A federal appeals court says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin acted outside his authority last year when he halted a plea deal that would have spared Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, 9/11 mastermind, and two others from facing the death penalty.
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- Trump appeals to Supreme Court to shut down deportation amnesty for Venezuelan immigrantsby Stephen Dinan on May 1, 2025 at 8:54 pm
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to step in and allow Homeland Security to shut down a Biden-era deportation amnesty that's protecting hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans from deportation, saying lower courts have trampled on President Trump's powers.
- Republicans split on approach to curbing Obamacare Medicaid expansionby Lindsey McPherson on May 1, 2025 at 8:40 pm
House Republicans are struggling to coalesce around a proposal for scaling back the expansion to Medicaid made under Obamacare as they search for savings for President Trump's "big, beautiful bill."
- Trump launches religious liberty commissionby Jeff Mordock on May 1, 2025 at 8:26 pm
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to create a new presidential commission on religious liberty.
- Grassley calls on FBI to release Biden-era emails over jailed first-term Trump personnelby Kerry Picket on May 1, 2025 at 8:11 pm
Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley on Thursday asked the FBI for internal communications regarding the prosecution of President Trump and his first-term White House staff.
- Squad's Omar curses reporter for asking about visits to deported gang memberby Susan Ferrechio on May 1, 2025 at 7:52 pm
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Democrats' leading figure in the far-left Squad, used a four-letter word to shoo off a reporter who asked whether her party should be visiting a deported illegal immigrant who's an accused member of the brutal gang MS-13.