Washington — The longest shutdown of a federal department in U.S. history came to an end on Thursday when President Trump signed a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security following a breakthrough on Capitol Hill. The House unanimously approved a Senate-passed bill to fund most of DHS earlier in the day,
Vice President JD Vance speaks as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz listens at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House on Feb. 25, 2026. Alex Wong/Getty Images The Justice Department has created a West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force targeting health care fraud in Arizona, Nevada,
Trump administration officials were on the first nonstop commercial flight between the U.S. and Venezuela in seven years when it took off Thursday from Miami, bound for Caracas. National Energy Dominance Council’s Jarrod Agen led the U.S. team, and Venezuela’s newly appointed Ambassador to the U.S., Félix Plasencia, was also on board the American Airlines
Trump administration officials were on the first nonstop commercial flight between the U.S. and Venezuela in seven years when it took off Thursday from Miami, bound for Caracas. National Energy Dominance Council’s Jarrod Agen led the U.S. team, and Venezuela’s newly appointed Ambassador to the U.S., Félix Plasencia, was also on board the American Airlines
The Supreme Court’s decision striking down a majority-black Louisiana congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander is sending Democrats into paroxysms of hyperbole, with politicians competing to use the most extreme language to denounce the decision and the court that issued it, and to offer the most catastrophically dire description about its consequences. President Trump
Washington — President Trump on Thursday said he is nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier to be the next U.S. surgeon general, replacing his nomination of Casey Means, whose bid has stalled in the Senate for months. The president announced the shuffle in a pair of posts on Truth Social. In the first, he blamed Sen. Bill Cassidy
Republican congressional candidates in Ohio’s 9th congressional district participate in a forum sponsored by VoteR PAC in Toledo, Ohio, on April 13, 2026. Courtesy of Toby Miller/VoteR PAC “Who is your choice to BEAT Marcy?” That catchphrase for a recent GOP candidate forum in Toledo, Ohio, is also the question that voters along Lake Erie