President Donald Trump will host top tech executives for a White House dinner Thursday night, with attendees including Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and a dozen other leaders from major artificial intelligence and technology firms, according to the White House. Notably absent is Elon Musk, once a close … Read more

Six women who say they were trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein or his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell issued a unified plea Tuesday for the federal government to release more investigative files and pressed President Donald Trump to rule out a pardon for Maxwell. The panel also refused to back any unsupported claims of wrongdoing by Trump … Read more

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized the deployment of up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve temporarily as immigration judges, according to an Aug. 27 memo obtained by the Associated Press. The plan calls for sending groups of 150 attorneys, both military and civilian, with the first round to be identified … Read more

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Friday urged use of the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump, arguing he is unfit after his decision to oust Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, though the elderly Democrat got the terminology wrong in calling for it. “It is time to call for Article [Amendment] … Read more

A Democratic senator broke with his party Tuesday to support President Donald Trump’s decision to use military force against Venezuelan drug cartels. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he had authorized a strike on a drug boat tied to the Venezuelan regime, saying the military “literally shot out a boat — a drug-carrying boat.” … Read more

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is again drawing attention by questioning President Trump’s latest use of military force — namely, the attack on and the destruction of a Venezuelan drug boat in the Caribbean this week. In an interview with Newsmax’s Rob Schmitt, Paul admitted nobody would “shed a tear” for dead drug dealers but warned … Read more

Texas House Democrats made national headlines this summer when they fled the state to stall a vote on a new congressional map that would help Republicans pick up 5 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott petitioned the Texas Supreme Court to remove their caucus leader from office. Now, that high-stakes … Read more

President-elect Donald Trump stated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is prepared for “peace” as he shared details of his meetings with world leaders—and First Lady Jill Biden—during his weekend trip to Paris for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral. On Sunday, Trump revealed insights from his discussions with global leaders during his first international trip … Read more

The California Supreme Court issued two major rulings last week that could reshape how courts handle gang enhancements and sentencing, opening the door for thousands of incarcerated individuals to challenge past convictions. The state court rulings come as California Governor Gavin Newsom attempts to rehabilitate his image with ‘tough-on-crime’ rhetoric as he fights President Donald … Read more

Senate Republicans are weighing changes to the chamber’s confirmation process as they face a backlog of judicial nominations thanks to stall tactics by minority Democrats. President Donald Trump has criticized Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for preserving the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition, which allows home-state senators to weigh in on nominees and can effectively … Read more