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The two-day gathering breaks a decades-old tradition of national conventions reserved only for presidential election years, as the party fights to hold narrow congressional majorities.
The race to replace retiring Senator Jeanne Shaheen could determine control of the upper chamber, while Stefany Shaheen claimed the Democratic nomination in a competitive House primary in the first Congressional District.
The far-right party took 43.8% of the vote in a state election that Chancellor Friedrich Merz called seismic, leaving it just short of outright control and seeking allies to govern.
Patrick Havas, 38, was arrested after lunging at Acton and knocking volunteers to the ground at the Canfield Fair. Acton was not injured, but several people were hurt.
The emergency filing comes after a federal judge extended a block on the USPS from enforcing Trump’s executive order, as states begin mailing ballots for November’s midterms.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held a three-hour Kremlin meeting with Vladimir Putin and are expected in Kyiv on Sunday, carrying what Donald Trump called a proposal to end the war.
The president’s ultimatum on Truth Social escalates his pressure campaign on the central bank weeks before a critical interest rate decision and two months before the midterm elections.
The president’s remarks mark the clearest indication yet that his administration could use the sovereignty dispute to push Britain toward higher NATO contributions.
The British commentator, who championed harsh immigration enforcement, was removed after failing to appear at a hearing. A fellow far-right activist claimed credit for turning him in.
The order deepens a bilateral row that began when trade talks collapsed and the US imposed 50% tariffs on Canadian goods.
The decision makes permanent a March injunction and marks a significant legal victory for the AI company, though a separate case in Washington remains unresolved.
The decision clears the U.S. Postal Service to implement new ballot restrictions weeks before the November midterms, but 23 states and Washington, D.C., are seeking fresh court orders to block the rule.
The 45-day sprint to replace the late Lindsey Graham ends Tuesday, with the president’s endorsed candidate and a self-styled MAGA congressman vying for a spot on the November ballot.
The State Department is expected to announce the revocation of B1 and B2 visas held by foreigners who have applied for or are seeking asylum, a move that would mark the biggest single mass revocation of visas on record.
Negotiations fell apart minutes before midnight on Friday after last-minute changes to the US terms. Canada’s prime minister suspended the talks and pledged to match the new levies.
Jessica Bowie, 35, is charged with providing material support to the Islamic State group after undercover agents supplied her with a fake bomb and a defective gun.
The last-minute reprieve averts duties on roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods, though key details remain unresolved, and Trump floats reviving the Keystone XL pipeline.
The lawsuit asks a federal court to halt early license renewal proceedings for eight ABC stations, calling the review a retaliatory campaign tied to the network’s coverage of President Trump.
The justices declined without explanation to reconsider their June denial, leaving the $5 million sexual abuse and defamation judgment final. A separate $83.3 million defamation case remains pending before the court.
Admiral Brad Cooper visited the carrier after reports of sailors attempting to jump overboard, while lawmakers press the Pentagon over record-breaking deployment conditions.
The emergency application seeks to pause an injunction that would force work on the $400 million project to stop on August 21. The case tests whether the president can build on the White House grounds without congressional approval.
Nigel Farage is back in parliament. The Reform UK leader returned to his Clacton seat on Aug. 13 after every mainstream party boycotted the contest, leaving a novelty candidate in a dustbin costume as his main challenger, and within hours the parliamentary commissioner for standards reactivated a twofold investigation into undeclared gifts worth millions.
The national security presidential memorandum marks the first time the federal government has greenlit private-sector offensive hacking, deputizing vetted firms to surveil and disrupt foreign criminal networks under government oversight.
The Intercept and Freedom of the Press Foundation allege that a $100,000-per-month Truth API service gives paying subscribers an unconstitutional head start on government announcements. The suit asks a federal court to block the arrangement.
President Donald Trump announced the departure on Truth Social, saying Leavitt will remain as an outside adviser while she prioritizes her young family.
The Milwaukee County executive’s narrow victory over a democratic socialist marks a setback for the party’s left wing after a string of primary wins across the country.
The lieutenant governor, backed by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, prevailed in a contest defined by anger over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. She will face Republican Michele Tafoya in November.
The order reduces recommended childhood shots and breaks up the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, drawing condemnation from pediatricians and a Republican senator.
The narrow overnight vote places a presidential loyalist atop the Justice Department after months of standoff over his handling of Epstein files and a controversial compensation fund.
The 86-11 vote advances legislation that would penalize top importers of Russian energy and sanction Russian leaders, but House Democrats raise concerns about new tariff powers for President Trump.
The president’s second attempt to restrict the constitutional guarantee faces immediate legal challenges from the ACLU, which calls the orders doomed to fail.
A man found with a loaded pistol and high-capacity magazines at the Rancho Palos Verdes club was arrested after appearing to monitor security preparations. A later search of his home turned up more weapons and notebooks with concerning statements.
A bipartisan investigation found the North Carolina representative fostered a hostile work environment through persistent inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers, including lavish gifts and late-night messages. Edwards denies wrongdoing and says he looks forward to clearing his name.
The states argue the administration used forced-labor concerns as a pretext to recreate sweeping duties that courts have twice rejected. The case asks the U.S. Court of International Trade to declare the tariffs unlawful and order refunds.
Acting attorney general Todd Blanche signed a written order terminating the controversial fund after weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who had been blocking his nomination. The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday.
Senator Bernie Moreno publicly urged Representative Max Miller to step down, saying his daughter’s ex-husband fails basic standards of character for elected office. Miller denies all allegations and says he will remain in his re-election race.
The US president paused attacks expecting a rapid deal, but Tehran denies requesting a pause and says its forces remain on high alert.
Prosecutors say the Interior Department withheld evidence that peeling sealant stemmed from a rushed, flawed installation ahead of America 250 celebrations, not from any act of destruction.
The fifth-generation logger from Aroostook county will face Republican incumbent Susan Collins in a race central to Democratic hopes of retaking the chamber.
The executive order escalates the administration’s campaign against what it calls anti-American bias at the world’s largest research museum, drawing condemnation from Democrats and historians.
The twin votes advance President Donald Trump’s military spending priorities and a $95 billion reconciliation framework, but Senate Democrats have already blocked one version of the defense bill.
The deal, now heading to Congress for a 90-day review, does not include the so-called gold standard restrictions that would bar Saudi Arabia from enriching uranium, drawing swift criticism from Democratic lawmakers and nonproliferation experts.
The duties target cars, dairy, and alcohol under a rarely used 1930 law, and take effect within 30 days. Energy, potash, critical minerals, and fish are exempt.
The San Isidro Movement leader was released on the condition that he leave Cuba, landing in Miami to cheering supporters as diplomatic tensions between Washington and Havana continue to escalate.
The 46-year-old parliamentary group leader stepped down after having a child through a surrogate in the US, a practice his own party voted to keep banned in Germany.
The president used a primetime White House address to release declassified intelligence files and call for passage of the SAVE America Act, drawing denials from Beijing and rebukes from Democrats who say he is trying to undermine confidence in November’s elections.
Gabriel Perez allegedly earned nearly $100,000 betting on President Trump’s prepared remarks, marking the first insider trading case on a prediction platform traced to someone inside the White House.
The vote marks the most dramatic step yet in Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s campaign to dismantle the political order built by Viktor Orbán over 16 years in power.
Darline Graham Nordone, who has never held public office, will serve as interim senator until January 2027 while Republicans prepare for a special primary on August 11.
The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican says he will not return to the Senate “quite yet” as he recovers at a rehabilitation facility. His absence, coupled with the death of Senator Lindsey Graham, narrows the Republican majority at a critical moment.
The South Carolina Republican had just returned from Kyiv, where he met Ukraine’s president on Friday. His death removes one of Washington’s most influential voices on foreign policy and defense.
Federal agents delivered grand jury summonses to at least four journalists, escalating a confrontation between the White House and the press over leaked national security information.
The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General released its inspection of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ penitentiary at Waymart, Pennsylvania, on May 21, 11 months after an unannounced June 2025 visit. Inspectors made nine recommendations. The Bureau of Prisons agreed with all of them.
The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair on Wednesday in a 54-to-45 vote, the narrowest margin for a chair in modern memory. By Friday, Jerome Powell had broken 75 years of practice and held onto his governor’s seat at the central bank, opening in the same week the question of how independent the post-Powell Fed will actually be.
Commissioners voted 5–2 to expand the pilot after data showed measurable peak-hour delays. The dissenters cited cost; supporters pointed to ridership.
This week the Agriculture Department’s internal watchdog reported that the agency cannot fully account for the artificial-intelligence systems running on its own networks, has no department-wide pre-deployment review process, and has not implemented the high-impact AI controls required by an Office of Management and Budget memorandum issued in February 2025. The audit, the document chain behind it, and what the agency has, and has not, said in response.
Chairman Tim Scott released the text of the Clarity Act on Tuesday, two days before a committee markup expected to send the most consequential crypto market-structure bill in a decade toward the Senate floor. The text decides which agency regulates which token, and which investors get the protections that come with that label.
In April, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog opened an audit of the agency’s compliance with the November 2025 Epstein Files Transparency Act. The document trail begins with a statute, runs through three DOJ disclosure events totaling 3.5 million pages, and turns on a CBS News page-by-page analysis showing that roughly 65,500 pages were quietly pulled from the public archive in the weeks after release.
Governor Bill Lee signed a new U.S. House map into law Thursday evening, eight days after the Supreme Court loosened the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais. The map splits the state’s only majority-Black district into three. The NAACP filed in Davidson County Chancery Court within hours.
The first month of USDA data after the megabill took effect showed average monthly participation at 38.5 million in January, down from a fiscal-year 2024 average of 42.1 million. The unemployment rate barely moved over the same window.
Justice Samuel Alito on Monday paused the Fifth Circuit’s order reinstating in-person dispensing for mifepristone, leaving mail and telehealth access in place through next Monday while the Supreme Court weighs emergency applications from the two drug manufacturers. The stay is procedural. The fight over the 2023 REMS is not.
Court filings, internal spreadsheets, and sworn depositions describe a 72-hour grant-purge inside the National Endowment for the Humanities driven by a Department of Government Efficiency review that asked a chatbot the same question 1,162 times. A federal judge in the Southern District of New York is weighing whether the process violated the Constitution.
President Trump signed the Department of Homeland Security funding bill on Thursday evening, ending a 76-day shutdown without a dollar for Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Border Patrol. Senate Republicans now have until June 1 to deliver the same funding through reconciliation, where 50 votes is enough.
