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The Setback: A $1 billion funding request intended for White House security upgrades—partially linked to Donald Trump's planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom—was blocked from a broader immigration enforcement bill. Why it was…

It is always incredibly sad to lose a character actor who felt like a permanent fixture of our movie-watching lives. James Tolkan truly cornered the market on the "no-nonsense authority…

Texas is caught between two competing democratic principles: accountability and restraint. Supporters of penalties for lawmakers who break quorum argue that elected officials were chosen to participate in the legislative…

President Donald Trump stirred reactions online after posting around 25 AI-generated sci-fi images on Truth Social featuring aliens, space warfare, and military scenes. One image showed Trump walking beside an…

A U.S. State Department officer, Daniel Choi, was fired after secretly admitting on hidden camera that he hid a romantic relationship with the daughter of a Chinese Communist Party affiliate…