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2:15 PM on Tuesday, July 14

1:14 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Senate Democrats have blocked a $1 trillion annual defense bill in protest of President Donald Trump’s war against Iran

12:35 PM on Tuesday, July 14

A familiar story has unfolded in the Maine city of Biddeford, where a federal officer shot and killed a man driving a vehicle during an immigration enforcement operation

12:30 PM on Tuesday, July 14

Lawmakers in the Senate have unveiled a bipartisan proposal to address Social Security's looming insolvency

11:54 AM on Tuesday, July 14

More than 30 mail ballots in Nevada’s June primary election were not counted because they were sent to the wrong office

11:39 AM on Tuesday, July 14

Senator Ron Wyden has accused Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of breaking the law by urging third-party candidates to drop out of Iowa congressional races

11:39 AM on Tuesday, July 14

Israel’s parliament has passed two laws that will effectively allow the continued exemption of ultra-Orthodox men from serving in the military

11:27 AM on Tuesday, July 14

A federal judge in Miami has awarded $314 million to three Americans jailed and allegedly tortured in Venezuela before being freed in a 2023 prisoner swap

10:51 AM on Tuesday, July 14

The sister of the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has been sworn in to fill his seat, just three days after his death

10:20 AM on Tuesday, July 14

The term weaponized vehicle has become commonplace at news conferences and in statements released by federal officials during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown

9:24 AM on Tuesday, July 14

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9:09 AM on Tuesday, July 14

Mahmoud Khalil is suing the federal government and several private groups for allegedly conspiring to suppress criticism of Israel

8:56 AM on Tuesday, July 14

A gold trader who admitted conspiring with a Turkish bank to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions has been sentenced to time served

7:16 AM on Tuesday, July 14

Todd Blanche is heading into a high-stakes test this week in his bid to become attorney general

3:45 AM on Tuesday, July 14

British lawmakers have approved a law aimed at preventing police and officials from covering up errors and wrongdoing

9:05 PM on Monday, July 13

The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham is renewing focus on the country’s aging lawmakers

3:28 PM on Monday, July 13

3:01 PM on Monday, July 13

U.S. inflation cooled last month as the cost of gas, clothes, and used cars fell, providing some relief to consumers, while underlying price pressures also slowed more than expected

2:59 PM on Monday, July 13

President Donald Trump is sharply reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah

9:06 PM on Sunday, July 12

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has named Darline Graham as her late brother Lindsey Graham’s temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate