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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche gave details on May 19 about the implementation of a settlement fund stemming from President Donald Trump’s $10 billion suit against the IRS. The money is being set aside after Trump sued the federal government…

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on May 19 that when finished, his planned White House ballroom will be the “safest building ever built” and will serve both as a ceremonial venue and as a military-grade facility to help protect the nation’s…

The acting head of the U.S. Department of Justice said on May 19 that the agency added new terms favorable to President Donald Trump to the settlement of the president’s lawsuit over alleged IRS leaking of his tax returns. In…

BETHLEHEM, Penn.—A union boss and firefighter managed to secure endorsements from key Democratic Party figures ahead of a primary election on May 19 to challenge a vulnerable Pennsylvania Republican. Meanwhile, voters in the state’s 7th Congressional District—one of the most…

BOONE COUNTY, Ky.—Far from super PAC war rooms and the halls of Capitol Hill, Tiffany Cianci takes a break from the barrage of on-air interviews from an Airbnb overlooking the Ohio River in rural northern Kentucky. The rental serves as…

President Donald Trump on May 19 suggested that he had given Iran two or three days to come up with a proposal on a peace deal, a day after he announced he had suspended pre-planned strikes against the country. The…

Ninth Circuit hears oral arguments at 12 p.m. ET on May 19 in the Justice Department’s appeal (USA v. Weber, et al.) of a lower court’s dismissal of its lawsuit trying to compel California to hand over its unredacted voter…

President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the May 26 GOP Senate runoff in Texas. In a May 19 post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that Paxton has been loyal to him and is a “MAGA Warrior.”…

National Public Radio (NPR) is cutting newsroom positions and restructuring its editorial operations as the public broadcaster adjusts to reduced federal support after President Donald Trump’s order to end taxpayer funding for NPR and PBS over what he said was…

Indonesia’s defense minister said on May 19 that a letter of intent signed last month with U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did not commit Jakarta to granting U.S. military aircraft access to Indonesian airspace. The letter of intent signed…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion on May 18 requesting that its criminal indictment against executives of Indian renewable-energy company Adani Green Energy Limited be permanently dropped. In November 2024, under President Joe Biden, the DOJ filed criminal…

Newly confirmed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, pledging new tactics to fight inflation, faces an uphill battle to keep rising prices in check.  At his April 21 Senate confirmation hearing, Warsh called for “a regime change in the conduct of…

Voters in Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Idaho head to the polls on May 19 for a slate of primary elections that will shape key gubernatorial, Senate, House, and statewide contests ahead of November. Here is what to watch…

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 18 ordered lower courts to reconsider rulings in two redistricting cases that concern whether private individuals may sue to enforce a federal law that bans discriminatory voting practices. The court directed the lower courts…

President Donald Trump said on May 18 that he will ask the Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch a probe into a mail-in ballot error in Maryland. Trump’s statement came after the Maryland Board of Elections announced on May 15…

The Federal Aviation Administration has invested $970 million to make airports more family-friendly, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced Monday. Airports in 45 states will get upgrades that will include new children’s play spaces, mother’s rooms (also known as…

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has said there is no change in American policy on Taiwan, despite President Donald Trump’s recent comments linking arms sales to negotiations with China. Greer made the statement on ABC’s This Week program Sunday. He…

Reality television personality Spencer Pratt will walk away from Los Angeles entirely if his unconventional mayoral bid falls short, arguing the “American dream” does not exist under his opponents. The 42-year-old made those remarks during an interview with comedian Adam…

Wild squirrels are seen roaming through Boston Common, America’s oldest city park, on May 18.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on May 18 new sanctions against several Cuban government agencies and senior officials to address “repression in Cuba and threats to U.S. national security.” “I designated 11 Cuban regime elites and three government…