The Trump administration is moving to preserve a potentially seismic financial case against the nation’s largest facilitator of abortions, Planned Parenthood, as Republicans’ midterm collapse threatens to dismantle a powerful engine of anti-abortion litigation in Texas. The Justice Department notified a federal court Friday that it plans to intervene in the Medicaid billing lawsuit seeking […]

The FBI launched an investigation into an alleged homicide aboard a cruise ship that returned to a Texas port Monday, prompting federal authorities to respond to the vessel before it resumed its Caribbean voyage. The investigation centers on the MSC Seascape, which docked in Galveston after authorities directed the ship to return to port following […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) declined to commit to serving out his full term in the 120th Congress after Democrats swept up control of both chambers in the midterm elections. Johnson had already ruled out seeking minority leadership last week, but in his first remarks since Nov. 3, the speaker was asked about his plans […]

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation has abruptly canceled a hearing with Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Bryan Bedford less than 24 hours before the appearance was scheduled, according to the committee. The Tuesday morning hearing was supposed to cover how the FAA was fulfilling its $12.5 billion project to roll out the “Brand-New […]