Politics

Jason Almond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday named Alina Habba, his personal attorney-turned-White House counselor, to serve as the next interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. “Alina will lead with the same diligence and conviction that has defined her career, and she will fight tirelessly to […]

Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a Louisiana case involving politics, race and voting maps with potential implications for the 2026 midterm elections. The justices are considering a dispute over how Louisiana’s congressional districts were drawn after the 2020 census. Louisiana has six congressional districts […]

Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk was slated to visit the Pentagon on Friday and attend a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that would touch on China, among other things, two United States officials confirmed to ABC News — but that plan changed after The New York Times […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump seemed to issue a warning to individuals who participate in Tesla vandalisms, as reports of destruction to vehicles, dealerships and charging stations surge across the country. Early Friday morning, Trump posted on his social media platform: “People that get caught sabotaging Teslas will stand a very good […]

President Donald Trump stands with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon /Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that two key functions of the agency he is seeking to dismantle, the Department of Education, will be moved to new departments: The Small Business Administration will take on student loans, and the Department of […]

Judge James E. Boasberg, chief judge of the Federal District Court in DC, /Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the past few weeks, the U.S. Marshals Service has warned federal judges of an increase in threats in the wake of the increased attention they are getting as a […]

Former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employees/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Thousands of federal workers nationwide have been forced out of their jobs by the Trump administration as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s says it aims to improve the government and cut down waste. From park rangers and Department of Veterans Affairs […]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk’s political action committee is offering Wisconsin voters $100 who sign a petition opposing “activist judges” ahead of the April 1 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, echoing the billionaire’s controversial cash giveaways during President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign. The petition, promoted online and at in-person events […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Wyoming Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman tangled with a fiery town hall audience in her home state on Thursday night as she went back and forth with constituents over Elon Musk’s DOGE and cuts to federal spending. At one point, Hageman sparred with a woman who said she was […]

(Marie Hickman/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Democrats are settling into the year with some of their strongest February grassroots fundraising numbers on record, according to the Democratic National Committee, which says it brought in $9 million during the critical first full month of Donald Trump’s presidency with an average donation of less than $35. In a […]