Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stop

Michael Bohacek, whose daughter has Down syndrome, said Trump needs to "convince voters that his policies and behavior deserve a congressional majority."

The House Administration Committee could hold a hearing next week on congressional stock trading, reopening a deeply contentious issue on Capitol Hill and potentially paving the way for action on a bipartisan bill to ban lawmakers from trading stocks. Three people granted anonymity to describe the tentative plans ahead of a formal announcement said the panel is targeting the latter half of next week for the hearing, which would focus on general developments around lawmakers’ stock trading since Congress passed legislation in 2012 outlawing member trading on insider information. The timing is dependent on how quickly the House can approve the Senate-passed funding package ending the government shutdown. Initial votes are expected Wednesday evening. A congressional stock trading ban has been divisive among the House rank-and-file, and it’s one of the major issues Speaker Mike Johnson has to confront when the House returns this week. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), who has threatened to advance a discharge petition to circumvent Johnson, said she secured a commitment for action from him in recent days. Luna, Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas), Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) and a group of lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan, compromise bill on the topic in September, but the government shutdown has stymied any progress. Roy confirmed in a recent interview that he and fellow Republicans are ready to push GOP leaders to put their bipartisan stock trading ban bill on the floor whenever the House returns — or else deploy a discharge petition. Roy, a member of the House Rules Committee, said Republicans need to figure out the timing going into November and December for when the legislation could go to the floor. He said GOP leaders, who have been skeptical of the effort, are “having conversations” about the legislation. Some lawmakers aren’t convinced the bipartisan bill is the best vehicle for a stock-trading ban and are discussing other options, according to three other people with direct knowledge of the conversations. There’s skepticism inside Johnson’s leadership circle about how to pass such a bill given firm opposition from many House Republicans. But Johnson has pledged in private conversations to work on the matter, according to two other Republicans granted anonymity to describe the private conversations, and Roy said that the speaker is feeling pressure to act. The people familiar with the hearing plans said there are no firm plans at this time to mark up legislation banning lawmakers from trading stocks. Lead Art: Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) speaks while House Speaker Mike Johnson looks on during a press conference on Capitol Hill on the 20th day of a government shutdown, Oct. 20, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

The father of four, who had settled in Colorado and gotten his commercial driver’s license, was driving a truck through Indiana when he was taken by masked ICE agents in October

Patel reportedly became furious after revelation he flew to visit girlfriend and agency fired official who oversees fleet

Threatening to deport your critics, even those with US citizenship, seems to have become Maga policy

The House speaker has previously misjudged the president's intentions.

"I’d be apopleptic," confessed James Lankford.

Trump ally Laura Loomer took credit for Sami Hamdi’s detainment in move denounced as ‘affront to free speech’

Treasury accuses Gustavo Petro of ‘allowing drug cartels to flourish’ as president attacks Trump’s ‘oppressive regime’

A simple query about Trump's choice of location for his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin set off the president's spokespeople.

Veterans are facing federal charges after protesting Ice sweeps and Trump’s national guard deployments. The justice department claims the veterans were violent

The administration has used workers' autoreplies to amplify its political message. Employees say it's blatantly illegal.

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences