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The court’s conservative majority said that Texas’ asserted political motives justified letting the state use voting maps meant to disadvantage Democrats in the midterms.

Rep. Henry Cuellar, who was charged with bribery in 2024, says he is firmly a Democrat but a bipartisan one who can work with the president.

Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”

During interviews with the FBI, the suspect arrested in the pipe bomb probe told investigators that he believed the 2020 election was stolen, providing perhaps the first indication of a possible...

Republicans in Indiana’s state House approved a new map that would give the GOP up to two more congressional seats. But the state Senate might not sign off on it.

The president talks frequently of his desire for more peace. He also likes talking like a warmonger.

The 2000 study in the scientific journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology had concluded that the active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, did not pose a cancer risk to humans.

Republicans in Indiana’s state House approved a new map that would give the GOP up to two more congressional seats. But the state Senate might not sign off on it.

The Trump administration asked the justices to take up the case on an expedited basis in September after lower courts found the policy unconstitutional and blocked it.

Republicans in Indiana’s state House approved a new map that would give the GOP up to two more congressional seats. But the state Senate might not sign off on it.

The footage was shown on Capitol Hill, where Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who oversaw a deadly attack on alleged drug smugglers, faced a day of difficult questions about the operation.

Kate Rogers was leading a $550 million renovation of the Alamo. She resigned after Texas Republicans began criticizing a social media post and her college dissertation.

As Trump pushes for a more Republican-friendly House map, more than half a dozen states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries.

Before a Virginia grand jury’s ruling Thursday, a judge had dismissed an earlier indictment after finding that the prosecutor had been unlawfully appointed.

The decision marks the latest development in a battle between Republican and Democratic states that seek partisan advantage ahead of the 2026 midterms.

The Milwaukee County judge goes on trial Dec. 15 on charges she helped an undocumented immigrant evade federal agents.

The New York congresswoman has publicly feuded this week with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), calling him a liar and suggesting President Donald Trump controls the House.

Federal officials arrested a man believed to have planted pipe bombs in downtown D.C. the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol, according to people familiar with the matter.