March 25, 2026 3:33 PM ET Democrats are refusing to provide votes for a newly brokered deal to fund the partially shut down Department of Homeland Security over a lack of ICE reforms — even though the agency is left out of the funding deal. The plan, negotiated by a group of Senate Republicans in
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Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer March 25, 2026 11:54 AM ET Jill and Michael Katz tragically lost their daughter, Sarah, at 21, and are turning her death into advocacy. Sarah suffered from a heart condition, QT syndrome type 1, that required daily medication and avoidance of triggering substances to ensure her heart rate stayed
March 24, 2026 10:36 AM ET Former special counsel Jack Smith sought nearly two years’ worth of Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel’s phone records, new documents show. Smith’s team subpoenaed records of phone calls and text messages — which did not include their content — as well as Patel’s mailing, residential and email
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March 23, 2026 8:31 PM ET The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday night, the 38th day of the department’s partial shutdown. The Senate confirmed Republican Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary the same day the administration sent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents
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March 22, 2026 6:44 PM ET The Senate on Sunday advanced President Donald Trump’s nomination of Republican Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to be the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, bolstered by the surprise support of one Democrat who considers the nominee his friend. The Senate voted 54-37 during a rare Sunday session
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March 17, 2026 10:33 AM ET Republican Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson’s company has been linked to a subsidiary focused on recruiting foreign nurses for U.S. health care facilities. Jackson Healthcare — a firm owned by Jackson which markets itself as “the parent company to many of the healthcare industry’s leading brands” — acquired Florida-based
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March 17, 2026 8:25 AM ET The SAVE America Act will be brought to the floor as soon as Tuesday for robust debate over voter ID legislation that President Donald Trump calls his “Number 1 priority.” The bill will be brought as a “message from the House,” a procedure that requires a simple majority vote
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March 13, 2026 9:33 PM ET Both longtime Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and his GOP primary opponent Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have been invited to the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), although only one will attend. While Paxton has been listed as a confirmed speaker on CPAC’s website since March 6, a
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March 13, 2026 4:49 PM ET Kennedy Center President Ric Grenell will be stepping down from his position overseeing the national cultural center. Matt Floca, the vice president of facilities at the Kennedy Center, will take over for Grenell, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social. The Kennedy Center board is expected to meet on
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March 13, 2026 2:57 PM ET The Trump administration has reportedly ordered more soldiers to the Middle East amid the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. As Iran increases the scale of its attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon is now moving a Marine expeditionary unit to the region, three U.S. officials told The Wall
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