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A federal lawsuit filed Thursday in the Middle District of Louisiana seeks to block state officials from suspending U.S. House primary elections after the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map for relying too heavily on race. The lawsuit was…

Louisiana Democrats on Thursday criticized the suspension of U.S. House primaries in the state one day after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidated the state’s congressional map. “We are absolutely concerned about the whole process and the way it…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that seeks to address longstanding problems in the federal government’s contracting system, citing “unpredictable costs,” “bloated overhead,” and weak performance incentives that have driven up spending and reduced accountability. In a new…

Save, budget, invest, and plan, and you’ll have a direct stake in helping the American economy thrive for its next 250 years, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a group of middle school students on Thursday. Bessent’s brief remarks, delivered inside…

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on April 30 released a new video of Cole Allen, the alleged shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The video allegedly shows Cole Allen shooting a U.S. Secret Service officer during his attempt to assassinate…

The Department of Education has released a final rule that aims to lower the cost of college and make student loan repayment easier.  The department will implement loan limits and other “common-sense” measures for financing higher education and protecting families…

In his latest action targeting Minnesota fraud, Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said his agency would delay paying $91 million in Medicaid claims to the state. “This is about protecting patients and respecting…

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine faced numerous pointed questions about the Iran conflict in their first set of public hearings since the fighting began on Feb. 28. Hegseth and…

Ambassador Mike Waltz, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, hosts NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and the crew members of NASA’s Artemis II mission at the United Nations at 7 p.m. ET on April 30, following their historic journey around the…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on April 30 an expansion of an H-1B visa fraud probe to include almost 30 North Texas businesses. ​In a statement, Paxton said that Civil Investigative Demands had been issued to those businesses as…

The Justice Department has created a West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force targeting health care fraud in Arizona, Nevada, and the San Francisco area in Northern California. The multi-district enforcement effort will bring together the department’s Health Care Fraud…

“Who is your choice to BEAT Marcy?” That catchphrase for a recent GOP candidate forum in Toledo, Ohio, is also the question that voters along Lake Erie will decide on May 5 in one of the nation’s most-closely watched congressional…

President Donald Trump on April 30 signed legislation ending the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown after 11 weeks. The department had been partially shuttered for 76 days since Feb. 14, resulting in long Transportation Security Administration lines at airports…

Congress on Thursday passed a bill to temporarily extend a spying authority of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for 45 days as congressional debate on the controversial measure continues. The House passed the “clean” extension without…

FCC Chair Brendan Carr holds a news conference at 12:30 p.m. ET on April 30, following the April 2026 Open Commission meeting in Washington.

The U.S. Department of Justice holds the 33rd federal interagency Holocaust Remembrance Program at 11 a.m. ET on April 30.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump say goodbye to King Charles and Queen Camilla at the White House at 10:50 a.m. ET on April 30 before they head to Virginia for their final stop in the United States.…

The Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing to examine the Department of War budget request for fiscal year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program, with an open session beginning at approximately 11 a.m. ET on April 30. Witnesses…

Maine Gov. Janet Mills suspended her Senate campaign on April 30, citing insufficient financial resources. “When I decided to run for the United States Senate last year, it was because I believed Maine people were getting a bad deal from…

Blackouts, shortages, fuel rationing, and empty streets now define daily life in Cuba. Although the norm for decades, these hardships have reached catastrophic proportions as the island nation suffers its worst energy and economic crisis since the fall of the…