The Senate confirmed Keith Sonderling as labor secretary Wednesday night, giving President Donald Trump a permanent leader for the department after five months under acting leadership. Sonderling secured confirmation in a 47–41 vote, overcoming opposition from every participating Democrat and independent. Twelve senators did not vote, according to the

California’s restrictions on licensed concealed carry are back before a federal court following a Supreme Court ruling that rejected Hawaii’s attempt to make publicly accessible private property off-limits to firearms by default. The renewed proceedings in May v. Bonta put another blue-state gun law under scrutiny

CNN anchor Jake Tapper ended his Sunday interview with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz by asking for help getting his network back into the White House television press pool. Waltz offered no promise of intervention. Instead, he challenged the credibility of media coverage and argued that

Outgoing FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey is pushing back against reports linking his departure to internal conflict, saying he is returning to Missouri for one reason: to raise his four young children. “This was 100% about my need to get home and raise my four small children,” Bailey said

House Speaker Mike Johnson is framing November’s midterm elections as a test of America’s constitutional foundations, warning that the growing influence of socialist politics has transformed the stakes of the fight for Congress. At a Capitol Hill press conference this week, the Louisiana Republican argued that voters face

President Donald Trump is signaling firm opposition to Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar’s immigration proposal, using Truth Social to amplify criticism of the Florida Republican’s push to provide legal status to millions of migrants. The public split comes despite Trump’s previous endorsement of Salazar and her effort to

Sen. Mitch McConnell’s return to Capitol Hill after a three-month absence has prompted questions about his ability to complete his term, with several Republican colleagues offering little explanation when pressed about the longtime Kentucky senator. The scrutiny intensified after a closely divided Senate Agriculture Committee vote in which

The Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump’s administration a significant immigration enforcement victory Tuesday, allowing expedited deportations to countries other than migrants’ homelands to continue while the justices prepare to review the policy’s legality. The order suspends restrictions imposed by Massachusetts U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy and

A Staten Island judge has ordered New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration to overhaul its rollout of a tax on high-value second homes, siding with residents who said the city wrongly flagged their primary residences and forced them to prove they should not be taxed. Justice Wayne

Vice President JD Vance says he and President Donald Trump have exhaustively explored ways to push the SAVE America Act through the Senate, including a confrontation over the chamber’s procedural rules. The obstacle, he argues, is that Republicans lack the unity to make those tactics succeed. In an interview