The Supreme Court declared Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district an unconstitutional gerrymander on Wednesday, a 6-3 decision along ideological lines that weakens a central provision of the Voting Rights Act.
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.
America's Special Operations Command has eyes and ears around the world focused on a variety of hotspots and threats that may put the well-being and safety of the homeland at risk.
Former FBI director James Comey is expected to turn himself in to law enforcement Wednesday after facing new federal charges. A grand jury in North Carolina returned a two-count indictment against Comey for allegedly threatening President Trump with a photo he posted to Instagram of seashells on a beach arranged to form the numbers “86 47.” The phrase “86” is commonly used as slang for [...]
Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh's advancement to a Senate confirmation vote comes after investigators moved to drop their probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
An appeals court in New York has rejected President Trump's request to rehear his challenges to the writer E. Jean Carroll's successful defamation and sex assault claims.
An internal GOP revolt ground the House to a halt Wednesday morning, with the chamber stuck on a procedural vote to begin debate. Why it matters: House GOP leadership doesn't have the votes to advance any of the major legislation they planned to move this week, leaving the chamber in limbo. - Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is trying to jam three contentious measures into one pre-recess week: A long-term extension of Section 702 of FISA, the farm bill, and the Senate-passed budget reconciliation package to fund ICE and Border Patrol. - But a small group of Republicans voted "no" on the procedural rule to begin debate on all three items, and other conservatives are withholding their votes, even after days of negotiations and last-minute…
President Trump told Axios he's going to keep Iran under a naval blockade until the regime agrees to a deal that addresses U.S. concerns about its nuclear program. Why it matters: Trump is rejecting an Iranian proposal to first open the Strait of Hormuz and lift the blockade, while postponing nuclear talks to a later stage. Behind the scenes: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has prepared a plan for a "short and powerful" wave of strikes on Iran in hopes of breaking the negotiating deadlock, three sources with knowledge said. - After the strikes, which would likely include infrastructure targets, the U.S. would press the regime to come back to the negotiating table and show more flexibility. - Trump told Axios he saw the blockade as…