Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche as attorney general  —  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve in the role permanently.  —  “We are going to make him permanent attorney general,” Trump said during an event in the Rose Garden.

Bari Weiss Speaks on Scott Pelley's Firing: 'That's the Path That He Chose'  —  In her first public comments on the firing, Ms. Weiss, the CBS News editor in chief, said that the longtime correspondent had “broken” the trust in the newsroom.  —  Bari Weiss, the CBS News editor in chief …

Trump makes it easier to fire 8,000 federal workers  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that wipes away civil service protections from roughly 8,000 high-level federal workers by making them at-will employees.  —  The move is the president's latest effort …

New intel chief is a partisan warrior who has the president's ear, sources say  —  Former intelligence officials worry Bill Pulte will have access to a trove of intelligence and seek retribution against Trump's political enemies or to try to justify federal intrusion into upcoming elections.

Max Miller rebuked for accusing Rashida Tlaib of associating with Hezbollah  —  Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) accused Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) of advocating for the terrorist organization Hezbollah during remarks on the House floor Wednesday.  Miller's attack on the Palestinian-American …

National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds  —  President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. has reduced petty property crimes, but has had little to no effect on violent crime, despite the high cost to taxpayers …

Sherrill Says Immigration Officials Won't Let Her Visit Detention Center  —  The governor said the Department of Homeland Security's actions at Delaney Hall raise “serious questions.”  —  Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey said Wednesday that federal immigration officials were continuing …

Trump Tells Aides He Won't Resume All-Out War With Iran Unless U.S. Troops Are Killed  —  Repeated strikes by Tehran ratchet up pressure on the president and cast doubt over the ceasefire's long-term viability  —  President Trump has told aides privately that he would consider ending …

CEO of Iran Tech Company Arrested on Federal Charge of Supplying U.S. Equipment to Iran's Nuclear and Military Establishment  —  For Immediate Release  —  A dual U.S.-Iranian national and CEO of an Iran-based technology company was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging …

Fox News Poll: Democratic unity, Republican crossovers shape Ohio Senate race  —  President Donald Trump carried Ohio by more than 11 percentage points in 2024, but a new Fox News survey finds his standing in the Buckeye State has deteriorated — a development that is benefitting Democrat Sherrod Brown in the Senate race.

The Kennedy Who Says She Left the White House Over Concerns About CIA Spending  —  Amaryllis Fox Kennedy says in an interview that there wasn't enough oversight of the intelligence community's use of taxpayer funds  —  WASHINGTON—Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a former senior Trump administration official …

The $9 billion liability across the street from the Capitol … “As these facilities age and kind of reach this tipping point, we start having an increasing number of failures as all these systems age out and we start having series of failures on top of each other,” he told the House Administration Committee at a hearing Wednesday.