Court Hearing Over Challenge to California Redistricting Begins

Republican assembly member David Tangipa (C) speaks to reporters during a press conference announcing a federal lawsuit challenging Proposition 50 on Nov. 5, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo A federal district court in Los Angeles kicked off a multi-day hearing Dec. 15 over California’s new congressional map that state voters approved in

Speaker Johnson Has a Health Care Plan–Here’s What’s in It

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) discusses affordability at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 10, 2025. Heather Diehl/Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Dec. 12 threw his weight behind the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, one of several Republican proposals for lowering the

Trump Awards Mexican Border Defense Medals in White House Ceremony

U.S. President Donald Trump, with a recently signed executive order classifying fentanyl as a ‘weapon of mass destruction’, during a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 15, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump awarded Mexican Border Defense Medals to 13

Oversight Committee Alleges Outgoing DC Police Chief Manipulated Crime Statistics

Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith speaks during a news conference on President Donald Trump’s plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National Guard troops, in Washington on Aug. 11, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo WASHINGTON—A Congressional committee has accused the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of pressuring her staff

Trump files $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC

Washington — President Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC on Monday over a documentary that spliced parts of his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the Ellipse. The suit, filed in the Southern District of Florida, includes one count of defamation and one count of violating a Florida trade practices law. Mr. Trump’s legal