Democrats are pushing back against Republican claims that their response during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address will hurt them politically, arguing the split-screen moment is unlikely to reshape the 2026 midterm election landscape even as the GOP moves quickly to turn it into campaign messaging. The debate followed a moment in which Democrats […]

A federal judge has, for now, barred the Justice Department from searching the electronic devices of a Washington Post reporter that were seized by the FBI last month, ruling instead that the court will conduct its own review of the materials. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Porter of Virginia wrote in a decision late Tuesday that […]

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos is scheduled to visit the White House on Thursday as the streaming service navigates political regulatory headwinds tied to its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. It is unclear whether Sarandos will meet with President Donald Trump, although the visit comes after the president issued a public demand that Netflix remove […]

A federal judge ruled this week that the Trump administration’s policy of deporting illegal immigrants to third countries is unlawful, despite the Supreme Court allowing the policy to continue last year. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, ruled on Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security’s policy of deporting […]