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Jayapal Floats ‘Reparations’ for Illegal Migrants

When Americans hear the word reparations , they usually think of historic wrongdoing and a national attempt to make amends. That framing matters, because it quietly answers a prior question: who, exactly, is owed what by whom? At a March 27 “shadow hearing” focused on immigration enforcement,...

MAGA Lawmaker Calls for Thune Ouster

Amid shutdown turmoil, a MAGA lawmaker is calling for Sen. John Thune to be ousted from leadership.

MAGA Lawmaker Demands Thune Ouster Amid Shutdown Chaos

Washington talks about shutdowns like they are weather. Storm clouds. Looming deadlines. Last-minute rescues. But shutdowns are not acts of God. They are choices. And right now, one headline framed around “shutdown chaos” is doing the work of a warning flare: a MAGA lawmaker is demanding John...

Baltimore Turns Cold on Musk Inc.

Baltimore has spent the last decade absorbing a basic rule of local power: even when a billionaire shows up with a big promise, City Hall still decides what flies. This week made that point twice. First came a burst of interest in a no-cost tunnel concept around the Ravens’ stadium, tied to early...

House GOP Blocks Senate Bill to Pay Airport Screeners

When most Americans think about a government shutdown, they picture locked museum doors and darkened office buildings. But this week’s standoff is playing out in a place you can’t avoid if you need to travel: the airport security line. On Friday, House Republican leaders refused to take up a...

Verizon Waives Late Fees for Federal Workers During DHS Shutdown

A government shutdown is usually described in the language of “appropriations,” “continuing resolutions,” and “funding gaps.” But the lived reality is far less abstract: missed paychecks, late rent, and everyday bills that do not pause just because Congress did. In that gap, private...

Idaho Makes the Firing Squad the Default

July 1 is a turning point in how Idaho intends to carry out death sentences. The state is elevating the firing squad from a backup plan to the first option . Until now, Idaho law put lethal injection at the top and the firing squad behind it. Beginning July 1, Idaho flips that order and becomes the...

Former Frontex Chief Under French Probe Over Migrant Pushbacks

When governments enforce borders, somebody always wants a courtroom to be the final word. France has reportedly opened a judicial investigation targeting Fabrice Leggeri, the former head of the European Union border agency Frontex and a current Member of the European Parliament. The allegation is...

Will TSA Workers Be Paid During a Shutdown?

When the federal government shuts down, the question travelers ask is usually practical: Will airport security still run? The question TSA employees ask is more personal: Will I get a paycheck while I keep showing up? Shutdowns are not just political theater. They are what happens when Congress...

House GOP Passes DHS Patch as Shutdown Drags Toward a Record

Washington has reached that familiar point where procedure starts to look like punishment. Late Friday, House Republicans approved a short-term funding extension for the Department of Homeland Security, a move meant to break a standoff that has already stretched into a 42-day partial shutdown. The...

The Turbulent History of U.S.-Cuban Relations

The United States and Cuba sit less than 100 miles apart, but their political relationship has often felt like an ocean wide. Across two centuries, the story repeats in different forms: American leaders see Cuba as strategically essential, Cuban leaders resist outside control, and everyday people...

Medicare Drug Price Suits Move Through Lower Courts

The Biden administration is defending the Medicare drug price negotiation program created by the Inflation Reduction Act, but the fight is playing out where many major federal programs are tested first: in the lower courts. Drugmakers and industry groups have filed multiple lawsuits in federal...

House GOP Rejects Senate Deal, Shutdown Drags On

House Republicans turned down a Senate continuing resolution, prolonging a partial shutdown. A plain-English guide to CRs, the Antideficiency Act, and what stops first.

DHS Funding Standoff

Washington loves to talk about “national security” in the abstract. But the Department of Homeland Security shutdown has a way of stripping the abstraction off. When the White House has to reach for existing funds to keep about 50,000 TSA agents from missing yet another paycheck, you are not...

Cruz’s Warning to the GOP

Ted Cruz is making a familiar midterm argument, but with a distinctly constitutional edge: control of Congress is not just about policy. It is about the machinery of oversight, confirmations, and impeachment. In his telling, if Democrats retake the House, President Donald Trump will be “impeached...

How is Trump trying to lower gas costs - and will it work?

Gas prices do not rise because the president wakes up and chooses chaos. They rise because oil is a globally priced commodity, refined into gasoline, then pushed through a supply chain that is allergic to uncertainty. Right now, uncertainty has a name: a shooting war with Iran and a chokepoint that...

Pima County Deputy Accused of Kidnapping Woman in Custody

A former Pima County Sheriff’s deputy in Arizona is facing a felony kidnapping charge after authorities say he abused his position while transporting a woman who was already in custody. The deputy, identified by police as 22-year-old Travis Reynolds, has been arrested, booked, and fired from the...

‘No Kings’ Protests: What to Know

“No Kings” is not subtle branding. It reads as a constitutional argument in three syllables: America rejected monarchy in 1776, and it did not swap it for an elected version of royal power in 2026. Today, that argument is spilling into streets and town squares at a scale that is hard to miss....

CPAC Texas and the Fight Over America’s Next Chapter

CPAC has always been part pep rally, part power audit. But in Texas this week, the mood felt less like a routine gathering of conservative celebrities and more like a political war room with stadium lighting. The message from the stage and the crowd was consistent: this is not just another election...

Biden-Era Social Media ‘Jawboning’ Curbed in 10-Year Settlement

A decade-long consent decree is reshaping how several federal agencies may interact with social media companies, and it is being celebrated by two Republican-led states as a major First Amendment win. The agreement resolves a lawsuit brought by Missouri and Louisiana, alongside individual...