Two prominent legal groups are asking a federal judge to force officials in the Trump administration to explain under oath whether they violated the judge’s court order temporarily barring deportations by removing more than 200 people from the U.S. after the order was issued
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members
President Donald Trump’s supporters are echoing some of the rhetoric and actions that elsewhere have preceded attacks on the judiciary as the courts deliver a series of setbacks to his dramatic attempt to change the federal government without congressional approval
A federal judge barred the Trump administration Saturday from carrying out deportations under a sweeping 18th century law that the president invoked just hours earlier to speed removal of Venezuelan gang members from the United States
President Donald Trump is ordering his administration to gut Voice of America and other pro-democracy media organizations run by the U.S. government
President Donald Trump delivered what sounded like one of his typical meandering, grievance-laden campaign speeches on Friday, but it was where he did it — inside the U.S. Department of Justice — that mattered
President Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of free speech, but First Amendment advocates say they’ve never seen freedom of speech under attack the way it has been in his second term
Conservatives have long talked about cutting government, but Republicans in Congress have shied away from approving deep reductions because of fear of how voters would react
The Department of Justice is reviewing the prosecution of a former Colorado clerk who was convicted in state court of helping President Donald Trump's supporters access confidential data about the 2020 election and is supporting her bid to get out of jail
During his first six weeks in office, President Donald Trump has worked to tear down the federal government and attack long-standing institutions
When Bill Clinton came to Washington as president, his Democratic administration used corporate know-how and the new internet to streamline the federal bureaucracy as part of the “Reinventing Government” push
U.S. conservatives have looked to Hungary's Viktor Orbán as an inspiration for a right-wing America, and the prime minister has become a close ally of President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump has just started his second term, the last one permitted under the U.S. Constitution
Democrats are fighting to energize their party’s growing resistance to President Trump and his chief lieutenant, Elon Musk
Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D
Donald Trump's effort to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants is the most provocative of his many attempts to expand his power in the first days of his presidency
President Donald Trump’s second inaugural address sounded like his first, with a sweeping indictment of the country he inherits and grand promises to fix its problems
New Hampshire’s top election official says he will not invoke an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to block former President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state that will hold the first Republican presidential primary next year
In North Carolina and Wisconsin, Republicans are trying to seize power over elections and redistricting
The Colorado judge overseeing the lawsuit attempting to bar former President Donald Trump from The White House using a rare constitutional clause has issued an order prohibiting threats and intimidation regarding the case
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are arguing that attempts to kick him off the presidential ballot under a rarely used constitutional clause for engaging in “insurrection” are improper attempts to interfere with his freedom of speech
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' aggressive start in the second Republican presidential debate was among its key moments
A liberal group has filed a lawsuit in Michigan seeking to disqualify former president Donald Trump from the White House under a rarely-used clause in the U.S. Constitution
Over the past two weeks, Donald Trump said shoplifters should be immediately shot, suggested that America’s top general be executed and mocked a political opponent’s husband who was beaten with a hammer
Dysfunction within the Republican Party isn’t limited to the leadership chaos in the House of Representatives playing out in the nation’s capital
Shohei Ohtani merchandise is prompting long lines -- even in the rain -- in Tokyo
Washington D.C.'s top prosecutor announces election fraud probe, though authority unclear
US House committee seeks record on Chinese telecom hacking
Israel carries out airstrikes in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, killing at least 10 people
After Trump halted funding for Afghans who helped the US, this group stepped in to help
Alphabet back in deal to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $30 billion, WSJ reports
US releases $57 million in financing to help reopen Michigan reactor
Some of the WNBA's rising stars have shined during Unrivaled's inaugural season
NHL general managers zero in on goaltender interference and other coach's challenges
