Senate tweaks to Trump tax bill seen adding to debt in line with House plan

Senate Republicans' proposed changes to President Donald Trump's tax bill are expected to push debt levels higher, roughly in line with previous projections, analysts said Tuesday.

Los Angeles mayor lifts curfew imposed after immigration raids, protests

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday lifted a curfew imposed on part of the city's downtown to curb crime in the wake of raids on undocumented migrants that prompted protests.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee criticism grows nationally over apparent joke about Minnesota murder suspect

Salt Lake City — Backlash has continued to swell over comments that Utah Sen. Mike Lee made on social media —

Elon Musk's X sues New York to block social media hate speech law

Elon Musk's X Corp sued New York on Tuesday, challenging the constitutionality of a state law that requires social media companies to disclose how they monitor hate speech.

Disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez begins serving his 11-year bribery sentence

Former Sen. Bob Menendez arrived at a federal prison on Tuesday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for accepting bribes of gold and cash.

Trump says he will probably extend TikTok deadline again

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would likely extend a deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short video app TikTok.

A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed. The resulting Juneteenth holiday has only grown in the one and a half centuries since then.

In historic first, NAACP will not invite Trump to convention

The NAACP said it will not invite Donald Trump to its annual convention next month, the first time the 116-year-old civil rights organization has not asked a sitting U.S. president to attend its convention.

White House Religious Liberty Commission discusses faith and religious freedom

Attorney General Pam Bondi addressed members of the Department of Justice's Religious Liberty Commission ahead of its first meeting, held at the Museum of the Bible.

Israel-Iran air war enters sixth day; Trump calls for Iran's 'unconditional surrender'

Iran and Israel traded new missile strikes Wednesday as the air war between the two enemies entered a sixth day despite a call from President Donald Trump for Iran's unconditional surrender.