Frustrated lawmakers say lack of trust is making it harder to end the government shutdown

A president looking to seize power beyond the executive branch. A Congress controlled by Republican lawmakers unwilling to ...

Frustration grows on Capitol Hill as shutdown enters day 9 with no progress

The dynamic left Washington in a stalemate Thursday — the ninth day of the government shutdown — and lawmakers openly venting ...

Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump ...

Legal setbacks mount for Trump’s birthright order before likely Supreme Court review

Over a span of a month this summer, four separate federal courts rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order ending ...
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MTG Gives Her Party the Middle Finger Over Ongoing Shutdown

On Wednesday evening, The Wall Street Journal revealed a striking detail about the president’s September 20 Truth Social post ...

Trump’s new detention policy targets millions of immigrants. Judges keep saying it’s illegal.

Increasingly, federal judges have ruled the administration’s deployment of the automatic stay is unconstitutional, depriving ...

Senate Confirmation of Trump Nominee Cements His Shake-Up of Top Civil Rights Agency

The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to fill a critical vacancy at the top agency for worker rights, restoring it to the full power needed to deepen his overhaul of civil rights enfo ...

Mitt Romney calls for an end to lawfare, even as he lays blame on both parties

President Donald Trump isn't the first president to use the government against his political foes, as he laid blame on both ...