Policy

President Donald Trump arrives on Marine One at the White House, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Washington.

Conservatives balk at Trump’s ‘amnesty’ proposal: ‘Total betrayal’

Anna Giaritelli · November 9, 2026 12:12 pm

Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, leaves the chamber where work came to a standstill as Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican lawmakers are tangled over various issues, including the Homeland Security funds, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2026.

Freedom Caucus outlines eight priorities during lame-duck session

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) walks from his office to the House chamber to vote on Capitol Hill.

House Democrat poised to oversee ICE funding resists progressive push to abolish agency

President Donald Trump talks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One, at President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Nov. 6, 2026.

Trump says return to full-scale war with Iran ‘highly unlikely’ as peace talks pick up

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, at President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026.

Trump says deportation policy ‘too tough’ in push for bipartisan deal handing legal status to ‘good’ illegal immigrants

DHS extends deportation reprieve for over 100,000 Ukrainians and Sudanese

David Zimmermann October 19, 2026 9:09 pm

Rescue workers walk in front of a residential building damaged by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

‘Changes the balance of leverage’: Zelensky tries to hold on as Trump pressures him to concede

Mike Brest October 19, 2026 8:00 pm

Volodymyr Zelensky and Pete Hegseth

Zelensky says Hegseth blocking missiles, still ‘no explanation’ for Starshield limits

David Zimmermann October 19, 2026 7:53 pm

Mahmoud Khalil.

Mahmoud Khalil asks Supreme Court to hear deportation case

Kaelan Deese October 19, 2026 7:46 pm

President Donald Trump, right, presents the National Medal of Science with a stern face to Elon Musk, left, wearing a bucktoothed smile, at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in Washington.

Trump thanks ‘legendary friend’ Musk for pledging SpaceX stock to Trump Accounts

David Zimmermann October 19, 2026 6:40 pm

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, left, donning sunglasses, and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, laughs.

Hochul voices support for Mamdani’s universal childcare effort: ‘Whatever it takes’

Rena Rowe October 19, 2026 4:16 pm

President Donald Trump, right, and first lady Melania Trump.

Trump creates NIH women’s health office ahead of midterm elections

Gabrielle M. Etzel October 19, 2026 12:34 pm

Oceanic manta rays swimming

Trump administration offers first-ever deep-sea mining leases near American Samoa

Maydeen Merino October 19, 2026 12:13 pm

Post-it notes are placed behind a memorial for Charlie Kirk at the "Creators Deck" for the media, at the Republican convention Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Dallas.

Four in 10 undergraduate students say ‘offensive speech’ deserves prosecution: Poll

Hudson Crozier October 19, 2026 12:09 pm

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

Thanks to Trump Accounts tweak, Musk can give every child SpaceX shares even if parents object

Zach Halaschak October 19, 2026 11:02 am

Detainees from Afghanistan sit in their cells at Camp X-Ray at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay.

Supreme Court backs Pentagon’s decision to revoke plea agreement with three alleged 9/11 plotters

Mike Brest October 19, 2026 11:00 am

A man carries a sign shaped like a water drop that reads "Protect NY water" before a rally opposing the Constitution Pipeline.

Trump using defense authority to spend up to $42 million to develop controversial New York pipeline

Callie Patteson October 19, 2026 10:32 am