Politics

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys for a Venezuelan man who is currently imprisoned in a notorious Salvadoran prison filed a habeas petition on Wednesday, asking a federal judge to order the immediate release of their client. Instead of deporting Edicson David Quintero Chacon to Venezuela, the government is “paying” for his “torture in El […]

Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Longtime Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell will face constituents Thursday in his home state of Kentucky as Republican lawmakers continue to face hostile crowds raising issues with President Donald Trump’s policies. Party leadership has advised against holding in-person events after some lawmakers faced volatile crowds back home in their […]

Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security is demanding “detailed records” on Harvard University’s student visa holders, according to a statement from the department. The school must turn over student visa holders’ records, specifically those pertaining to “illegal and violent activities,” or risk losing the school’s Student and Exchange […]

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice filed notice Wednesday that it will appeal the order from a federal judge requiring the government to facilitate the return of wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, on the same day the it released two documents that were previously used to allegedly tie him […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rep. Elise Stefanik, a key Republican ally of President Donald Trump, is considering a run for governor of New York, a source familiar with her thinking told ABC News. Stefanik’s office didn’t immediately comment. Gov. Kathy Hochul is running for reelection in 2026 in the Empire State and is […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has deported hundreds of migrants it alleges are MS-13 gang members — calling them “terrorists” — to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT mega-prison. Could American citizens convicted of violent crimes be next? “If it’s a homegrown criminal, I have no problem,” President Donald Trump told reporters in the […]

Attorney General Pam Bondi ; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department has filed suit against Maine in an effort to challenge the state’s policy regarding transgender athletes competing in girls’ and women’s sports, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges Maine’s policy violates Title IX and stems from a broader effort […]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday that he’ll use a Senate procedure that allows home state senators to object to judicial nominees to attempt to block President Donald Trump’s picks for two keep prosecutor positions: the U.S. Attorneys for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. The blue slip […]

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Leaders We Deserve, a political organization led by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor and Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman David Hogg, announced Wednesday that it will spend $20 million to help elect younger leaders — including primary challengers to House Democrats who are in safely […]

Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., is in El Salvador to get answers about the wrongful deportation of a Maryland man by the Trump administration, he said in a video ahead of boarding a flight on Wednesday. Van Hollen said he had been planning the trip for the last few days […]