The defendants are accused of having partnered with the powerful Sinaloa Cartel to “distribute massive quantities of narcotics” in the United States.

For more than two hours on the chamber’s floor, the speaker and fellow Republican leaders cajoled holdouts on that bill and others on DHS funding and farm policy.

In the likely final meeting of Jerome H. Powell’s term as chair, the Fed left rates unchanged. A senate panel earlier Wednesday approved Kevin Warsh to succeed him.

The former attorney general had been subpoenaed to appear at a closed-door session. When she was fired by Trump, her appearance was thrown into limbo.

The former FBI director denied that a photo he posted of seashells spelling “86 47” was intended to threaten the president. He has vowed to fight the case.

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Charges against former FBI director James B. Comey and others take focus away from the economy and other issues voters care about, many Republicans say.

The president is celebrating investments he made in his first term that needed years to pay off, as he continues to seek “American dominance in space.”

A picture of Trump — along with text from the Declaration of Independence and the American flag — will be on an inside page of at least some new passports.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump criticized Kimmel over comments made ahead of the White House correspondents’ dinner. The FCC maintains that this is about a probe

Former college classmates of Cole Tomas Allen, 31, remember the man now accused of trying to assassinate President Trump as devoted Christian.

Diplomatic missions are told to ask nonimmigrant visa applicants if they fear returning to their home country, and to deny travel documents to those who say yes.

The court is considering President Donald Trump’s effort to end temporary protected status for Haitians. Justice Amy Coney Barrett has two adopted children from Haiti.

Corporate drama and a stock plummet at Fermi America is raising questions about the sustainability of the wider artificial intelligence boom.

A federal appeals court stayed an earlier ruling that said the Pentagon’s latest press policy was too restrictive, in an ongoing case brought by the New York Times.

House Speaker Mike Johnson argued the Senate’s bill includes “problematic language” that would “orphan” the agency’s immigration operations.

Thousands of cancer victims allege Roundup was responsible for their illness, in one of the largest waves of product liability litigation in U.S. history.

After the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner, online influencers quickly spread conspiracy theories that it was an elaborate hoax.

“This war should not have taken place,” Sihasak Phuangketkeow said in an interview. adding that Thailand is approaching Russia and China amid its economic crisis.

His state visit begins after a gunman rattled Washington, but U.K. officials hope pomp can paper over an Iran war fracture and remind the president of the alliance’s perks.

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The conservative justices appeared sympathetic to the administration’s contention that it can cancel humanitarian protections for Haitian and Syrian nationals.

Just 165 people have paid the application fee so far, the government said in a new legal filing.

State House lawmakers took the first step toward redistricting. The GOP-run Senate is expected to follow suit.

Nonprofits and advocacy groups followed the case closely because the result could affect their ability to foil what many see as politically motivated inquiries.

Fifteen historically Black colleges and universities are working together to pursue R1 status with support from top schools such as Harvard.

Social upheaval, deep polarization and social media are primary drivers of the phenomenon, which has touched Republicans and Democrats alike.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcomed Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House for a state dinner in the East Room.

John Hurley left his post as undersecretary for terrorism after raising privacy concerns about federal monitoring of international payments from the Minneapolis area.

The case against the former FBI director centers on a photo he posted last year showing seashells arranged to write out “86 47,” which some saw as a call for violence against President Donald Trump.

Allegations that more than a dozen Minnesota safety net programs, including child care and housing services, misused federal funds have roiled the city in recent months.

The review by the Government Accountability Office, an independent agency that is part of the legislative branch, will look into how the department released the files.

Raised in a Texas refinery town, she blazed her own trail through journalism as a woman in the 1960s. She celebrated her 80th birthday by trekking through Utah.

Groups like the Mass Deportation Coalition see Markwayne Mullin’s push to restore confidence in DHS after fatal shootings as a potential betrayal of the president’s promise.

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey said he will make a complete recovery but did not specify why he is missing or when he’ll return to work.

“If adjustments need to be made to protect the president, they will be made,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday.

The nonprofit pushed back against the Justice Department’s claim that the lawsuit endangers Trump, calling it “irresponsible,” and said he must follow the law.

The redistricting plan proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, if approved, would let Republicans regain their lead in the national gerrymandering arms race.

In a message sent to family members, the 31-year-old suspect called himself a “friendly federal assassin” and criticized the Trump administration.

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which was attended by the President and many Cabinet members, was not given top security status that would have unlocked the full weight of federal security resources.

The defense secretary sought to rebut lawmakers’ criticism of the Trump administration’s handling of the conflict, which has cost about $25 billion so far.

Jurors convict the man on a charge of conspiring to provide material support to an ISIS group, but it’s a rare setback in a high-profile terrorism case.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, at sea for 10 months, is in need of repair. Its exit, though, reduces the firepower on hand as Trump presses Tehran to make peace.

The decision could touch off a scramble by Republicans to redraw minority-majority congressional districts, especially in the South, that could cost many Black Democrats their seats.

The stabbing in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood of north London followed Britain’s summoning of the Iranian ambassador over “unacceptable and inflammatory comments.”

Kevin Warsh’s confirmation is all but assured after a Republican holdout dropped his block of the nomination.

Surveillance footage reviewed by The Post provides the clearest picture yet of the seconds after the alleged gunman bolted through a checkpoint inside the hotel.

Texas lawmakers do not think owners have fixed problems at Camp Mystic, but they might not be able to prevent the camp from reopening in May.

David M. Morens, who was charged in an indictment unsealed this week, has previously acknowledged efforts to shield his communications from federal public records laws.

A debate has been raging since at least 1995, when The Washington Post and the New York Times published the Unabomber’s writings, about the merits of quoting from the musings of violent attackers.

The royal visit takes place at a tense moment in relations between Washington and London.

The departure weakens the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, long criticized by Trump, as the global economy reels from the Iran war energy shock.

Ideological divides are slowing the central bank’s push and could pose a challenge for the president’s nominee to run the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh.

In a legal filing, the administration blamed historic preservationists who “suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome” for seeking to block the project.

Cole Tomas Allen faces a potential life sentence, and prosecutors said he could face more charges.

The justices are considering whether police can use “geofence” warrants, which cover everyone who was in a certain place at a certain time.

Abbas Araghchi arrived in Russia after stops in Oman and Pakistan, where peace talks remain stalled after Trump declined to send envoys over the weekend.

At the Vatican, the Anglican archbishop met a pope who has signaled no intention to change Catholic doctrine to allow ordaining women.

The move against Manus AI is Beijing’s most aggressive step yet to stanch the loss of AI talent to the U.S., setting up a complicated legal and political fight.

The alleged gunman at the White House correspondents’ dinner raced through a magnetometer before being apprehended, a Post analysis of visuals reveals.