A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s ban on military service by individuals who identify as transgender or have gender dysphoria, staying a lower-court order that blocked War Secretary Pete Hegseth from enforcing the policy. The 2–1 decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court […]

Senate Republicans plan to counter a Democratic-led vote on expiring Obamacare subsidies with a healthcare proposal of their own, marking a shift in strategy as the GOP debates how best to challenge Democrats on affordability. “We will have an alternative that we will put up that reflects the views of the Republicans here in the […]

Former Colorado election clerk Tina Peters’s legal team is intensifying pressure on President Donald Trump to pardon her, a move that puts the White House in a complicated position. A federal judge on Monday declined Peters’s bid to be released from prison on bond while an appeals court considers her challenge to a 2024 conviction […]

London Mayor Sadiq Khan responded to criticism from President Donald Trump by pointing to the Square Mile’s strong global rankings. Trump issued a new litany of critiques at Khan during a 45-minute conversation with Politico’s The Conversation, reiterating the attacks he first leveled against the London mayor in his United Nations speech in September. “If […]