Zelenskyy says U.S. gave Ukraine, Russia a deadline for agreement to end war

The U.S. has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach a deal to end the nearly four‑year war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters, as Russian strikes on energy infrastructure forced nuclear power plants to cut output on Saturday. If the June deadline is not met, the Trump administration will likely put pressure on

Mid-Decade Redistricting Wave Scrambles House Map Ahead of 2026

Texas state Rep. Matt Morgan holds a map of the new proposed congressional districts in the state during a legislative session at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 20, 2025. Sergio Flores/Reuters Mid-decade redistricting—once an exception to the once-a-decade routine after each census—is now reshaping the U.S. House map in the mid-2020s.

Trump Lifts Biden-Era Restrictions on Commercial Fishing in Atlantic Marine Monument

A commercial scallop fishing boat enters the Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant, N.J., on May 4, 2012. Wayne Parry/AP Photo President Donald Trump revoked a prohibition on commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on Friday, restoring rules that allow regulated harvesting in the protected Atlantic waters while citing existing federal

Appeals court endorses Trump policy of denying bond hearings to many ICE detainees

A federal appeals court on Friday endorsed the Trump administration’s policy of holding broad groups of immigration detainees without access to bond hearings, a major legal victory for President Trump and his deportation crackdown. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of federal judges at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said the Trump administration had