President Donald Trump signed a bill on Thursday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, marking an end to the 76-day partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14. The White House announced the president’s signing of the legislation on Thursday afternoon after it passed the House hours earlier. Trump did not immediately […]

Senate Republicans managed to reject what was the sixth bipartisan attempt on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump’s Iran war powers since the conflict began more than two months ago, but the results foreshadowed obstacles ahead from members of his party over a legal deadline. The vote underscored growing Republican frustrations with the war ahead […]

Louisiana will hold early voting this weekend ahead of its May 16 primary, but not for its six seats in the U.S. House. GOP Secretary of State Nancy Landry made the announcement Thursday shortly after the Republican-controlled state legislature signaled it was likely to redraw the congressional map. “This is a mandatory step prior to […]

The Iranian men’s soccer team is set to play in the World Cup in the United States this summer, FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed on Thursday as the war in the Middle East remains unresolved. Infantino made the announcement in Canada at the FIFA Congress. Iran was the only nation out of the sports body’s […]