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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before walking to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Appeals court presses hard against Trump’s argument for private ownership of presidential records

Emily Hallas · October 17, 2026 12:04 pm

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Trump vows jail time for California election officials counting ballots from noncitizens

A closeup of Attorney General Todd Blanche speaking during a news conference at the Department of Justice, with the building in white art on the wall behind him, Wednesday Sept. 30, 2026, in Washington.

Blanche hopes to replicate success of Memphis crime task force to other cities

Barriers are placed outside the John F. Kennedy Center

Trump invokes executive privilege over Kennedy Center documents in legal battle with Joyce Beatty

Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr. walk together at an airport.

Kimberly Guilfoyle faces new defamation lawsuit after ambassador exit over alleged corruption

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) takes questions from reporters on the Capitol steps.

AOC and Khanna lead progressives breaking with Democrats on calls to arrest ICE officer in Minnesota killing

Emily Hallas January 8, 2026 1:12 pm

Donald Trump (left), Fani Willis (right)

Trump seeking over $6 million in legal fees over Georgia 2020 election interference case

Emily Hallas January 8, 2026 11:53 am

Detained immigrant children line up in the cafeteria at the Karnes County Residential Center, a temporary home for immigrant women and children detained at the border, in Karnes City, Texas. The private prison industry profits from an immigrant detention boom around the country.

Trump freeze on billions of child care funding becomes political cudgel for Democrats on affordability

Mabinty Quarshie January 8, 2026 7:00 am

People protest outside Manhattan Federal Court before the arraignment of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

‘Hands off Venezuela’ demonstrations kick off worldwide

Jenny Goldsberry January 7, 2026 4:01 pm

Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) and House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY)

Summer Lee and Comer fight over who ‘failed’ in Minnesota fraud hearing

Lauren Green January 7, 2026 1:24 pm

A courtroom sketch depicting Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Virginia, the man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties on Jan. 5, 2021.

Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. hit with federal grand jury indictment

Kaelan Deese January 7, 2026 11:47 am

This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a gaping hole where the paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282

Boeing hit with $10 million lawsuit from pilot alleging ‘scapegoating’ in door plug incident

Emily Hallas January 7, 2026 10:37 am

Lindsey Halligan speaks as President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House.

Halligan ordered to defend not giving up US attorney job despite being disqualified

Emily Hallas January 7, 2026 9:35 am

Former ranking Reagan-era DOJ official Bruce Fein is representing Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro.

Maduro hires Reagan-era DOJ attorney in narco-terrorism case

Kaelan Deese January 6, 2026 7:38 pm

Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Abrego Garcia says government can’t re-arrest him despite recent deportation order

Kaelan Deese January 6, 2026 6:23 pm

.45-caliber ammunition.

DOJ urges court to rule California’s ammo background check as unconstitutional

Jack Birle January 6, 2026 1:26 pm

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House.

Abbott orders statewide investigations of child care fraud in Texas, citing Minnesota scandal

David Zimmermann January 6, 2026 12:03 pm