
Wife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery scheme
Read full article: Wife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery schemeThe wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has been convicted of charges that she teamed up with the New Jersey Democrat to accept bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car.

US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold Obamacare's preventive care coverage mandate
Read full article: US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold Obamacare's preventive care coverage mandateThe Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a key preventive care provision of the Affordable Care Act.

White House voices support for Hegseth as a new Signal chat revelation stirs fresh Pentagon turmoil
Read full article: White House voices support for Hegseth as a new Signal chat revelation stirs fresh Pentagon turmoilThe White House has expressed support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following media reports that he shared sensitive military details in another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother.

Trump renews attack on Federal Reserve Chair Powell, Dow Jones tumbles 1,000 points
Read full article: Trump renews attack on Federal Reserve Chair Powell, Dow Jones tumbles 1,000 pointsPresident Donald Trump is repeating his attacks against the chair of the Federal Reserve, demanding that the central bank lower its key interest rate to boost the economy.

US Supreme Court won't revive a Minnesota ban on gun-carry permits for young adults
Read full article: US Supreme Court won't revive a Minnesota ban on gun-carry permits for young adultsThe Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Minnesota asking to revive the state’s ban on gun-carry permits for young adults.

The Latest: Harvard sues Trump administration to stop its grants freeze
Read full article: The Latest: Harvard sues Trump administration to stop its grants freezeHarvard University announced Monday that it was suing to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.

Trump says gray skies for the White House Easter egg roll mean no worries about sunburn
Read full article: Trump says gray skies for the White House Easter egg roll mean no worries about sunburnPresident Donald Trump says overcast weather for the annual White House Easter egg roll means no one has to worry about getting sunburned.

More Democratic lawmakers are visiting El Salvador on Abrego Garcia's behalf
Read full article: More Democratic lawmakers are visiting El Salvador on Abrego Garcia's behalfFour House Democrats are visiting El Salvador in a bid to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man whom the Trump administration deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison.

With the border quiet, Texas ponders spending another $6.5 billion on border security
Read full article: With the border quiet, Texas ponders spending another $6.5 billion on border securitySome are questioning whether lawmakers should commit billions more to border security with illegal crossings dwindling and a Trump immigration crackdown.

“It’s what’s best for a very select few”: Some Texans are skeptical about vouchers as they near the finish line
Read full article: “It’s what’s best for a very select few”: Some Texans are skeptical about vouchers as they near the finish lineTexas Republican lawmakers in regions known for support of public schools defended voting for vouchers, saying they gained leverage to seek concessions.

China to retaliate with sanctions on US officials, NGO leaders over Hong Kong issues
Read full article: China to retaliate with sanctions on US officials, NGO leaders over Hong Kong issuesChina will sanction U.S. officials, lawmakers and leaders of non-governmental organizations who Chinese officials say have performed poorly on Hong Kong issues in a retaliatory move against Washington.

Trump's transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using 'road diets' to slow speeders
Read full article: Trump's transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using 'road diets' to slow speedersRemoving lanes to slow down speeding drivers is a long-embraced strategy for improving safety on city streets.

60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts
Read full article: 60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress actsThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says that rental assistance for some 60,000 Americans fleeing homelessness or domestic violence will run out of money by the end of next year.

Google faces off with US government in attempt to break up company in search monopoly case
Read full article: Google faces off with US government in attempt to break up company in search monopoly caseGoogle on Monday began confronting an existential threat as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into a ruthless monopoly.

Hegseth had a second Signal chat where he shared details of Yemen strike, New York Times reports
Read full article: Hegseth had a second Signal chat where he shared details of Yemen strike, New York Times reportsDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of a March military airstrike against Yemen’s Houthi militants that were sent in another chain with top Trump administration leaders.

Anti-Trump resistance sees another leader in Van Hollen as Democrats' leadership carousel turns
Read full article: Anti-Trump resistance sees another leader in Van Hollen as Democrats' leadership carousel turnsChris Van Hollen has emerged, for now, as a leading figure in the resistance to President Donald Trump.

Toll on Manhattan drivers remains in effect, despite Trump’s Easter Sunday deadline
Read full article: Toll on Manhattan drivers remains in effect, despite Trump’s Easter Sunday deadlineManhattan’s congestion toll remains in effect, despite an Easter deadline from President Donald Trump’s administration to halt the first-in-the-nation fee.

Alito's dissent in deportation case says court rushed to block Trump with middle-of-the night order
Read full article: Alito's dissent in deportation case says court rushed to block Trump with middle-of-the night orderJustice Samuel Alito has written a sharp dissent that castigates the seven-member majority for blocking the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.

This Midwestern city has long been a federal hub. The pain from DOGE’s cuts is everywhere
Read full article: This Midwestern city has long been a federal hub. The pain from DOGE’s cuts is everywhereThe Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area has long been a regional hub for the federal government, and the pain from the Trump administration's cuts can be seen everywhere.

Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare
Read full article: Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfareCountries around the world are tightening their cyberdefenses as global tensions rise.

Marijuana holiday 4/20 coincides with Easter and Passover this year. Here's what to know
Read full article: Marijuana holiday 4/20 coincides with Easter and Passover this year. Here's what to knowMarijuana culture’s high holiday known as 4/20 fell this year on Easter, as well as the last day of Passover.

Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry 'baseless attacks'
Read full article: Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry 'baseless attacks'Three former senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are decrying what they called “baseless attacks” after each was escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks.

Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, Washington and elsewhere across the country
Read full article: Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, Washington and elsewhere across the countryProtests against President Donald Trump’s administration are once again taking place in communities across the U.S. Organizers of Saturday’s events say they’re protesting against what they view as the Republican administration’s constitutional and civil rights violations.

Takeaways from AP’s report on pardoned Jan. 6 rioters being embraced in Republican politics
Read full article: Takeaways from AP’s report on pardoned Jan. 6 rioters being embraced in Republican politicsPresident Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 Capitol rioters on his first day in office, and now some of those involved in the Jan. 6 attack are getting a platform to tell their version of events.

Some Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump are now embraced as heroes and candidates for office
Read full article: Some Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump are now embraced as heroes and candidates for officeSome of the rioters who tried to take over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are now considering running for office after being pardoned by President Donald Trump.

A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene
Read full article: A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to interveneSome parents in a suburban Maryland county want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters.

250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy
Read full article: 250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacyTens of thousands of people flocked to Lexington, Massachusetts, to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolution began 250 years ago.

How Trump backed away from promising to end the Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours
Read full article: How Trump backed away from promising to end the Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hoursDuring his campaign, Donald Trump said repeatedly that he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine “in 24 hours” upon taking office.

Judge orders Trump administration to tell fired workers they were not let go for poor performance
Read full article: Judge orders Trump administration to tell fired workers they were not let go for poor performanceA U.S. district judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to provide probationary workers fired en masse a written statement saying they were not terminated for poor performance.

Court orders immigration officials to restore legal status of three people who came to Texas on student visas
Read full article: Court orders immigration officials to restore legal status of three people who came to Texas on student visasThe three former students went to UT-Arlington and UT-Dallas. While they have prevailed in court so far, many other international students’ education futures remain uncertain.

Judge blocks Trump administration from passport changes affecting some transgender Americans
Read full article: Judge blocks Trump administration from passport changes affecting some transgender AmericansA federal judge has partially blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.

Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont
Read full article: Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to VermontA federal judge has ordered that a Tufts University student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities in March be brought to Vermont.

Trump official urges criminal probe of New York attorney general, who calls request 'retaliation'
Read full article: Trump official urges criminal probe of New York attorney general, who calls request 'retaliation'A top housing official in the Trump administration has asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James over a real estate transaction.

IRS whistleblower on Hunter Biden is out as acting commissioner just days after getting the job
Read full article: IRS whistleblower on Hunter Biden is out as acting commissioner just days after getting the jobAn IRS agent who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden's taxes and was promoted to be acting IRS commissioner is out of the job just days after he got it.

Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer
Read full article: Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healerA video shows a Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face in a clinic while caring for patients a week before he met with Health Secretary Robert F.

US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man
Read full article: US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one manMaryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen says Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported, told him he has been moved from the notorious Salvadoran prison known as CECOT to a detention center with better conditions.

Trump turns a COVID information website into a promotion page for the lab leak theory
Read full article: Trump turns a COVID information website into a promotion page for the lab leak theoryA federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak.

Judges warn Congress that more money is needed for security at a time of escalating threats
Read full article: Judges warn Congress that more money is needed for security at a time of escalating threatsThe federal judiciary is warning that Congress is not providing enough money for judges’ security, at a time of escalating threats and chilling efforts at intimidation.

Dan Patrick endorses Texas House’s voucher plan, clearing path to final approval
Read full article: Dan Patrick endorses Texas House’s voucher plan, clearing path to final approvalThe lieutenant governor proposes that the Texas Senate adopt the House bill, which would eliminate a negotiation over the two versions and cement the victory for supporters.

Judge won’t take further steps to enforce his order in AP case against Trump administration
Read full article: Judge won’t take further steps to enforce his order in AP case against Trump administrationA federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to stop blocking The Associated Press from presidential events has refused to take immediate steps to get White House officials to comply.

Judge pauses Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Read full article: Judge pauses Trump administration's plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection BureauPresident Donald Trump’s attempt to fire nearly everyone at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been paused by a federal judge, who says she's “deeply concerned” about the plan.

10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination are released, on Trump's order
Read full article: 10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination are released, on Trump's orderAbout 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F.

Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says
Read full article: Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court saysThe Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the Democratic governor legally used the state’s uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years.

FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections
Read full article: FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspectionsThe Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of food and drug safety inspections throughout the world.