National Guard troops congregate at the entrance to Union Station in Washington, Aug. 20, 2025. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, FIle A federal judge in Washington on Oct. 24 grappled with a challenge to President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital. Meanwhile, in a separate challenge to West Virginia’s deployment of
People complete their ballots as the sunset is reflected in the glass of a precinct in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Nov. 5, 2024. Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images After a yearlong probe into allegations of fabricated voter registration forms submitted in anticipation of the 2024 presidential election, Pennsylvania has introduced criminal indictments against
Kilmar Abrego Garcia walks after being released from the Putnam County Jail in Cookeville, Tenn., on Aug. 22, 2025. Reuters/Seth Herald/File Photo The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to deport illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, according to an Oct. 24 court filing. “Although Petitioner has identified more than twenty countries that he
By Joseph Lord | October 24, 2025Updated:October 24, 2025 Images of the East Wing of the White House being pulled down to make way for an expansive new ballroom have sparked controversy in some quarters. As some historians have noted, however, the $300 million ballroom will join a long line of renovations that, regardless of
President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Urrego addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 23, 2025. Pamela Smith/AP Photo The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions against Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family, and a close associate, alleging the sanctioned parties are complicit in
People cast their ballots at a mobile outdoor vote center at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images The Department of Justice (DOJ) is sending monitors to six counties to watch polling sites, it said on Oct. 24. The personnel will monitor polls in Los Angeles
Former President Barack Obama addresses the Obama Foundation’s 2024 Democracy Forum in Chicago on Dec. 5, 2024. Scott Olson/Getty Images Former President Barack Obama joined California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 22 for a virtual volunteer event urging support for Proposition 50, the ballot measure that would let California redraw its congressional maps in response