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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 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.

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 Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs  —  The layoffs have raised fears that the administration could be effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women.  —  The Trump administration has targeted a federal office …

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 …

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.

The Hatch Act?  Wassat?  Who cares?  —  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: … It's the same across much of the shuttered federal government.

Bessent says bailout for Argentina will double to boost U.S. influence in region  —  The Trump administration is arranging another $20 billion infusion from banks and sovereign wealth funds to prop up the flailing Argentine peso.  —  The Trump administration is working to arrange private-sector financing …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Scoop: Dozens of Dem candidates won't commit to backing Jeffries  —  Dozens of Democrats running for U.S. House seats across the country told Axios they either wouldn't vote for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) as party leader or declined to commit to doing so.

‘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 …

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.