of Government Efficiency has played a key role in some of the major actions of Donald Trump's second administration.

Federal judges have temporarily barred several of Trump's directives from taking effect.

The 118th Congress saw three men hold the speaker’s gavel and a president pressured to drop his re-election bid. Those power struggles will reverberate into the new Congress that begins Jan. 3.

The coming year’s laws also include measures to enhance data privacy and consumer protections, as well as regulate IDs nationwide.

A combination of worry and cautious optimism about Trump — and deep anger at the Democratic Party — pervade the groups.

A source close to the 42nd president told NBC News that the situation is "not urgent" and that Clinton is "awake and alert."

The government is set to shut down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Congress currently has no plan to avoid it.

A GOP-led subcommittee's interim report says the FBI should investigate Cheney, a former House Republican lawmaker, over her involvement in the Jan. 6 select committee.

Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. face questions about their personal actions as well as their professional qualifications ahead of the Senate confirmation process.

McMahon, who is a co-chair of Trump's transition team, led the Small Business Administration during Trump's first term.

The final NBC News poll showed Vice President Kamala Harris losing voters who don’t follow politics closely by double digits.

Former presidential candidate and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley announced on Monday that he is entering the fray. But many more names are already circulating.

Long-time supporters, aides and members of Congress thus far have been named to posts in the incoming Trump administration.