A federal judge appointed during the Obama administration has ruled that the leadership arrangement overseeing the federal prosecutor’s office in New Jersey is unlawful—while sharply criticizing President Donald J. Trump for insisting on selecting his own U.S. attorneys. Matthew W. Brann, a federal judge typically based in

The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court of the United States to clear the way for the administration of President Donald J. Trump to terminate temporary deportation protections for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants. The emergency appeal marks the latest chapter in an ongoing

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing renewed scrutiny after hosting controversial anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil and his family for a Ramadan dinner at the historic mayoral residence, Gracie Mansion. According to The New York Post, Khalil — a Syrian-born activist and former graduate student at Columbia University — attended the

Tensions in the Middle East escalated dramatically Thursday after Mojtaba Khamenei, the newly installed Supreme Leader of Iran, issued a declaration stating that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the current war comes to an end. The message, read aloud by a news anchor on Iranian state television,

A federal appeals court handed President Donald J. Trump an important procedural victory this week, temporarily blocking a lower court ruling that would have halted the administration’s policy of deporting certain illegal immigrants to so-called “third countries.” The decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the First

Senate Republicans are confronting a difficult procedural roadblock in their effort to advance a key election integrity bill strongly backed by President Donald J. Trump. During a closed-door lunch meeting Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune informed Republican colleagues that the party currently lacks the votes needed to push forward

A rare public disagreement between two members of the Supreme Court of the United States unfolded Monday during a courthouse event in Washington, as Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh openly sparred over the court’s growing reliance on emergency rulings — often referred to by critics as the “shadow docket.

President Donald J. Trump is making a leadership change at the Internal Revenue Service, replacing Commissioner Billy Long, who announced Friday that he will transition to a new diplomatic role representing the United States abroad. Long confirmed the development in a post on X, revealing that he will now serve

Sen. John Fetterman forcefully defended U.S. military operations in Iran during a tense interview Wednesday night with Kaitlan Collins on The Source with Kaitlan Collins, at one point pushing back against the host mid-segment and declaring, “You don’t have to cut me off here.” The heated exchange came

Senior officials from the administration of Donald J. Trump, now serving his second term as President of the United States, held a closed-door meeting Wednesday with Senate Republicans to discuss the future of a major intelligence authority set to expire next month — a debate that continues to pit national security