A federal worker union sued the Trump administration on Friday due to automatic email responses from employees at the Education Department that blame Democrats for the government shutdown. The ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Saturday said that he was informed by the Trump administration that the Department of Defense plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard and deploy ...

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the government shutdown showing no signs of ending quickly, President ...

When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its controversial 6-3 immunity ruling in Trump v. the United States in 2024, some scathing dissent came from one of the Barack Obama appointees: Justice Sonia ...

Numerous federal websites have posted messages blaming the current federal government shutdown on Democrats. Some say that's a Hatch Act violation.

To be an elected official is to be responsible to two publics. The first is the one that put you in power, the staffers, donors, volunteers and voters that helped to pave the path from mere candidate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A monumental Supreme Court term begins Monday with major tests of presidential power on the agenda along with pivotal cases on voting and the rights of LGBTQ people. The court’s ...

The 2025 government shutdown enters its second week as Democrats and Republicans blame each other, while political strategists say it likely won't impact 2026 elections.

Trump survived two assassination attempts on the campaign trail in 2024, one during an outdoor rally in Butler, Pa., and another at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. A federal ...

The United States is regarded, rightly, as the standard-bearer for liberal (in the classical sense) perseverance and civil peace in the modern age. But from this country’s own revolution to the Civil ...

The humble soybean is the latest flashpoint in the Trump administration’s campaign to reshape global trade. Used in everything from animal feed to fuel, soybeans regularly rank among the most valuable ...