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President Trump intends to nominate T. Elliot Gaiser, the conservative solicitor general of Ohio, to be the assistant attorney general leading the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, according to a Justice Department official. That position has traditionally often had the final say on legal debates within the executive branch. The Office of Legal Counsel…

Susan Crawford, the liberal candidate for a pivotal seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, overcame $25 million in spending from Elon Musk and defeated her conservative opponent, The Associated Press reported, in a totemic contest that became a critical test of the nation’s prevailing political winds. Judge Crawford, who serves in Dane County, handily defeated…

Federal agencies have accelerated their efforts to cut thousands of jobs, offering buyouts and eliminating entire offices as the Trump administration’s deadline to downsize approaches. At least six federal agencies have in recent days extended a “deferred resignation” offer that was originally pitched to government workers in January as a one-time opportunity that would allow…

Two Trump-backed Republicans won special congressional elections in Florida on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, shoring up their party’s slim majority in the House at a crucial moment for President Trump’s domestic agenda. Jimmy Patronis, the state’s chief financial officer, won the race to replace Matt Gaetz in the First Congressional District, on the…

Influential figures on the right have largely cheered on the opening months of the Trump presidency. But as the administration has rushed to carry out deportations as quickly as possible, making mistakes and raising concerns about due process along the way, the unified front in favor of President Trump’s immigration purge is beginning to crack….

Measure failed with 206 “yes” votes to 222 “no” votes. Vote Total Democrats Dem. Republicans Rep. Bar chart of total votes 206 0 206 222 213 9 On Tuesday, Speaker Mike Johnson failed to block a bipartisan group of legislators from forcing a vote on a measure that would allow members to each designate a…

During the height of the 2024 presidential campaign, Elon Musk promised Pennsylvanians a $100 reward for signing a petition in support of free speech and gun ownership rights. The billionaire also offered $47 to anyone who recruited a signatory to the petition — and increased the payment to $100 as Election Day drew near. Now,…

The confirmation hearing on Tuesday for Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, President Trump’s pick to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was strikingly uncontentious. While the hearings for many other Trump nominees have been heated, General Caine’s was relatively smooth. Democrats lodged their displeasure that Mr. Trump fired Gen. Charles Q. Brown, his last Joint Chiefs…

Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday tried and failed to kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that lawmakers would temporarily be allowed to vote remotely after the birth of a child, suffering an embarrassing defeat that signaled that the proposal could soon be adopted. In using strong-arm tactics to try to block the…