Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 01, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images A judge on Saturday ruled to expand a restraining order against former congressman Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke (D-Texas) and his political organization over its fundraising efforts for Democratic lawmakers who left Texas amid a state
President Donald Trump meets with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. At left is Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and second from right is Secretary of State Marco Rubio. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff on Aug. 17 said that Russian President
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen address the press during a NATO summit in The Hague on June 24, 2025. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be accompanied by European and NATO leaders during his meeting with U.S. President
Solomon Pena (C), a Republican candidate for New Mexico House District 14, is taken into custody by Albuquerque Police officers, in southwest Albuquerque, N.M., on Jan. 16, 2023. Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— A former political candidate was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison Wednesday for his convictions in a
Matthew R. Galeotti speaks during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, on June 30, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The U.S. government is taking unspecified “special measures” to protect people potentially exposed in a recent hack of court records, a top U.S. Department of Justice official said on Thursday. The hack of the
First Lady Melania Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on May 8, 2025. Leah Millis/File Photo/Reuters First Lady Melania Trump shared a message of peace in a letter President Donald Trump handed to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their summit in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15. The letter, first reported by Fox News,
Members of the National Guard patrol the Washington Monument in Washington on Aug. 16, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Republican Govs. Patrick Morrisey, Henry McMaster, and Mike DeWine pledged on Aug. 16, to send hundreds of their National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio, respectively, to assist with President Donald Trump’s law and