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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, in what conservatives are calling a bold step to restore law and order at America’s overwhelmed immigration courts.

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to Los Angeles this summer violated the 19th-century Posse Comitatus Act, siding with California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a constitutional showdown over states’ rights and presidential authority.

The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the largest drug seizure in American history, confiscating more than 76,000 pounds of illegal narcotics valued at $473 million during operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

The U.S. economy grew faster than previously estimated in the second quarter, expanding at a 3.3 percent annualized rate, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The stronger reading points to resilient consumer and business spending despite the drag from high borrowing costs and trade frictions.

As Americans celebrate Labor Day, new data shows that President Donald Trump’s tough stance on immigration is reshaping the nation’s workforce, with nearly 1.2 million fewer immigrant workers in the U.S. since the start of his second term.

A federal appeals court has struck down most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, ruling that he exceeded his authority under emergency powers law, but allowed the duties to remain in place temporarily while the administration seeks review by the Supreme Court.

President Donald Trump said Saturday he intends to sign an executive order mandating strict voter ID requirements, limiting mail-in ballots, and ending the use of electronic voting machines in federal elections.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that the Pentagon has opened a sweeping investigation into Microsoft following revelations that Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked engineers worked on U.S. military cloud contracts under a controversial program dating back to the Obama-Biden administration.

A Christian baker from Bakersfield, California, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her case challenging a state law that she says would force her to violate her faith by creating wedding cakes for same-sex couples.

A federal appellate court has ruled that a Christian physician assistant may proceed with her lawsuit against the University of Michigan Health-West, overturning a lower court’s attempt to force the case into arbitration.

The FBI confirmed Wednesday that it is investigating the deadly shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School as both a domestic terrorism incident and a hate crime targeting Catholics.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that annual revenues from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs may exceed $500 billion, with August already showing a major surge in customs duty collections and September expected to climb even higher.

Two children were killed and 17 others wounded Wednesday morning when a gunman opened fire during a school mass at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in south Minneapolis, authorities said.

President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is prepared to accept up to 600,000 Chinese students as part of ongoing trade negotiations with Beijing, a proposal that has sparked sharp debate among lawmakers, conservative commentators, and immigration groups.

President Donald J. Trump on Monday signed a sweeping Executive Order designed to prosecute acts of flag desecration “to the fullest extent permissible” and to deny immigration benefits to foreign nationals found guilty of burning or defacing the American flag.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday that it has begun publishing daily reports of adverse event data, a move officials call a major leap toward “radical transparency” in public health oversight.

The National Guard presence in the nation’s capital has surged to nearly 2,300 troops as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping law-and-order initiative, while another 1,700 Guard members are being mobilized nationwide to support federal immigration enforcement.

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a series of executive orders aimed at ending cashless bail policies across the United States, escalating his administration’s push to crack down on crime and restore order in American cities.

A federal judge on Thursday night ordered the Trump administration to halt expansion of its controversial immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” citing violations of environmental law and tribal access rights.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday signaled that long-awaited interest rate cuts could be on the horizon, telling central bankers that current conditions “may warrant” an adjustment to the Fed’s restrictive policy stance.