Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters during the Weekly Senate Policy Luncheon news conference on Capitol Hill on Nov. 4, 2025. Tom Brenner/Getty Images Democrats in the Senate blocked a bill proposed by Republicans to pay all federal employees for the duration of the government shutdown late on Nov. 7. The Senate
Federal agents block people protesting an ICE immigration operation at a nearby licensed cannabis farm near Camarillo, Calif., on July 10, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images The Trump administration is exploring a program to hire bounty hunters who would track down illegal immigrants and receive bonuses for successful captures, according to a government contracting site. The
Ester Pena shops at the Feeding South Florida food pantry on October 27, 2025 in Pembroke Park, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court late on Nov. 7 to halt a judge’s order that requires the federal government to fully fund food stamps in November after a federal appeals court
Retired New York police sergeant Michael McMahon arrives at Brooklyn Federal Court for his trial on May 31, 2023. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has pardoned Michael McMahon, a former NYPD sergeant who, in April, had been sentenced 18 months in a Chinese transnational repression case, a White House official has confirmed.
Congressional Democrats have written at least eight letters seeking information about President Trump’s $300 million ballroom project. So far, those oversight requests have yielded few substantive responses from the administration and a nonprofit involved in the project. The top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia of California, received no response to his letter
President Trump on Friday accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the U.S. and asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation. The president announced the move on social media days after his party suffered losses in key elections in which the winning Democratic candidates focused relentlessly on the
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announces actions against states for failing to enforce English language requirements for commercial drivers during a press conference at the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C., U.S., on August 26, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo U.S. flight reductions could escalate to as much as 20 percent if the government shutdown