Fired FEMA crew leader says she skipped Trump-sign homes after Hurricane Milton only when residents charged workers or signs warned of guns.
Judge frees the man who drove a guillotine to the Supreme Court, ruling that he cooperated with police and never threatened anyone.
FDA approves Rasonque, a once-daily pill for advanced pancreatic cancer that nearly doubled median survival to 13.2 months in trials.
Maryland judge blocks the November redistricting ballot question, ruling Democrats missed their own July 1 certification deadline in the August special session.
Army awards 5 companies up to $2.2 billion to build nuclear microreactors at 5 bases, guarding against commercial grid failure by 2028.
Trump-appointed judge refuses to erase Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress conviction, ruling prosecutors never explained why dismissal serves justice.
Meta agrees to pay states up to $17 billion and cap minors at 2 hours daily to settle the landmark child safety trial midway through testimony.
24 states and DC sue to block the Postal Service mail-ballot rule 2 days after their Supreme Court loss, calling the required overhaul Herculean.
Judge lets Trump’s mail-ballot order proceed after Monday’s Supreme Court ruling, noting challengers have substantial arguments that could still reverse it.
FBI seizes 3 internet domains Chinese government-backed hackers used to target NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Senate and 3 federal departments.
Federal judge rejects Minnesota’s bid to extradite ICE agent Christian Castro, ruling Texas Gov. Abbott can stall the transfer indefinitely with no deadline.
North Carolina awards $69 million in federal disaster funds to build 828 affordable apartments across the 828 area code hit by Hurricane Helene.
China rejects US sanctions over Iran and vows countermeasures as Washington holds off enforcing measures softer than markets expected.
Capitol Police arrest a California man after spotting a guillotine in his pickup truck parked near the Capitol and Supreme Court.
ICE seeks a contractor to deliver voter registration and voting history files from all 50 states, citing fraud detection, 404 Media reports from procurement records.
US strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean kills 4, pushing the campaign’s toll to 227 as Hegseth claims 3 nations approved land operations.
Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s “meritless” bid to vacate her sex-trafficking sentence, ruling the released Epstein files further incriminate her rather than exonerate.
Deloitte pays $21.5 million to settle DOJ claims its DEI programs defrauded the government, with an anti-affirmative action group taking $4.3 million as whistleblower.
CIA Director Ratcliffe flies unannounced to Moscow as the US tells Ukraine to suspend strikes, the first US spy chief visit to Russia since 2021.
DHS inspector general finds a FEMA crew broke the Hatch Act by skipping 11 homes with Trump signs during 2024 Hurricane Milton recovery.
Federal judge signals he won’t keep ICE officer Christian Castro jailed past Thursday, as Abbott stalls Minnesota’s extradition on charges that include lying about his shooting.
ICE arrests hit a record 49,571 in July, up 70% since February, as 12,000 new deportation officers come online with last summer’s congressional billions.
Judge blocks Ohio’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration rule before the October 5 midterm deadline, won by 2 civic groups who sued the state.
2 unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents die of measles, the state’s first such deaths in 35 years, 2 weeks after Trump falsely called the MMR vaccine “quite lethal.”
La Crosse County prosecutor declines to charge Musk over his $1 million Wisconsin Supreme Court election offer, despite the elections commission finding probable cause.
Trump submits an unusual, fully classified Saudi civil nuclear agreement to Congress, starting a 90-day clock that approves it without a rejection vote.
Legal watchdog files bar complaints against US Attorney Pirro and 2 deputies for seeking to indict 6 Democratic lawmakers a grand jury refused to charge.
Justice Department tells a court the Kennedy Center faces demolition unless Trump’s board renames and renovates it, months after judges forced his name off the building.
Secret Service puts 3 communications officials on leave, including its comms chief, stripping their clearances as leak investigations roil the agency.
Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” and denies Carney’s account that US demands to weaken Quebec’s French-language rules sank trade talks.
Canada details counter-tariffs up to 50% on C$27.6 billion in US goods for September 8, as Trump threatens 50% on Canadian cars and steel in 2027.
Alexandria, Virginia, expands its EV charger grants to nonprofits and churches, paying up to $15,000 plus free engineering help per site.
Treasury Secretary Bessent says Chinese banks financing Iran’s oil face sanctions in his “economic asphyxiation” campaign, as Beijing vows countermeasures.
Vance calls Canada a “state” at a Maine event, claiming a Freudian slip, as Trump says Canada “couldn’t survive” without US money.
Judge blocks Florida International University from punishing students who silently protested campus police working as ICE agents, citing 60 years of precedent.
ICE arrests 1,328 people across DC’s Virginia and Maryland suburbs in a two-week sweep where 70% had no criminal record, matching a 1,200-arrest Atlanta operation.
400 volunteers put 29,000 shielded immigration court records online, exposing arrest patterns a 2007 rule kept locked in courthouse kiosks.
USS Abraham Lincoln heads home with a Thailand port call after 250 straight days at sea, a carrier record, days after Trump said the deployment wasn’t long enough.
Judge orders the US to retrieve a cartel witness it deported to Mexico despite torture protections, after ICE and Rubio revoked them without a hearing.
State Department moves to sell a Kehinde Wiley painting of Dominicans it commissioned in 2013, after officials called the Obama portraitist’s work “woke.”
US strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific kills 2, pushing the campaign’s death toll past 200 with no trafficking evidence provided.
FDA clears a Roche and Eli Lilly blood test detecting Alzheimer’s markers in patients 55 and older, replacing costly PET scans and spinal taps.
Nevada sues Interior over Colorado River cuts, saying the plan announced as 17% actually authorizes taking up to 70% of Las Vegas’s water supply.
DHS proposes a $103,265 employer fee per H-1B visa, built by dividing $8.8 billion in immigration system costs across the 85,000-visa cap.
Arbitrator orders the Washington Post to rehire columnist Karen Attiah, ruling the paper failed to prove her posts refusing to mourn Charlie Kirk were misconduct.
ICE deports the wife of an active-duty Army sergeant to Honduras, at least the seventh military spouse or parent removed under Trump.
State Department prepares to revoke up to 200,000 tourist and business visas from people who sought asylum, the largest mass revocation in US history.
Supreme Court lets Trump’s mail-ballot executive order proceed 6-3, lifting the block on a federal voter list and USPS delivery restrictions before the midterms.
Dare County, North Carolina, brings urgent care into schools, letting sick students in grades 6-12 see a doctor by telehealth in the building.
Treasury Department launches Operation Economic Outcast, threatening to cut any entity trading with Iran from the dollar system, as the rial hits a record low.
