Politics

President Donald Trump announced that he will sign an executive order next week to end the government's push for paper straws.

President Donald Trump met with Republican House leaders to discuss his tax plans.

The House of Representatives passed a bill protecting American energy production by prohibiting a federal moratorium on fracking.

Laurie Pohutsky, a Democratic state representative for Michigan, announced that she sterilized herself to avoid pregnancy during Donald Trump's second term as president.

The Department of Justice announced that it instructed authorities in the Dominican Republic to seize a plane belonging to the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on behalf of the U.S.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced that the state is committed to assisting in ICE deportation efforts.

Washington’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Chris Reykdal, announced that he is working with the state's attorney general to combat President Donald Trump's order prohibiting transgender individuals from participating in women's sports.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is appealing an order issued by a federal judge in Seattle blocking President Donald Trump’s order against birthright citizenship.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) said during an interview with CNN that those who lost their homes in the state's fires "can't rebuild the same."

President Trump’s recent executive actions face growing resistance in federal courts, as judges block several of his key policies. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour in Seattle recently struck down Trump’s order to limit birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” and affirming it as a protected right under the 14th Amendment. In Boston, Judge George O’Toole paused Trump’s federal worker resignation program, awaiting further arguments.