Warner introduces bill to require Senate-confirmed acting DNIs in wake of Pulte controversy
Senate Intelligence Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Tuesday introduced a bill that would bar the president from installing an acting director of national...
Tillis: Pirro can’t be taken ‘seriously’ for prosecuting alleged reflecting pool vandalism
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is blasting U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro for threatening to prosecute people accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool to...
Supreme Court ends forcibly shaven Rastafari inmate’s quest for damages
The Supreme Court ruled that a Rastafari man cannot seek damages from state prison guards who shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his religious...
National Guard, Park Police patrolling Reflecting Pool
National Guard members and U.S. Park Police patrolled around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday as part of a crackdown against suspected vandalism...
Senate GOP headed for showdown with Trump over SAVE America Act, Iran deal
President Trump and Republican senators are headed for a collision Wednesday, when they will be meeting on Capitol Hill to discuss two major sources...
Reflecting Pool saga becomes unwelcome distraction for Trump
The growing list of issues surrounding the renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is creating an unwelcome distraction for President Trump as he...
Judge strikes down Trump administration database of Social Security numbers, citizenship status
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from creating a centralized database containing Social Security numbers along with information about voters' citizenship...
Democratic-led states balk at 'Great American State Fair'
A grand state fair highlighting American culture is set to kick off on the National Mall this week ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary,...
GOP senator circulates plan to discuss government shutdown strategy with Trump
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, is circulating a plan among Senate Republicans to avoid another government shutdown later...
Interior moves to relax rules for drilling on public lands
The Trump administration is proposing to relax rules to make it easier for companies to drill for oil and gas on public lands. The...