ATF’s proposed rule would explicitly cover overnight hotel stops, refueling and other routine breaks as protected interstate transport for lawful gun owners. The agency is taking comments through Aug. 4.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer told a D.C. crowd Somalis who "don't assimilate" should go back where they came from, drawing sharp rebukes from Minnesota leaders.

The District reached an undisclosed settlement with Sam O'Hara after his brief detention while playing the 'Imperial March' during protests; claims against a guard member remain.

Nellis’ official social pages now identify as the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, a shift that lands amid congressional moves to formalize a Pentagon rebrand. The change reframes the base’s public identity around a warfare-center mission that spans multiple wings.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna forced the House to close early this week as hard‑liners withheld procedural support to press the Senate on the Trump‑backed SAVE America Act.

Kenyan McDuffie and Phil Mendelson won low-turnout special elections in Washington, D.C., and will serve out vacated council terms, shifting council dynamics.

A D.C. judge gave the DOJ until July 2 to unredact certain Epstein files or explain why the redactions remain, following a lawsuit by journalist Katie Phang. The order targets emails, draft indictments and FBI notes.

D.C.'s minimum wage rises to $18.40 on July 1; tipped base moves to $10.30 and employers must update payrolls and postings.

A bipartisan Senate bill would allow service members to sue the military for sexual assault and harassment, creating a new legal path that could yield tens of thousands of claims.

Sen. Chris Murphy and Sen. Richard Blumenthal unveiled the Living Wage for All Act, a plan to phase the federal minimum wage to $25 an hour and end subminimum wages.

A federal judge in Alexandria has refused to close a suit over the DOJ’s $1.8B "Anti‑Weaponization Fund," saying unsworn assurances weren’t enough. The court ordered the litigation to move forward after officials declined to file a sworn declaration that the program was dead.

The Supreme Court cleared the way for the administration to rescind Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, putting hundreds of thousands at risk of deportation.

A Boston federal judge has blocked President Trump’s order to tighten mail-in voting and create a federal absentee list, pausing a contentious push ahead of the 2026 midterms.