House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, on July 21, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images As Democrats returned to Washington this week after an August recess, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats used the time to organize across the country and will seek a bipartisan spending bill
Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday the federal government has “no immediate plans” to send National Guard forces to Chicago, one day after President Trump again suggested he will send federal forces to the nation’s third-largest city — drawing criticism from local leaders. The president had told reporters Tuesday that “we’re going in” to Chicago, but
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser (R), joined by Police Chief Pamela Smith, speaks at a press conference after President Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department at the Wilson Building in Washington on Aug. 11, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images WASHINGTON—Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an order on Sept. 3 extending cooperation between federal law
Washington — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration violated Harvard University’s First Amendment rights and federal law when it froze nearly $2 billion in federal grants because of the Ivy League school’s handling of antisemitism on campus. In a victory for Harvard, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs blocked Trump administration officials from
Harvard banners hang in front of Widener Library during the 374th Harvard Commencement in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Mass., on May 29, 2025. Rick Friedman/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s attempt to freeze more than $2 billion of Harvard University’s funding, holding that the government violated the First
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was blasted on social media over comments he made at a Labor Day picnic that critics say amounted to wishing death on President Trump.
President Donald Trump praised a U.S. military strike that killed 11 suspected Tren de Aragua narco-terrorists on a drug-laden Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean.