President Trump nominated Dr. Nicole B. Saphier to be the next US Surgeon General after the previous pick, Casey Means, failed to receive Senate support.
President Donald Trump called Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday and pressed him to redraw the state's congressional maps, a move that could eliminate the state's only Democratic House seat, held by Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis.
Two Democratic Socialists of America-backed city councilmembers in Los Angeles are pushing a proposal that would allow noncitizens, including illegal immigrants, to vote in local elections.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against a Houston-area "birth tourism” scheme that is allegedly responsible for more than a thousand American-born babies.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) announced this week that the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets will hold a hearing on the MK-Ultra program in May.
House Republicans passed a budget blueprint Wednesday to begin unlocking federal funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on day 74 of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, before leaving Washington for a two-week recess.
The Trump White House fired back at Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday after she moved to claim credit for a $43.4 million steel manufacturing expansion in her state, a deal the administration says was made possible by President Trump's tariff agenda.
