National politics

    Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act
    A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week.
    The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 3, 2025.
    After months in ICE detention, a Maryland mother holds her children again
    Melissa Tran was freed Sunday after spending the last five months in an ICE detention facility more than 2,700 miles from her family.
    Siblings, Rachel, 18, Jacob, 10, Jackson, 19, and Riley Hoang, 6, spend time together and play with Snapchat filters on their living room couch on June 4, 2025.
    3 women grads of the Naval Academy are running for office. Pete Hegseth should take notice.
    Mikie Sherrill. Amy McGrath. Eileen Laubacher. All Naval Academy graduates, all running for office. Fifty years after the first women entered the academy, they represent a generational moment of change.
    Democrat Mikie Sherrill responds to questions during the first general election gubernatorial debate with Republican opponent Jack Ciattarelli.
    Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns
    Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history.
    WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 13: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters as he departs a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. The government remains shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding deal 13 days ago.
    Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners released as part of ceasefire in Gaza
    Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza on Monday, while Israel began releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war.
    People react as they gather to watch a live broadcast of Israeli hostages released from Gaza at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
    Vance warns ‘deeper’ cuts ahead for federal workers as shutdown enters 12th day
    Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said there will be deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on.
    The shutdown began on Oct. 1 after Democrats rejected a short-term funding fix and demanded that the bill include an extension of federal subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
    Israel lays out plans for hostage release and prisoner swap expected on Monday
    Israel says all remaining hostages in Gaza could be freed Monday as part of a ceasefire deal, while aid deliveries and prisoner releases expand.
    Displaced Palestinians walk amid destroyed buildings in the heavily damaged Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages.
    Trump sets off for the Mideast to mark a ceasefire deal
    President Donald Trump is setting off for Israel and Egypt on Sunday to urge Middle East allies to seize the opportunity to build a durable peace in the volatile region.
    President Donald Trump walking off stage after speaking to a gathering of top U.S. military commanders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Quantico, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
    No, Gov. Moore, the military is not going to come to our rescue. It’s up to us.
    What Moore said feels like almost as dangerous a fantasy — that the military might save the republic from becoming a military dictatorship by disobeying a presidential order.
    Gov. Wes Moore at the Warfield Air National Guard Base during the deactivation ceremony for the A-10C Thunderbolt.
    National Guard troops sent to Illinois by Trump can stay but can’t be deployed for now
    National Guard troops sent to Illinois by President Donald Trump can stay in the state and under federal control, but can’t be deployed to protect federal property or go on patrol for now, an appeals court ruled Saturday.
    Illinois State Police and Cooks County Sheriffs move in to detain protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
    Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather’ series, has died
    Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall,’ ‘The Godfather’ films and ‘Father of the Bride,’ whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died. She was 79.
    American actress Diane Keaton poses as she arrives at a news conference at the 40th International Cannes Film Festival where she will introduce her film, "Heaven," in Cannes, France, May 12, 1987.  Keaton makes her directorial debut with her film, which is part of the non-official entry at the festival.  (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz)
    Trump directs Pentagon to use ‘all available funds’ to pay troops despite shutdown
    President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure U.S. troops are paid Wednesday despite the government shutdown.
    President Donald Trump walking off stage after speaking to a gathering of top U.S. military commanders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Quantico, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
    Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in CEO assassination
    Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a New York federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty.
    Luigi Mangione is escorted into Manhattan state court in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    Judge to decide ‘as soon as possible’ on release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE detention
    While the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains uncertain, a federal judge inched closer to making a decision on the release of the Maryland man from immigration detention after an hourslong hearing in Greenbelt on Friday.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers will argue for his immediate release from immigration detention during a hearing on Friday.
    Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
    The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.
    Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on X that the “RIFs have begun.”
    Judge partially grants petition to stop deployment of National Guard in Illinois
    The Department of Homeland Security’s "narrative of events is simply unreliable,” U.S. District Judge April Perry said.
    Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.
    Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to pause war in Gaza
    Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
    People react as they celebrate following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
    The problem with Columbia’s aging cluster mailboxes
    Columbia’s cluster mailboxes are among the oldest in the country and the subject of a yearslong dispute between federal and local authorities over maintenance responsibilities.
    One of Columbia's aging cluster mailboxes is seen on Manor Hill Lane.
    Israel and Hamas agree to ‘first phase’ of plan to end fighting and release hostages, Trump says
    Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause fighting in Gaza and release at least some hostages and prisoners in an agreement that was put forward by the Trump administration.
    Smoke rises following an Israeli military strike in the northern Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
    National Guard troops could soon be in Chicago and Memphis in Trump’s latest deployment
    National Guard troops are positioned outside Chicago and they could be in Memphis by Friday as the Trump administration pushes ahead with an aggressive policy toward big-city crime, whether local leaders support it or not
    Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol the National Mall on Wednesday, August 28, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
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