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Current and former officials say the acting director of national intelligence is planning to announce major cuts to his office as early as Monday.

A plurality of Americans believe betting on election outcomes should be illegal, The POLITICO Poll finds.

Ben McAdams, a moderate former congressman, faces a handful of left-wing opponents in a rare opportunity for a Democrat to win in a Republican state.

The SBC appears to be making a significant course correction in the form of a sharp rightward tack.

And both have ties to rogue Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy.

The 2.7-gigawatt project will have its own on-site power plant fueled by Chevron’s local natural-gas production.

The court said the law—which would require age verification for everyone—constitutes only a “marginal burden” and "does not raise meaningful concerns about muting valuable protected discourse."...

How long can the museum system’s leader, Lonnie Bunch, survive?

The reliably Republican state has its first blue-leaning seat and Utah Democrats are excited for the pickup opportunity. First, they just have to make it through the competitive primary.

The U.S. military has conduced another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, immediately killing two people and leaving six survivors amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.

Former President Joe Biden is in an uphill battle to try to stop the Justice Department from sharing recordings it collected of him speaking to his ghostwriter in 2016 and 2017, during which his speech and memory faltered.

Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of starting the deadly and historically destructive Palisades Fire that scorched swaths of Los Angeles in the early days of 2025.

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband may be a "kept man,” a husband supported financially by his wife, enabling him to live comfortably without working.

The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday snubbed a federal judge’s demand to swear that a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is dead, arguing the request raises “serious separation of p…...

A conflict between politicians in Poland and Ukraine is a strategic mistake that ​will harm both sides, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said ‌on Sunday, seeking to defuse a rekindled dispute over events that occurred during World War Two.

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Donald Trump has long avoided political damage for his own party from repeated allegations of graft and conflicts of interest. In this year’s midterm elections, Democrats are betting that they can finally exact a price.

Mayor says ‘violence has no place in our city’ as president criticizes governor for not accepting national guard troops...

Sheriff’s deputies in Michigan fired 27 shots at John Jenuwine, even though “he was not the guy that they were supposed to be chasing.”...

The U.S. military on ​Sunday said it struck a vessel in the ‌Caribbean, killing two people, alleging that the vessel was operated by "designated terrorist organizations" that it ​did not identify.

On her final day as director of national intelligence Friday, Tulsi Gabbard released damning declassified evidence accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci of causing the COVID-19 pandemic.