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Democrats are unsure how much money they should spend in Texas even as hopes rise that state Sen. James Talarico, their nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, could finally turn the state blue.

Former President Barack Obama said the presidential runs in the 1980s by the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. set the stage for other Black leaders, including himself.

The Florida Bar has opened an ethics investigation into attorney Lindsey Halligan over criminal cases brought against former FBI Director James B. Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The Trump administration secured a victory Thursday when a federal appeals court vacated a lower-court ruling that placed use-of-force restrictions on immigration enforcement officers during Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago.

The Department of Justice has not shelved its investigation into the use of autopens by White House aides who served in the Biden administration, three people told the Washington Examiner.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth praised Kristi Noem after she was fired by President Donald Trump on Thursday as secretary of homeland security.

Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow told Newsmax on Thursday that a controversy over a multimillion-dollar border security ad campaign featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is the “biggest scandal” he has seen in the Trump administration.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., said he was grateful for his nomination to be the new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

The share of Americans dipping into workplace retirement plans for emergency cash rose again last year, with Vanguard reporting that 6% of workers in its 401(k) plans took a hardship withdrawal in 2025, up from 5% in 2024.

The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution Thursday to halt President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran, a rapidly widening conflict that is reordering U.S. priorities at home and abroad.It’s the second vote in as many days, after the Senate…