Judge Illson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday made a previous temporary injunction permanent, prohibiting President Donald Trump from dismissing dozens of federal employees. “Today’s ruling is another victory for federal workers and our ongoing efforts to protect their jobs from an administration hellbent on illegally firing them,” … Read more

As the federal government shutdown approaches its fourth week, pressure is mounting inside the Democratic Party to find a way out of the impasse that has left hundreds of thousands of federal employees unpaid and key social programs at risk of disruption. The shutdown — now widely referred to by critics as the “Schumer Shutdown” … Read more

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said Monday that Democrats bear the blame for the pain of a government shutdown, as President Donald Trump and his budget chief moved forward with identifying federal programs to cut. “Day 27 means it’s almost been a full month since the Democrats shut down the government. And as we … Read more

The Trump administration has begun removing senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in five major U.S. cities and plans to replace some of them with senior Border Patrol agents who will oversee interior immigration enforcement in those regions, according to five sources familiar with the matter. ICE field office leaders in Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, … Read more

New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani faces two criminal referrals filed Tuesday by a campaign finance watchdog alleging he accepted illegal donations from foreign contributors. The Coolidge Reagan Foundation submitted the referrals to the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, accusing Mamdani of potential violations of the Federal … Read more

A senior adviser to the State Department has been accused of taking more than a thousand classified documents from secure government locations and meeting with Chinese officials over several years. Federal prosecutors charged Ashley Tellis, a longtime foreign policy expert and contractor for the Department of Defense, with unlawful retention of national defense information, Fox … Read more

A senior aide to former President Joe Biden admitted under oath that he had a direct financial incentive to hide Biden’s worsening cognitive health during the 2024 campaign, as revealed by a bombshell video released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee. The footage, part of a closed-door deposition made public by Chairman James Comer (R-KY), … Read more

Federal authorities have arrested a 29-year-old man accused of using social media to offer a $45,000 bounty for the killing of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, in what investigators describe as a chilling online threat that could have inspired further violence. The suspect, identified as Tyler Maxon Avalos, was taken into custody on October 16 … Read more

The transgender lover of Charlie Kirk’s accused killer has seemingly disappeared from his Utah hometown six weeks after the political assassination that rattled the nation. Lance Twiggs, 22, has gone off the radar since his boyfriend, Tyler Robinson, allegedly gunned down the Turning Point USA co-founder before sending Twiggs a series of text messages confessing … Read more

Senate Republicans have confirmed more than 100 of President Donald Trump’s nominees in a single session — one of the largest confirmation waves in modern history and a defining moment in the administration’s ongoing efforts to reshape federal leadership. The move came after months of partisan gridlock and followed a key procedural shift that allowed … Read more