Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations  —  Under President Trump, an agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism.  —  The Department of Homeland Security has diverted thousands of federal agents …

Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities  —  Baltazar Enriquez starts most mornings with street patrols, leaving his home in Chicago's Little Village on foot or by car to find immigration agents that have repeatedly targeted his largely Mexican neighborhood.

GOP plans to replace Obamacare have failed.  Here's what lawmakers propose now.  —  Lawmakers are racing toward a mid-December deadline, with Republicans hoping to present side-by-side legislation with Democrats' plan to extend ACA subsidies.  —  Just now

White House Hunts for Ways to Lower the Cost of Living  —  Aside from reducing tariffs, Trump has a limited ability to bring down prices  —  WASHINGTON—A proposal to give Americans direct payments of $2,000 or more.  An antitrust probe into allegations that meatpacking companies are colluding to drive up beef prices.

Aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela  —  The nation's most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal …

The Grift Bubble  —  A Political Theory of American Collapse  —  How does a country burst?  To answer this questions, it helps to see matters as do the president and the vice-president: from inside a grift bubble.  —  As I traveled around the United States these last few weeks — Columbus …

GOP-led Epstein probe in House creates political friendly fire for Trump  —  The Republican side of the committee investigating Epstein has kept pushing out troves of emails and documents, and Trump's name keeps coming up.  —  Just now  —  The news release couldn't have been more spartan …

Trump Buys Another $82 Million of Corporate and Municipal Bonds  —  President Donald Trump has continued his purchases of municipal and corporate debt this fall, including bonds of companies affected by his administration's policies.  —  New disclosures posted Saturday by the US Office …

Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship  —  Congregants of an east Charlotte church scattered into the woods Saturday when masked federal agents arrived and detained one of their members, according to witnesses.  —  About 15 to 20 church members …

The banality of evil: how Epstein's powerful friends normalised him  —  Long after his conviction for sexual abuse, people in royalty, academia, business, journalism and politics sought his ear  —  He got by with a little help from his friends.  From British royalty to White House alumni …

DHS vacates Naval Station Great Lakes command center: source  —  The Department of Homeland Security has left its command center at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, a source associated with the naval station confirmed to the Sun-Times on Saturday.

Admit It.  Gavin Newsom Is the 2028 Front-runner. … It's easy to find Newsom naysayers.  In fact, there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party's nominee and so doubted by the smart set since, well, Joe Biden in 2020.

Canada loses its measles elimination status, and the US is close behind  —  Canada has lost its measles elimination status nearly three decades after it achieved the distinction, under circumstances that closely resemble what's happened in the U.S. this year.

The two ends of the Capitol are worlds apart — as the founders intended  —  The shutdown fight showed the intended power struggle between the House and Senate.  —  Just now  —  Among the mossiest of jokes on Capitol Hill is one that goes something like this:

Republicans clash over surprise phone records provision that could enrich senators  —  Republicans are at odds over an effort to unwind a controversial provision tucked into the bill to reopen the government that would allow senators to sue for substantial sums if they aren't notified …

Transcript: Sen. Bill Cassidy on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Nov. 16, 2025  —  The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Nov. 16, 2025.  —  MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face the Nation.