Small Georgia town’s mayor doesn’t know what happens next after firing entire police department
The Cohutta town council will discuss reinstating the police and consider request for mayor's ‘immediate resignation’The town council in a small mount...
UFO files spanning decades are released by Defense Department
Cold War reports of mysterious rotating saucers; recent sightings of metallic elliptical objects floating in mid-air. Those and other reports of unide...
US state department to start revoking passports of parents who owe child support
Revocations will start on Friday for those who owe $100,000 or more, and then expand to those who owe $2,500 or moreSign up for the Breaking News US n...
UCLA medical school illegally used race in admissions, justice department finds
School said its admission process is ‘based on merit’ and it is committed to complying with state and federal lawsThe US Department of Justice found o...
Congress ends record shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security
Thursday's vote in the House provides funding for DHS after a more than two-month shutdown, but does not include dollars for Immigration and Customs ...
Linda McMahon punches back at senators questioning Education Department cuts
In her first appearance on Capitol Hill this year, lawmakers questioned Education Secretary Linda McMahon about cuts to federal education spending and...
White House wants Department of Homeland Security reopen for World Cup
White House officials preparing for this summer's World Cup urge the Department of Homeland Security to reopen after an attempted assassination of US ...
Justice department files new criminal charges against ex-FBI director Comey
Subject of charges remains unclear, after earlier case over congressional testimony was dismissedUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Brea...
New State Department rules would deny visas to those who fear returning home
Diplomatic missions are told to ask nonimmigrant visa applicants if they fear returning to their home country, and to deny travel documents to those w...
Justice Department makes it easier to deport those with DACA status
Three appellate immigration judges sided with Department of Homeland Security lawyers who appealed a decision from Immigration Judge Michael Pleters t...
Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment
The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital pu...
US justice department steps in on behalf of xAI in Colorado regulation case
Move creates conflict between state and administration as Trump seeks federal framework over states handling issueSign up for the Breaking News US ema...
Britain should seek to rejoin EU, says civil servant who led Brexit department
Philip Rycroft says promises on issues from economics to immigration have not lived up to expectationsBritain should start talking about rejoining the...
US justice department blocking Met police investigation into Mandelson, reports say – UK politics live
The department of justice has refused to hand over key evidence from the Jeffrey Epstein files and could delay Scotland Yard’s criminal inquiry.Good m...
Inside Linda McMahon's effort to dismantle the Department of Education
A former pro-wrestling executive, McMahon is now the education secretary Trump tasked with abolishing the agency. New Yorker writer Zach Helfand expla...
Who owns presidential records? Trump's Justice Department says it's him
The Trump administration asserts a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional. Historians warn impo...
