Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday restored for now Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map that could give Republicans five additional House seats, after a lower court found that some of the new voting lines were racially discriminatory. The decision said the Supreme Court “has repeatedly emphasized that lower federal courts should ordinarily not alter
Federal grand jurors declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, a U.S. official said, marking another blow to the government’s case after a judge tossed out the Justice Department’s bank fraud charges against the Trump foe last week. The grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia, voted down an indictment after it was presented
The Florida Historic Capitol sits near the 22-story New Capitol building, which together are part of the Capitol Complex in Tallahassee, Fla., on July 26, 2023. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Florida’s Select House Committee on Congressional Redistricting held its first meeting on Dec. 4 for what chairman Rep. Mike Redondo called a “listening and learning session”
First Lady Melania Trump speaks in Jacksonville, North Carolina, on Nov. 19, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Seven children impacted by the war between Russia and Ukraine have been reunited with their families in Ukraine, U.S. First Lady Melania Trump announced on Dec. 4. “My dedication to guaranteeing the safe return of children to their
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks at the United States Marine Corps 250th birthday celebration at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, Calif., on Oct. 18, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images WASHINGTON—Secretary of War Pete Hegseth used Signal to send sensitive, nonpublic operational information that he determined did not require classification surrounding U.S. strikes on
Police officers stand guard outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 5, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court ordered late on Dec. 4 that a redrawn election map expected to increase Republican representation in Texas’s U.S. House delegation remain in place. The court’s new unsigned order in League of United Latin American
Members of the National Guard respond to a shooting near the White House on Nov. 26, 2025. Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot blocks from the White House. Win McNamee/Getty Images A federal appeals court lifted a block on President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington on Thursday. Three judges