WASHINGTON — The House Republican Steering Committee late Monday recommended Rep. Andrew Garbarino of New York to succeed Mark E. Green to chair the House Homeland Security Committee.

Garbarino, who currently chairs the committee’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection subcommittee, beat three other candidates who sought the gavel: ...Read more

Rep. Andy Barr has been a steady presence in his 12-plus years as congressman for the Central Kentucky-based 6th Congressional District.

Now, as he eyes winning a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2026, the primaries to replace him are becoming the most crowded of any in recent Kentucky history.

Three candidates on each side of the aisle have signed ...Read more

The White House said it would remove The Wall Street Journal from the small group of reporters traveling with the president on his upcoming trip to Scotland after the newspaper published a story alleging Donald Trump once sent a suggestive birthday letter to the late, disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“As the appeals ...Read more

When Rep. Mike Levin thinks about immigration, particularly “Dreamers,” it’s his grandparents who come to mind.

His grandparents, his mother’s parents, came to the U.S. from Mexico as young kids, without formal education, money or the ability to speak English, Levin said. But they worked hard, paid taxes, contributed to their community....Read more

On the face of it, the U.S. involvement in Ukraine bears little similarity to the 20-year Afghanistan war, not least because there are no American boots on the ground in Europe.

Yet there are similarities for President Donald Trump: resolving the conflict is proving no easy task, and he risks getting shackled with responsibility — and ...Read more

Hunter Biden is blaming his father’s poor 2024 presidential debate performance on Ambien that he said doctors prescribed to help him deal with jet lag.

In a podcast interview released Monday, the onetime first son said former President Joe Biden was likely exhausted from the rigors of world travel ahead of the June clash that led to his ...Read more

More Americans than not say they believe a recent report from The Wall Street Journal claiming President Donald Trump once sent a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein, according to a new YouGov poll.

Many are also convinced the men were “close friends” and that Trump knew about Epstein’s alleged crimes before they became public.

The poll ...Read more

Support for President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda has declined noticeably in the six months since he took office, according to new polling.

The latest CBS News/YouGov survey revealed that more Americans now disapprove than approve of the president’s approach to immigration and deportations.

The slip in approval coincides with the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican appropriators are pushing back against Trump administration plans to shake up the structure of the Justice Department, signaling a break with the White House’s vision for the department.

President Donald Trump’s administration has aimed to end the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as a separate ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami’s decision to postpone its 2025 election to 2026 without voter approval was unlawful and unconstitutional, a judge has ruled.

Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Valerie Manno Schurr on Monday issued a written opinion in a lawsuit filed by Miami mayoral candidate Emilio González.

The former city manager sued the city after the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has spent recent days leaning into cultural issues championed by his “Make America Great Again” base amid the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein saga, as he looks to reinforce his still-solid support among Republican voters.

Still, at the six-month mark of his second term and with several legislative achievements ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s recently enacted tax and spending law will add $3.4 trillion to U.S. deficits over a decade and leave millions without health care coverage, according to a new estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

The CBO score for the law, released Monday, reflects a $4.5 trillion decrease in ...Read more

A federal judge in Boston cast doubt on the legality of the Trump administration’s termination of more than $2 billion in federal research funding for Harvard University over alleged institutional failures including antisemitism on campus.

In a hearing Monday, U.S. Judge Allison Burroughs raised questions about the constitutionality of the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota state Sen. Eric Pratt has entered the Republican field in the race to replace Rep. Angie Craig in Minnesota’s most closely contested congressional district.

The four-term state senator from Prior Lake vowed to go all in for President Donald Trump and push his agenda forward in Congress, after far-right Republicans ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — President Donald Trump on Monday, days before Bryan Kohberger is scheduled to be sentenced, weighed in on the plea deal that allowed the 30-year-old to avoid the death penalty for killing four University of Idaho students in their Moscow home.

“These were vicious murders, with so many questions left unanswered,” Trump ...Read more

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and other Democrats on next year’s ballot are betting that President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget and spending package will come back to haunt Republicans — and a new poll shows how they plan to make their case.

A Public Policy Polling survey of Georgia voters commissioned by national Democrats found ...Read more

NEW YORK — The front of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Bronx campaign office was defaced with red paint and a sign accusing her of funding “genocide in Gaza,” police said Monday.

The vandalism was reported to police in a 12:43 a.m. Monday 911 call.

Red paint was splattered across the front of her office on Herschell Street near ...Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sought to buy time in office following a second election setback in less than a year. But whether he stays days, weeks or even months, Sunday’s vote made clear that his Liberal Democratic Party needs an overhaul to stay relevant.

Ishiba on Monday vowed to remain in his job even though his LDP-led ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The big question on Capitol Hill this week is whether Senate Democrats agree to help kick off the appropriations process.

Senate Majority Leader Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has set up a Tuesday test vote on taking up the first fiscal 2026 spending bill, the generally popular measure funding military construction projects and the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he wants to hire 10,000 new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, but experts and the history of law enforcement hiring sprees suggest the process could be challenging, lengthy and possibly result in problematic hires.

The massive funding bill signed ...Read more