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Trump’s Pentagon shake-up revives a presidential power play with a long history

Dan Driscoll's exit as Army secretary intensifies debate over whether Trump's Pentagon overhaul strengthens or destabilizes military leadership.

College football season opens with new coaches, eligibility chaos and a Top 25 showdown

The college football season opened in late August but this is its grand opening weekend

NJ mayor demands sanctuary policy rollback after baby killed in crash allegedly involving illegal immigrant

Jackson Township's mayor says New Jersey's Immigrant Trust Directive must be rolled back after an unlicensed illegal immigrant allegedly killed a baby.

Ex-Fetterman staffers promise more damaging details after blistering report: ‘Tip of the iceberg’

Former staffers for John Fetterman launched an X account promising damaging revelations well beyond the Wall Street Journal report.

After years of defying the odds, California's David Valadao faces new test as Latinos turn on Trump

Republican congressman David Valadao has defied the odds before, winning elections in California districts with big Democratic registration advantages

Well-connected Dem operative learns fate after FBI busts him in child sex abuse sting

A former Virginia Democratic Party finance chair and 2024 DNC delegate was handed a decade behind bars for child sexual abuse material and other child sex abuse allegations.

Arizona voter-law fight reaches SCOTUS as election groups warn ‘absurd’ consequence could ensue

Election experts warn the Supreme Court that the Ninth Circuit's ruling could make it impossible to ever remove noncitizens from state voter rolls.

Trump weighs in on Lindsay Clancy murder trial dubbed 'kangaroo court' by GOP leaders

Trump says Lindsay Clancy will pay "the price" after a mistrial was declared when the jury deadlocked 11-1 in the Massachusetts murder case.

Midterm mail ballots start to go to voters as litigation creates uncertainty

Statewide mail voting for this year's midterm elections is kicking off amid a churning legal battle over President Donald Trump's attempts to limit the practice

Judge allows 'homewrecker' lawsuit against former Sen Kyrsten Sinema to move forward

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema can be sued under North Carolina's alienation of affection law after a judge ruled her messages establish jurisdiction.

Trump’s first major midterm money move: A $10M Texas Senate ad blitz

President Donald Trump's political group is spending $10 million on ads in the Texas Senate race

North Carolina Dem Senate candidate added former Bloods gang member to criminal justice task force: report

Roy Cooper appointed a convicted Bloods gang member to his criminal justice reform task force in 2020, a Washington Free Beacon report reveals.

Trump-linked MAGA Inc pours $10M into Ken Paxton's Texas Senate race against James Talarico

MAGA Inc. drops $10 million in ads backing Ken Paxton against James Talarico in a neck and neck Texas Senate race that could reshape the midterms.

Machete-wielding MS-13 gangster wanted for murder walks free after Biden-appointed judge releases him: DHS

A convicted MS-13 killer known as "La Bruja" or "the witch" is free in California after a federal judge ruled ICE held him without a required bond hearing for five months.

Kennedy Center ceiling partially collapses as Trump-led board pushes for 2-year closure

Photos show a partial ceiling collapse in a main Kennedy Center hallway, which officials say underscores the urgent need for Trump-backed renovations.