A one-week administrative stay from Justice Alito paused a Fifth Circuit order that would have limited mail and telehealth access to mifepristone while the high court weighs emergency appeals.

Committee members heard a plan to put $11.4 million into DC Health’s epidemiology and lab surveillance to speed detection of measles, TB and other threats.

Local reporting and internal CBP tallies show a steep fall in “known gotaways” — migrants who evade capture — from 2023 highs, but experts caution the metric is an estimate. The shift could reshape enforcement if confirmed.

Rep. Robert Garcia has asked DHS for lease and payment records after reports that Kristi Noem continued living in a Coast Guard commandant’s house following her March ouster.

Houston Rep. Al Green introduced a House resolution condemning President Trump’s deleted AI image that many said depicted him as Jesus. The symbolic filing escalates faith-based backlash into formal congressional record.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Rome this week and is expected to meet Pope Leo as Washington tries to patch ties after a public clash with President Trump. The trip mixes faith, diplomacy and political calculations.

The Supreme Court allowed a wounded veteran to sue Fluor over the 2016 Bagram suicide bombing, vacating a lower-court bar on such state-law negligence claims. The 6–3 ruling narrows contractor immunity in war zones.

A reintroduced federal bill would force delivery apps to show an all‑in total and ban personalized “surveillance pricing,” part of an unfolding FTC and congressional push.

Six Idaho transgender residents sued to block H.B. 752, saying the new law — which reaches private businesses and carries jail terms — will push them out of public life.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker called President Trump "has dementia" in a short Politico clip that circulated online, sharpening their public feud as Pritzker runs for re-election.

The NRCC added Marty O’Donnell and Carrie Buck to a MAGA‑focused target list after President Trump’s endorsements, raising the stakes in two Nevada House races. National backing has already prompted pushback from Democrats and a fundraising surge for the challengers.

An executive order signed May 1 broadens the Cuba embargo, letting the U.S. freeze U.S.-based assets of foreign companies and banks that deal with Havana.

Rep. Stephanie Bice reintroduced H.R. 8295 to criminalize fertility fraud, add RICO tools and extend prosecution windows when DNA identifies a suspect.