After a group of teenagers severely beat a prominent employee of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency in an attempted carjacking in Washington, D.C., Trump threatened a federal ...

Texas Democrats in the state legislature left for Illinois, New York and Massachusetts to deny Republicans a quorum to redistrict congressional maps. Republicans are seeking to redraw boundaries to ...

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After House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home early for recess in July, he said if they were so concerned about releasing records related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ...

Social media posts misleadingly shared a clip of remarks by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with the false claim that 4,725 wire transfers came from President Donald Trump.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced an 818,000-job downward revision as part of a standard, annual review process in 2024. The agency didn’t keep this secret until after th ...

We found no evidence that Home Depot signed a $250 million deal with DHS allowing immigration arrests on its properties. We rate this claim False. Email interview with Beth Marlowe, a Home Depot ...

They cited conflicts between Cambodia and Thailand, Israel and Iran, and India and Pakistan, although India disputes Trump’s involvement.  But "the others strike me as major exaggerations or very ...

"The gerrymander in California is outrageous," Vance posted July 30 on X. "Of their 52 congressional districts, 9 of them are Republican. That means 17 percent of their delegation is Republican when ...

The rule follows a travel ban on nationals from 12 countries and other new fees being levied on U.S. visitors. The new rule targets citizens from countries with high visa overstays. It excludes ...

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee's shift shows Trump's policy is being implemented beyond the scope of school sports. But it remains to be seen how each governing body will respond to the ...