The Supreme Court appeared uneasy on Monday with the implications of Mississippi’s late-arriving mail ballot law — and how defining “Election Day” by when voters make their decisions, rather than by when the state receives their ballots, could create a mess of other issues. The high court heard arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee, […]

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is calling an emergency Cabinet meeting following reports of Iranian strikes aimed at the U.S.-U.K. joint military base on Diego Garcia, but the British government will be examining “cost of living” concerns, not “military considerations.” The prime minister is convening a Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms meeting on Monday, a type […]

President Donald Trump said Monday that National Guard members deployed as part of his national crime initiative will begin receiving active-duty benefits. Trump announced the move during a visit to Tennessee to highlight the work of the Memphis Safe Task Force, described by White House officials as “a decisive, aggressive federal intervention involving the National […]

President Donald Trump rejected the latest attempt by Senate Republicans to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, dismissing a plan that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a later date. White House aides briefed the president on the plan Sunday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, as Democrats demand new guardrails on […]