A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to either release more un-redacted files on Jeffrey Epstein or provide an explanation for keeping them sealed.

Israel, Lebanon, and the United States signed a Trilateral Framework aimed at bringing peace to the region.

A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of Jonathan Rinderknecht, the man accused of deliberately igniting the Palisades Fire on New Year's Day 2025, after a jury deadlocked 10-2 in favor of acquittal following more than 13 hours of deliberations.

President Donald Trump warned against the rise of communism in the United States during a speech at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference.

The EU approved legislation this week implementing its trade deals with the United States.

Vice President JD Vance said Thursday the Watergate scandal that forced President Richard Nixon from office would have faded as a brief media cycle in today's environment, comparing the institutions he says brought down Nixon to those he believes targeted President Trump.

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton pleaded guilty to illegally retaining classified documents.

President Donald Trump will make his first flight aboard the Qatari-gifted Boeing 747-8 next Wednesday, departing for North Dakota to attend a dedication ceremony at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, a White House official confirmed Friday.

New York Rep. Mike Lawler (R) is urging the Trump administration to prevent the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian healthcare workers. His call follows the Supreme Court ruling that the Trump administration may terminate TPS.

President Trump has nominated Chris Klomp to be the next Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.

A federal judge halted part of the Trump administration's new student loan caps late Wednesday, blocking the Education Department's definition of "professional degree" that had left nurses, physical therapists, public health workers and dozens of other healthcare fields subject to lower borrowing limits than traditional professional programs.

North Korea has commissioned its first nuclear-capable surface warship, a 5,000-ton destroyer named the Choe Hyon, in a ceremony that leader Kim Jong-un used to declare his navy's nuclear transformation is proceeding on schedule.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it is expecting to screen 18.7 million travelers over the Fourth of July holiday period, from Tuesday, June 30, through Monday, July 6.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) issued a temporary restriction on fireworks for the entire state.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a Singapore-flagged container ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, forcing the United Nations maritime agency to temporarily halt its plan to evacuate trapped vessels from the waterway and throwing global shipping into fresh turmoil.

President Trump signed an executive order to boost regenerative agriculture as a means of supporting food security.

The House Appropriations Committee advanced its $1.1 trillion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2027 on Wednesday, voting along party lines 34-27 to send the legislation forward with a provision that would officially rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a blunt message to America's Gulf allies this week: any deal with Iran will not come at your expense.

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a ruling this week that should have been unnecessary to obtain in the first place. In a 2-1 decision handed down Tuesday, the court restored the Trump administration's authority to apply expedited removal to undocumented immigrants anywhere in the country, not merely near the border, reversing a lower-court injunction that had blocked the policy for months. The ruling is a legal victory, and it is the right outcome, but the fact that the federal government had to fight its way through multiple layers of litigation simply to enforce a statute that Congress passed in 1996 tells you a great deal about how far the judiciary has drifted from its proper role.

Texas is expected to vote this week on making Bible reading mandatory in public schools.