House passes bill to fund most of DHS in major step toward ending 10-week shutdown

The House on Thursday passed a bill to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), minus Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a major step toward ending the record-breaking, 10-week shutdown. The bill passed by voice vote less than an hour after Republican leaders sent out a notice that the…

Louisiana Postpones House Primaries After Supreme Court Redistricting Ruling

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., on Feb. 24, 2025. Peter Forest/Getty Images Louisiana will postpone its U.S. House primaries in order to allow time for lawmakers to redraw and pass a new congressional map, according to an executive order signed by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on April 30. Landry

DOJ Sues New Jersey Over Mask Ban for Law Enforcement

Federal agents, including members of the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Patrol, and police, outside a downtown U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 4, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice is suing New Jersey over a law that bars local, state, and federal law enforcement officers