Politics

Trump says U.S. representatives to travel to Pakistan for Iran negotiations on Monday
President Trump announced Sunday that U.S. negotiators will travel Monday to Pakistan for talks to end the Iran war, as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz intensify. Mr. Trump...
Trump seeks to rally youth vote for GOP at Turning Point USA event
President Trump tried to boost support for Republican candidates among young voters with a midterm election campaign-style rally sponsored by Turning Point USA, the group founded by slain conservative...
ICE acting director Todd Lyons to resign at end of May, DHS says
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced...
Squad alert: Ilhan Omar warms up to Marjorie Taylor Greene after Republican flips on Trump, Israel
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene once called for Rep. Ilhan Omar to be deported, but now that they’re both on the same side when it comes to Israel, it...
Republican Clay Fuller sworn in to take House seat formerly held by Marjorie Taylor Greene
WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Clay Fuller of Georgia was sworn into office Tuesday after winning a special election to take the congressional seat formerly held by Marjorie Taylor Greene....
Facing separate scandals and mounting bipartisan criticism, two congressmen quit office
Rep. Eric Swalwell, the California Democrat accused of sexual misconduct and raping a woman who worked in his congressional office, resigned from Congress on Monday. His decision followed a...
Justice Department repeatedly making unforced errors under Trump
One of the Justice Department’s most fervent missions in the Trump administration has been to pry voting lists from states, including by suing, to force them to clean up...
Spanberger urged not to release illegal alien convicted of groping girls at Fairfax High School
The Trump administration wants to ensure that an 18-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador stays put after he was found guilty of nine counts of assault for groping teenage...
Congress faces showdown over warrantless surveillance law
When House and Senate lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday, they’ll have just a few days to renew a critical intelligence-gathering law that has sharply divided both parties...
DNC debate exposes party rift on Israel, immigration
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin’s push for party unity ran headlong Thursday into thorny — and simmering — internal fights over how far the party should go in...