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Lawmakers introduce bipartisan ‘Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act’ to put the poultry on food stamps

Updated 17 hours ago

In today’s hyper-partisan Congress, there is at least one thing that can quickly bring Democrats and Republicans to the same table: rotisserie chicken. A bipartisan...

Todd Blanche orders federal reclassification of medical marijuana as less dangerous

Updated 19 hours ago

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed an order on Thursday officially reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana from a Schedule I to a less-regulated Schedule III drug,...

Trump calls Virginia redistricting election ‘RIGGED,’ hopes courts reverse maps

Updated 2 days ago

President Donald Trump denounced the redistricting election in Virginia as “RIGGED,” and voiced his hope that the courts would strike the new congressional map down....

Trump says Strait of Hormuz won’t reopen until Iran strikes a deal with US

Updated 3 days ago

President Donald Trump said in a new interview that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States and Iran reach a peace...

US and Iran signal new ceasefire talks in Islamabad as truce nears end

Updated 3 days ago

What we know about nearly a dozen scientists who went missing, died, or were murdered

Updated 4 days ago

Businesses can claim refunds starting Monday for Trump tariffs declared unconstitutional

Updated 4 days ago

Trump rejects energy secretary’s claim about gas prices staying high: ‘Totally wrong’

Updated 4 days ago

Trump ‘in discussions’ with IRS to cut deal in tax record lawsuit

Updated 7 days ago

Senate passes 10-day extension of federal surveillance powers without debate

Updated 7 days ago

Colorado drivers, mad about rising gas prices, may turn midterm election ire on Republicans

Updated 7 days ago

House rejects effort to withdraw US forces from the Iran war as Republicans stick with Trump

Updated 1 week ago

Democrats vow to block next Trump Supreme Court pick amid Alito speculation

Updated 1 week ago

Boebert working on bill to strip Swalwell of $22,000 annual taxpayer-funded pension

Updated 1 week ago

Trump AI framework puts ball in Congress’s court. Time to act is running out

Updated 1 week ago

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future policy debate. It is already compressing years of drug discovery into months, helping doctors detect cancer earlier through...

Appeals court shuts down Boasberg contempt inquiry into Trump administration over El Salvador deportations

Updated 1 week ago

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered an end to U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s criminal contempt inquiry into Trump administration officials over last year’s...

Rep. Eric Swalwell of California says he will resign after sexual misconduct allegations

Updated 2 weeks ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California announced Monday he will resign from Congress following sexual assault and misconduct allegations that prompted loud...

Whistleblower contacted Democrats before filing Trump complaint that led to first impeachment, records show

Updated 2 weeks ago

Newly declassified transcripts from the Intelligence Community’s then-inspector general show that the whistleblower whose complaint triggered President Donald Trump’s first impeachment had prior contact with...

Spain pushes China to assume global leadership role

Updated 2 weeks ago

Inflation jumped to 3.3% in March as Iran war drove up oil prices

Updated 2 weeks ago

Five ways Mullin is already pushing DHS in a new direction

Updated 2 weeks ago

Melania Trump hails first conviction under new law banning AI-generated child sex abuse images

Updated 2 weeks ago

Johnson won’t reopen DHS until Thune makes good on megabill promise

Updated 2 weeks ago

Trump’s mail-in ballot executive order reveals why DOJ is pushing for state voter data

Updated 2 weeks ago

Trump quietly drops steel and aluminum tariffs for bikes, e-bikes, and frames

Updated 2 weeks ago

Trump warns Iran’s ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ unless deal is struck with US

Updated 2 weeks ago

Congress urged to open antitrust investigation into Apple and OpenAI over ‘left-leaning bias’

Updated 3 weeks ago

Trump threatens jail time over downed US fighter jet ‘leak’

Updated 3 weeks ago

US service member missing after Iran shot down fighter jet has been rescued, US officials say

Updated 3 weeks ago

JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump announced early Sunday that the U.S. had rescued an aviator nearly two days after he was shot down over Iran. The extraction...

Why Colorado’s LGBTQ laws keep getting struck down by the Supreme Court

Updated 3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court has been a house of horrors for Colorado over the past decade, with the state facing a trio of major losses over...

Trump downplays major reform bill and says housing is ‘all about interest rates’

Updated 3 weeks ago

President Donald Trump downplayed the bipartisan housing legislation that many congressional allies hope will ease the affordability worries plaguing voters, saying instead in an exclusive Washington Examiner interview...

Appellate court slap downs in Trump cases highlight mounting tension in the judiciary

Updated 3 weeks ago

The Trump administration has won key reversals of lower court rulings against it in appeals courts — many of which have sharply rebuked the district...