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U.S. President Donald Trump has said he would have a direct conversation with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te as he makes a final decision on approving U.S. companies to sell billions of dollars’ worth of weapons to Taiwan. “I’ll speak to…

White House-designated border czar Tom Homan said in an interview published on May 20 that the administration is working to increase the number of deportations amid a slowdown following a leadership shakeup. “We are after everyone, but again, you’ve got…

President Donald Trump arrives back at Joint Base Andrews on May 20 after delivering the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy.

President Donald Trump delivered the 145th commencement address on May 20 for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy at Cadet Memorial Field in New London, Connecticut, honoring 260 graduates. “It’s a true honor to be here this magnificent day at one…

Two police officers present during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach have filed suit to prevent President Donald Trump from implementing his settlement agreement with the IRS and Treasury Department. Their suit, filed on May 20, alleges that funds…

The Department of Justice holds a memorial reception and press conference in Miami on May 20 honoring Brothers to the Rescue Cuban exile pilots killed in the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft by Cuban fighter jets. ...

House leaders hold separate press conferences on May 20, with Republicans speaking following their weekly party meeting at 10 a.m. ET and Democrats holding a post-caucus press conference at 1 p.m. ET. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Leader Steve…

Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Carlos A. Giménez (R-Fla.), and Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) hold a press conference on making the case for indicting former Cuban President Raúl Castro at 9 a.m. ET on May 20. ...

The Trump administration has launched a pilot program to locate missing foster children, with 13 children already recovered in Mississippi, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on May 18. HHS said the program, called “Operation Hope” and…

The House Education and Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions holds a hearing at 10:15 a.m. ET on May 20 titled “Bad Medicine: Politics, Unions, and Antisemitism in Health Care.” ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 19 directing the Federal Reserve to review policies governing fintech companies’ access to payment accounts and services. In his order, Trump said the government must remove burdensome regulatory barriers to…

A three-judge federal appeals panel is expected to issue a decision by year’s end on a lawsuit challenging Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s May 2025 emergency order that prevented a Michigan utility from closing a 64-year-old coal-fired power plant. How the…

If all politics is local, as former House Speaker Tip O’Neill said in tying politicians’ fortunes to constituents’ pocketbooks, then a voter’s electricity bill is about as local as an issue can get, landing on kitchen tables every month. With…

As tensions mount in the high stakes race for California governor, early results show Republicans have returned more than 905,000 ballots ahead of the June 2 primary election—a massive surge compared with the last governor’s race during the 2022 midterms.…

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump welcomed hundreds of congressmembers and their families to the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday. The bipartisan annual tradition began in its current form in 1967 when President Lyndon B.…

Voters on Tuesday headed to the polls in states across the country for some of the most-anticipated battles of the 2026 midterm election season. May 19 marks the largest day of primary elections yet, seeing ballots cast across six states:…

The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday directing President Donald Trump to withdraw American forces from the Iran conflict unless Congress authorizes continued operations or declares war. Lawmakers approved the resolution by a 50–47 vote. The measure, rooted in the 1973 War…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 19 directing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to provide banks with an advisory on financial risks posed by individuals living in the country illegally. In his order, Trump urged banks to pay…

A panel of federal appeals court judges on May 19 grappled with the Trump administration’s efforts to procure unredacted voter registration records from California and Oregon. The hearing came as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been reaching out…

SAVANNAH, Ga.—Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms won the Democratic nomination in Georgia’s gubernatorial primary on May 19 by a wide margin over her opponents, fulfilling previous polls’ projections. There were seven qualified Democrats running in the party’s race for the…