Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office … The U.S. Capitol Police was called about an American flag altered to include a swastika and displayed inside the office of Rep. Dave Taylor (R-Ohio), his spokesperson said.  —  POLITICO obtained an image taken during …

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans  —  Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.  —  Republicans have been redrawing congressional districts this year …

No One in the GOP Hitler Chat Was a “Kid”  —  We checked.  Sorry, JD Vance.  —  Vice President JD Vance would like you to do anything but pay attention to those abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday.  And if you do read them, he wants you to think they're just …

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People  —  The proposals would transform a program aimed at helping the most vulnerable people in the world into one that gives preference to mostly white people who say they are being persecuted.

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela  —  The development comes as the U.S. military is drawing up options for President Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country.  —  The Trump administration has secretly authorized the C.I.A. to conduct covert action …

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather …

White House budget director plans to shut US consumer finance watchdog within months  —  White House budget director Russell Vought said on Wednesday he wants to close the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau even though President Donald Trump's administration has argued in court that there is no such plan.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money  —  The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

Brown University rejects Trump administration compact  —  President Christina Paxson P'19 P'MD'20 said that the compact would “restrict academic freedom and undermine the autonomy of Brown's governance.”  —  President Christina Paxson P'19 P'MD'2 announced that she formally rejected …

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner  —  Dinner set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon.com and Palantir  —  WASHINGTON—More than three dozen organizations and individuals, including companies with business before the federal government …

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs  —  The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.  —  READING TIME 5 MINUTES  —  Read Later Read Later  —  A U.S. Border Patrol video featuring antisemitic lyrics went viral on X on Tuesday …

NBC News' 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams  —  The verticals focused on Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ groups will remain, but they come amid a broader shift in media away from diversity efforts  —  NBC News eliminated its teams dedicated …

I-5 may be shut down due to concerns over live-fire military event at Camp Pendleton  — Parts of I-5 may be closed beginning Friday over concerns Navy ships will fire live ordnance over the freeway during a military celebration.  — The potential closure would affect a section between Orange …

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends  —  It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult.  People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch.

Trump Treasury Sec Reveals Argentina Bailout Is Actually Twice as Big  —  One day after Donald Trump celebrated a multibillion-dollar bailout for Argentina, his administration moved to double the ante.  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters at the Treasury building Wednesday …

Democrats float a new shutdown demand: Reversing Trump's mass firings … Negotiating the fates of those workers could further complicate the path out of the shutdown, with Democrats already demanding the extension of key expiring health insurance subsidies and an end to Trump's moves to cancel congressionally approved spending.

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening  —  On Tuesday, masked members of the paramilitary wing of the MAGA movement—otherwise known as the federal agents carrying out Trump's immigration raids—broadened their operations in Chicago.

The Hatch Act?  Wassat?  Who cares?  —  The propaganda spewing from Trump's departments and agencies is illegal  —  Bad enough that planes are delayed due to the government shutdown.  Now, thousands of stranded passengers have to watch Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blame Democrats in a video where she says:

Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups  —  Effort would install at the IRS's criminal unit an ally of President Trump who has drawn up a list of investigative targets  —  The Trump administration is preparing sweeping changes at the Internal Revenue Service …

Teens who jumped ex-DOGE staffer Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine avoid jail, sentenced to probation  —  Two teenagers who jumped former DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine have avoided jail after pleading guilty to simple assault at a Washington, DC, court.

3,000-Pound ‘Democracy’ Ice Sculpture Melts Away By The U.S. Capitol  —  “It's time for all of us to resist, speak up and save our democracy before it's too late,” artist Marshall Reese said of his 17-by-5-foot installation.  —  WASHINGTON - Democracy literally melted away in D.C. on Wednesday …

He Tweeted Charlie Kirk “Won't Be Remembered as a Hero.”  The State Dept. Revoked His Visa.  —  As part of the Trump administration's drive to lionize the late Charlie Kirk and chill criticism of his politics, the State Department announced on Tuesday that it had revoked visas …

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king's brother  —  In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago …

County judge in Chicago area bars ICE from arresting people at court  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Cook County's top judge signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court.

Trump Says He Might Attend Supreme Court Hearing on Tariffs  —  President Donald Trump said he might go to the Supreme Court to personally watch oral arguments on whether the bulk of his tariffs pass legal muster, in what would be a highly unusual spectacle.