Iranians walk past a large billboard depicting Iranian leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on a street in Tehran on April 20, 2026. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump said a U.S. naval blockade against Iran is working and imposing significant economic pressure on the country, as May 1 marks a 60-day congressional deadline for
President Donald Trump signs an executive order regarding federal workers contracting in the Oval Office at the White House on April 30, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump says he is working on a retirement savings plan modelled on Australia’s compulsory superannuation system. During an Oval Office signing ceremony on April
Gasoline prices are displayed on a sign as customers fill their vehicles at a gas station in Miami, Florida, on April 13, 2026. Joe Raedle/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on April 30 that gasoline prices would plummet once the war with Iran ends, even as U.S. drivers face the highest pump prices in four
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington on Sept. 29, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is working to enforce nationwide the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which limited the use of race in redistricting under Section
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building outside outside of Denver, Colo. on July 14, 2019. Chet Strange/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge on April 30 rejected key parts of the Trump administration’s policies preventing adjudication of immigration benefit applications, determining that an indefinite “adjudicative hold” and treating nationality as a “significant negative factor”
ARLINGTON, Va.—A few months ago, Max Moore and his allies were voices in the social media wilderness. Their campaign to “Make DC Square Again”—an effort to return Arlington County and the City of Alexandria to the District of Columbia—was getting likes and reposts on X amid a redistricting battle in the state. But social media
Sign at a runoff election for Louisiana governor at a polling station at Quitman High School in Quitman, La., on Nov. 16, 2019. Matt Sullivan/Getty Images A federal lawsuit filed Thursday in the Middle District of Louisiana seeks to block state officials from suspending U.S. House primary elections after the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s