Judge expands criminal contempt probe over deportation flights, saying Kristi Noem failed to provide answers
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Days after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem provided little information about her actions in a high-stakes deportation case, a federal judge on Monday expanded his criminal contempt probe into the matter, ordering a top Justice Department attorney to testify under oath about the episode.
Majority Leader John Thune announced that the Senate will vote Thursday on a Republican-led alternative to Democrats’ three-year extension of soon-to-expire enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits.
The Justice Department said in court documents Tuesday it plans to continue its efforts to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey.
Opponents of Missouri’s new congressional map submitted thousands of petition signatures on Tuesday calling for a statewide referendum on a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump as part of his quest to hold on to a slim Republican majority in next year’s elections.
A federal judge in New York on Tuesday granted the Justice Department’s request to unseal records from the investigation and criminal prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Months into a pressure campaign that has seen the US military move thousands of troops and a carrier strike group into the Caribbean and President Donald Trump issue repeated threats against Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, the Trump administration is working on day-after plans in the event Maduro is ousted from power, according to two senior administration officials and another source familiar with the discussions.
President Donald Trump will take his economic message on the road Tuesday to a swing district in eastern Pennsylvania, the first of many planned domestic trips the White House is organizing on an issue it believes will be the key decider in next year’s midterms.
With immigration paused, Afghans in the US and abroad urgently seek options after the National Guard attack
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case initially filed by then-Senate candidate JD Vance that could lift the cap on how much political parties may spend in coordination with candidates, a case Democrats warn could increase the risk of corruption.
The race to become Miami’s next mayor may technically be nonpartisan, but the politics surrounding the contest aren’t.
Honduras’s attorney general said he has issued an arrest warrant for former President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was freed from US federal prison last week after being pardoned by President Donald Trump.
Immigrant families held at a detention facility in Texas describe prolonged stays, despondent children and limited access to potable water.
The Trump administration has revoked 85,000 visas of all categories since January, more than double the number pulled last year, according to a State Department official.