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Texas Republican Ken Paxton is stepping up his Senate bid against GOP Sen. John Cornyn

DALLAS (AP) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will be in an unfamiliar setting Monday night: heading his first campaign rally since the Republican announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate 10 months ago. Paxton's scheduled appearance is part of his stepped-up campaign to ...
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US judge tells National Park Service to reinstall Philadelphia slavery exhibit

By Chris Prentice NEW YORK, Feb 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Pennsylvania on Monday ordered the National Park Service to reinstall a slavery exhibit at a Philadelphia historic site, pending the outcome of ongoing litigation after the city sued the federal government over ...
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Trump says US government to step in to protect Potomac River after sewage leak

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday the federal government will step in to protect the Potomac River following the collapse of a major sewer pipe in the Washington, D.C., region last month. "I am directing Federal Authorities ...
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US Treasury sets up website for whistleblower tips on fraud, money laundering

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday announced a new website to accept whistleblower tips on fraud, money laundering and sanctions violations, on the heels of a scandal involving federal funds intended for social welfare programs in Minnesota. In a statement, ...
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US health regulators to consider safety status of processed ingredients, RFK Jr. says

By Michelle Conlin NEW YORK, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration will consider a petition to revoke the safety status of dozens of processed refined carbohydrates unless food companies can prove they are safe and not contributing to health issues and obesity, ...
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Trump border czar dismisses Democratic demands to reform ICE

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) - White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday brushed off Democratic demands to reform ICE amid mounting backlash over the agency's tactics and a partisan deadlock over homeland security funding. Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers doubled down on their calls ...
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Treasury official Hurley set to leave his post after friction with Bessent, Bloomberg News reports

Feb 15 (Reuters) - John Hurley, the U.S. government's top sanctions official, is set to leave his post as the Treasury under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence after friction with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. Reuters could not immediately verify ...
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Democrats willing to spend tens of millions to reshape Virginia voting maps, top lawmaker says

By Ted Hesson and Ryan Patrick Jones WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The Democratic Party is willing to spend tens of millions on a Virginia redistricting effort that could gain the party four more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, the chamber's top Democrat ...
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US releases $30 million of frozen New York tunnel funding

By David Shepardson Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Friday released $30 million of $205 million in frozen federal funding for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project in New York after New York and New Jersey sued to challenge the decision. The two states ...
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Trump says he will seek to require voter ID for midterms regardless of Congress

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would seek to impose voter identification requirements for the November midterm elections whether Congress approves them or not, without explaining the legal rationale underlying his assertion. Trump added that he plans ...
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped

By Nate Raymond, Kristina Cooke and Brad Heath WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump's administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found. The decisions ...
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Trump administration deportations to 3rd countries cost taxpayers ‘upward of $40M’: Report

(NEW YORK) -- The Trump administration's deportations to third countries last year are estimated to have cost taxpayers "upward of $40 million," with some third-country migrants costing more than $1 million each, according to a Democratic congressional report released Friday.The 30-page report is the ...
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