The IRS fell short of its original goal of hundreds of thousands of users for the first year of its Direct File program with just a little more than 140,000 people taking advantage of the online ...
Congressional Republicans, stung by embarrassing projects that slipped into spending bills this year, announced rules Thursday to limit the types of pork-barrel projects that can be funded. Law...
Supreme Court justices clashed Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s claims of “absolute immunity” from prosecution for his official acts in the White House as they sorted through c...
The Biden administration on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to declare federal law supreme and to force states with severe abortion bans to allow exceptions in emergency cases where a woman’s...
Justice Sonia Sotomayor botched the status of abortion laws Wednesday when she said some states bar all abortions, even in cases where the mother's life is at stake. She was sparring with Joshu...
A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. The governm...
The Biden administration, stung by resistance from sanctuary cities, moved Tuesday to rebrand the government’s immigration law detective force, saying Homeland Security Investigations does far ...
The Supreme Court battled Tuesday over marriage rights and whether a couple’s desire to live together can trump the government’s decision to block gang members and other dangerous persons fro...
Elon Musk’s X banned a post that claimed noncitizens are registering and voting in U.S. elections on a wide scale, saying it was “hate speech” and violated the platform’s terms because it...
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up a dispute over ghost guns — firearms that can be assembled and lack serial numbers — during its next term. The Biden administration had as...
The Supreme Court will take up former President Donald Trump’s “absolute immunity” defense Thursday, and a favorable ruling could nullify many of the criminal charges against him. The cas...
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives approved a bill last week that would give police the power to arrest illegal immigrants for “impermissible occupation,” becoming the latest state to try ...
Key Democrats revealed new legislation Friday that would strip former President Donald Trump of his Secret Service agents if he is convicted and sentenced to prison. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, th...
Senate Republicans announced new legislation Friday requiring Homeland Security notification every time an illegal immigrant tries to buy a gun, giving deportation officers a chance to take actio...
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, fresh off his partisan exoneration from House impeachment charges, made a rocky return to Capitol Hill on Thursday to face furious Republicans who ...
Homeland Security had released the illegal immigrant accused of killing Laken Riley into the U.S. because it lacked the detention space, according to his confidential immigration file. Sen. Jos...
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday said he never read the articles of impeachment against him, drawing a rebuke from senators. Mr. Mayorkas was appearing on Capitol Hill...
Members of Congress announced legislation Thursday to prod the Biden administration to conduct an inventory of the U.S. gunpowder supply chain and offer suggestions to ensure enough will be avail...
The Senate voted to dismiss articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, the first time the chamber has exonerated a public official without holdin...