“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump,” read 22 emails sent from the White House Presidential Personnel Office on Friday afternoon, April 24, 2026, “I am writing to inform you that your position as a member of the National Science Board is terminated, effective immediately.”

The email was signed “Thank you for your service...Read more

Divided along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, issued a ruling that severely weakens a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. That provision, known as Section 2, prohibited any discriminatory voting practice or election rule that results in less opportunity for minority groups to exercise their ...Read more

President Donald Trump sparked immediate outcry on April 12, 2026, when he posted an image of himself as a Jesus-like figure. The post, which Trump later said was supposed to depict him as a doctor, came shortly after the president criticized Pope Leo XIV as “weak” and “terrible.”

Three days later, Trump posted an image ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Almost a decade after a workplace harassment overhaul on Capitol Hill, staffers aren’t fully comfortable reporting misconduct — that is, if they even know where to turn, a range of lawmakers and aides told Roll Call.

Congress should finish the job it started during the #MeToo era, several said, especially after the recent ...Read more

When an active shooter threat disrupted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the president and members of his Cabinet were evacuated swiftly and efficiently. The threat ended with a shooter apprehended and a Truth Social post. Then President Donald Trump returned to the podium, bypassing the persistence of gun violence in this country to ...Read more

Google tracks the vast majority of cellphones in the United States, collecting your location, usage and device data through installed software and apps. The tracking occurs by various autonomous processes you cannot see or stop, even when you turn off location history, and Google and other companies keep that data for years. Outside of your ...Read more

Rep. Josh Harder, D-Tracy, faces a familiar slate of challengers as he seeks reelection in California’s 9th Congressional District in the June primary.

Harder faces four Republican challengers, three of whom have raised little to no donations, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Harder, a four-term congressman originally from ...Read more

Supreme Court justices pressed the federal government Wednesday about whether the president’s racist remarks about immigrants should factor into legal challenges to the Trump administration’s terminations of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, in a case that will have significant consequences for South Florida, the heart of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House passed a renewal of a key surveillance power Wednesday, a day before its statutory authority expires, sending it to a Senate that appears unlikely to pass that version of it.

The House, in a 235-191 vote that split members of both parties, approved legislation that would renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House is expected to vote as soon as Wednesday afternoon on a measure to reauthorize a powerful surveillance tool for three years — a day before its statutory authority is set to expire — after Republican leadership muscled through a resolution that set the guidelines for floor debate.

Congressional leaders are scrambling...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday sharply limited a part of the Voting Rights Act that has forced states to draw voting districts to help elect Black or Latino representatives to Congress as well as state and local boards.

In a 6-3 decision in Louisiana vs. Callais, the court ruled that creating these ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A Supreme Court decision Wednesday invalidating Louisiana’s congressional map and paring back the Voting Rights Act prompted some Republicans to call for redistricting in other states — even ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

The dissenters in the 6-3 decision warned that it would allow states with residential ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Tom Kean Jr.’s reelection could determine control of the House. So why has the New Jersey Republican been missing votes for almost 2 months?

Kean, 57, has not voted on a bill since March 5. He has missed 52 votes across 15 days of voting. His office has cited vague health issues, and the lack of detail is particularly out of the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Major chunks of House Republicans’ pre-recess agenda were back on track Wednesday as GOP leaders narrowly corralled the votes to push through a rule for floor debate on several big-ticket pieces of legislation.

The 216-210 vote on the rule came as there was no “Plan B” for the moment with the clock ticking toward expiration...Read more

The fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire announced on April 7, 2026, after 40 days of war came at an opportune time for the United States. Several reports indicate it is running out of weapons amid the conflict.

As a scholar focused on U.S. military deployments, these reports are concerning and somewhat surprising.

After all, the ...Read more

In a major ruling that would permit weakening the voting power of minorities in the United States, the Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana’s congressional map as “an unconstitutional gerrymander” and altered the court’s interpretation of the Voting Rights Act.

In a 6-3 decision, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's conservatives on Wednesday announced a major retreat from part of the Voting Rights Act that has forced states to elect at least some Black or Latino representatives to Congress as well as state and local boards.

In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that creating these majority-minority districts amounts to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court invalidated Louisiana’s congressional map Wednesday ahead of the midterm elections, in a decision that reshaped legal protections for minority voters and could lead to further redistricting nationwide.

The 6-3 decision found that Louisiana should not have been forced to draw a second congressional map with a ...Read more