Asif Merchant’s case played out amid a broadening conflict in the Middle East. He was accused of working with the Iranian government to kill high-ranking U.S. officials.
New maps are forcing incumbents into early retirement or ideologically driven primaries, creating a more partisan House.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California) said he will not seek reelection, joining a wave of departures from Congress.
A classified U.S. report doubts that Iran’s opposition would take power following either a short or extended U.S. military campaign.
The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.
As a debate about generational change rages in his party, the 85-year-old lawmaker weighs another run.
If confirmed, Sen. Markwayne Mullin would oversee the sprawling agency amid falling public support for the administration’s mass deportation program.
The Justice Department told a federal appeals court that judges who blocked executive orders sanctioning several law firms had infringed on the president’s authority.
Vinay Prasad, the top regulator overseeing vaccines and complex treatments for difficult diseases, had previously lost his job in July before getting it back less than two weeks later.
The president blamed payments to players and said he would focus on “common sense” ideas to fix college football, basketball and other sports.
The Justice Department has formed a working group to examine bringing federal charges against officials or entities within Cuba’s government.
Democratic governors, under pressure, must decide whether to participate in the new federal voucher program, which offers dollars for public and private school students.
A spokesperson said the bar’s counsel “erroneously” stated there was a “pending investigation”; instead, a complaint against Halligan remains at a preliminary stage.
The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.
“This is a straightforward issue of who’s in charge,” Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said, citing a law that certain monuments must receive Congress’s approval.
The agency said the records, which include allegations made against President Donald Trump in 2019, were not previously released because they were “ incorrectly coded.”
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The abrupt cancellation of a training event has put a spotlight on the 82nd Airborne Division, which specializes in ground combat and other fraught missions.
The U.S. military operation in Iran is testing a depleted Justice Department and FBI. Firings of experienced agents and prosecutors have diminished expertise to counter threats.
In what appears to be a first in the country, legislation headed to the desk of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) would prohibit public schools from teaching that the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol were peaceful.