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President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s use of traffic stops, calling the tactic one of the agency’s most effective law enforcement tools despite mounting criticism following a series of fatal encounters involving federal immigration agents. In a post on Truth Social, Trump praised ICE officers and …

The U.S. House voted Tuesday to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide in a bipartisan move that pushes the country one step closer to ending the long-contested ritual of semiannual clock changes.   The House passed the measure, called the Sunshine Protection Act, 308-117. Its future in the Senate is uncertain. Introduced by …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday abandoned his proposal to impose a 20% fee on all cargo ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, instead announcing that the United States will enforce a blockade targeting only vessels connected to Iran. The reversal came one day after Trump unveiled the sweeping transit …

Writer E. Jean Carroll has received more than $5.6 million in damages from President Donald Trump after prevailing in a civil lawsuit that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, according to a court filing Monday. The payment follows weeks of unsuccessful legal efforts by Trump to block …

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a man during an immigration enforcement operation Monday morning in southern Maine, marking the second deadly encounter involving ICE officers in less than a week and intensifying questions about the agency’s use of force during vehicle stops. The victim was identified by …

President Donald Trump has formally notified Congress that the United States has resumed military operations against Iran, restarting the 60-day period under the War Powers Resolution during which the president may conduct military action without explicit congressional authorization. In a letter dated July 10 and sent to congressional leaders, Trump …

Darline Graham Nordone will finish out the term of her older brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who adopted and raised her following their parents’ deaths. Gov. Henry McMaster’s appointment Monday comes a day after word of Graham’s sudden death, at the age of 71, stunned not only South Carolinians …

A federal judge ruled Monday that President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was a manufactured legal action designed to legitimize a settlement that would have benefited the president’s political allies, sharply criticizing the case and sanctioning two of Trump’s attorneys. In a 54-page opinion, U.S. …

For decades, single mothers have been kept from homeownership by a market that was not designed to deliver them the American Dream. That could all be about to change thanks to a bipartisan unicorn: A massive housing bill — the largest this century — that passed Congress and is about …

South Carolina Republicans are moving quickly to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy left by the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, triggering an accelerated election schedule as potential candidates begin weighing bids for one of the state’s highest-profile political offices. Graham, who was seeking a fifth Senate term this November …

Senate Republican leader emeritus Mitch McConnell said Sunday that he was briefly unconscious after suffering a fall last month, offering his first public account of the medical emergency that has kept him away from the Senate for nearly four weeks. In a statement accompanied by a photograph of himself smiling …

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night of a “brief and sudden illness,” the South Carolina Republican’s office announced early Sunday. “Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period,” the statement added. Graham, who had just turned 71 on Thursday, was …

A federal judge on Friday dismissed the criminal convictions of four leaders of the far-right Proud Boys, while sharply criticizing President Donald Trump’s characterization of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and describing the administration’s effort as driven by politics rather than legal principle. U.S. District Judge …

The Justice Department has subpoenaed four New York Times journalists over reporting about security concerns involving President Donald Trump’s newly retrofitted Air Force One aircraft, escalating the administration’s ongoing confrontation with the news media and drawing sharp criticism from press freedom organizations. The subpoenas require Times reporters Julian E. Barnes, …

President Donald Trump is allowing a sweeping bipartisan housing bill to become law without his signature, withholding his approval in protest over the Senate’s failure to advance his preferred election legislation. The White House indicated Friday that Trump does not intend to veto the housing measure approved by Congress last …