PoliticsDemocrats called it 'cruel and inhumane' Monday after reports of very young children appearing before immigration judges alone. The administration says it is fully funding representation and demanding proof of services; federal law calls for counsel 'to the greatest extent practicable' but does not guarantee it.
PoliticsAI and data centers now top voters' priority list, ahead of tariffs and health insurance, according to Morning Consult. Why the server farm became a midterm issue.
EconomyA raise can shrink a working family's help almost as fast as it grows the paycheck. The statutes and the federal research show where, and they point to a fix both sides can live with.
PoliticsMonday's order list adds two cases to the term: whether the 1868 federal ban on distilling spirits at home is a valid use of the taxing power, and what Asian American parents must show to challenge Montgomery County's magnet middle-school admissions. The justices declined to review the D.C. Circuit ruling that upheld the withdrawal of plea deals for Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and two co-defendants.
PoliticsIn a Monday afternoon Truth Social post, President Trump said the new name would add 'great value and prestige' to the state. Changing New Mexico's name would require a state constitutional amendment approved by the Legislature and by voters.
EconomyGas prices barely moved this week, and they are more than $1.25 a gallon higher than a year ago. Who's to blame, and what could actually bring them down?
PoliticsFirst Lady Melania Trump led Monday's White House signing. The order directs HHS to set up a Women's Health Division at the National Institutes of Health within 90 days and creates a task force co-chaired by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
PoliticsAttorney General James Uthmeier announced a state charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder at FIU on Monday. It adds to a federal indictment unsealed in May. The 95-year-old former leader remains in Havana.
PoliticsPolitico reported President Trump was asking allies about replacing Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. He says there's 'zero chance.' Meanwhile, his new press secretary is out after about a week.
PoliticsStephen Miller's Monday post said blue states refused to hand over voter and welfare rolls and that Democrat judges blocked DOJ and DHS. ProPublica and a University of Wisconsin Law School tracker find 26 dismissals by Trump, Bush and Democratic appointees alike.
PoliticsDemocrats lead the generic ballot by about 7 to 9 points and the president's approval has hit a second-term low. Is it a wave, or are the polls missing something?
PoliticsIn a six-minute video, the actor says independents are the country's largest political group and could act as a 'toll booth' in a closely divided Congress. Republicans call some independent candidates Democrats in disguise, and some Democrats worry about split votes.
PoliticsTexas early voting runs Oct. 19–30; in Florida, 34 counties open optional early voting today ahead of the mandatory Oct. 24–31 window. Ken Paxton and James Talarico kick off final tours in a close Senate race, and Greg Abbott and Gina Hinojosa trade fire over an income tax.
PoliticsThe Republican Party of Florida says airing what the report says now breaks the state's grand jury secrecy law. Free-press lawyers call it a prior restraint. No judge has ruled, and early voting starts Monday in many counties.
PoliticsTwo weeks before the midterms, a Georgia county commissioner and Utah's Republican lieutenant governor told Lesley Stahl that federal investigations are shaking confidence in elections. The Justice Department's civil rights chief says the distrust was already there, and that noncitizen voting is being prosecuted.
PoliticsIn a Truth Social letter "To the Great People of Israel," the President gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his "Complete and Total Endorsement." Netanyahu thanked him within minutes. His main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, says Israeli voters alone will decide.
PoliticsIt was a loud week. Here are four places where Americans on the left and the right actually agreed.
PoliticsAttorney General Rob Bonta says civil immigration arrests at state courthouses scare victims and witnesses away. The White House calls the suits frivolous and points to its Supreme Court record. Here is what the complaint says and what each side argues.
PoliticsA dozen or more Camas High School girls walked off a cross-country race rather than run against a transgender teammate. Two weeks before Washington votes on I-638, here's what happened and what the measure would do.
PoliticsThe border czar told Fox News that arrests are at record levels and that injunctions, class actions and habeas petitions force releases. A year after the Supreme Court curbed universal injunctions, the fight over who gets to stop enforcement has moved to class actions and state suits.
courtsJustice Samuel Alito says he isn't retiring during the lame-duck session. That hasn't stopped the speculation, or the fight over what should happen if Democrats win the Senate.
PoliticsSixteen days before the midterms, the Justice Department wants a federal judge in Los Angeles to hold back ballots from people federal agencies flagged as likely noncitizens. California says the list is unverified. No judge has ruled.
PoliticsThe feeds say we have never been further apart. Look at what Americans actually want for their families, and the divide shrinks fast.
PoliticsPresident Trump says every adult citizen gets $5,000 if Republicans hold Congress. Is it a bold plan or a campaign promise with no bill behind it? Here is what's real.
PoliticsJames Fishback lost Florida's Republican primary for governor, but his ideas on surveillance cameras, H-1B jobs and data centers won him nearly 178,000 votes. Now he wants the nominee to adopt them.
WorldTwo days before the law's tariffs and sanctions were due, the president waived most of them, citing the national interest. Moscow cheered. Zelenskyy called it 'unfortunate.' Here's what the order does and doesn't do.
PoliticsFour years after the Supreme Court expanded the right to carry, the courts have sorted 'sensitive places' into a rough map. Schools are on the safe side of it.
PoliticsA viral claim says a third of Americans have ended relationships over politics. The real number is close, but the romance part is much smaller.
PoliticsA teenager killed three children and a teacher at a Bend elementary school. Police say a teacher fought him and a father of two students shot him. A viral account got the broad strokes right and several details wrong.
PoliticsOne side says conservatives want freedom and Democrats want control. The record shows both parties reach for the rulebook when the issue is one they care about.