Senate Majority Leader John Thune adjourned the chamber early Saturday morning for a month-long recess, leaving Washington without delivering one of President Donald Trump’s most important election-integrity priorities. The South Dakota Republican ended the session after the Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as the nation’s 88th attorney

President Donald Trump said he does not intend to remove U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, despite sharply criticizing her office’s decision to dismiss charges against a man accused of damaging the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Reports circulated last week that Trump was

Brown University President Christina Paxson announced Monday that she will leave her position at the end of the academic year, concluding a 15-year tenure shaped in its final stages by a major confrontation with the Trump administration. The administration targeted Brown as part of its broader effort to end

President Donald Trump’s effort to strengthen election procedures before the November midterms encountered another legal obstacle after Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson declined to grant the administration immediate relief. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to permit full enforcement of Trump’s executive order imposing additional safeguards

Sen. Rand Paul’s years-long effort to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci accountable for his conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic reached a major turning point Thursday. The Kentucky Republican’s Senate committee voted along party lines to recommend holding the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director

House Republican leaders withdrew a major veterans package from consideration Thursday after determining that they lacked enough support within their narrow majority to pass it. The Take Care of America’s Veterans Act was pulled shortly before a final vote, marking the second time Republican leadership has withdrawn the legislation

President Donald Trump has repeatedly delighted in provoking Democrats and Never Trump Republicans by floating the possibility of seeking a third term in 2028—sometimes while wearing a red “Trump 2028” cap. The Constitution limits presidents to two elected terms, however, making the more consequential question who Trump will support

Sen. Rand Paul’s office released thousands of pages from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s personal diaries but failed to fully redact sensitive medical information involving more than 20 individuals. The documents were recovered from Department of Health and Human Services servers following an extensive search. They contain Fauci’s notes

In a welcome display of bipartisan cooperation, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved legislation Tuesday establishing a coordinated national strategy for confronting epilepsy. S. 494, the National Plan for Epilepsy Act, was introduced by Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri. It directs the Department of Health and Human Services to