What Ruth Bader Ginsburg's lung surgery means

The Supreme Court Justice underwent surgery to remove two cancerous nodules from her lung

• Dec 21, 2018

Supreme Court rejects Trump admin's asylum ban

Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's four more liberal justices rejected the administration's suggestion for narrowing it

• Dec 21, 2018

Trump signs criminal justice reform bill — live updates

The bill signing, a significant bipartisan achievement, is overshadowed by a looming shutdown and Defense Secretary James Mattis' impending departure

• Dec 21, 2018

Signs go up naming California highway after Barack Obama

The stretch of road in Los Angeles was named after the 44th president

• Dec 21, 2018

The final straw that triggered Mattis to resign

Lawmakers from both parties voiced concerns and criticism about the defense secretary's abrupt resignation

• Dec 21, 2018

Mac Thornberry says military funds shouldn't go to wall

Congress needs to "adequately fund border security," Thornberry told Major Garrett on "The Takeout" this week, as a partial government shutdown threatens in the weekend before Christmas

• Dec 21, 2018

Most Americans don't support building the wall

Fifty-nine percent of Americans oppose building a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico

• Dec 21, 2018

Pentagon ordered to begin planning troop drawdown in Afghanistan

The news broke the same day Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced he will depart the Trump administration

• Dec 20, 2018

House passes spending bill, increasing likelihood of shutdown

Trump said Thursday that he would not sign the Senate bill passed one day earlier because it did not contain funding for a border wall

• Dec 20, 2018

Ex-Senate Intel security chief sentenced for lying to FBI

James Wolfe pleaded guilty in October to one count of lying to the FBI

• Dec 20, 2018

Lawmakers react to Mattis’ surprise resignation announcement

Republican and Democratic lawmakers expressed concern about Mattis' resignation

• Dec 20, 2018

Major takeaways from James Mattis' resignation letter

The outgoing secretary of defense made it clear that he had disagreements with Trump's approach to the world

• Dec 20, 2018

James Mattis resigns as defense secretary

Mattis said in resignation letter to Trump that he has right to defense secretary "whose views are better aligned with yours"

• Dec 20, 2018

Trump signs farm bill as government shutdown looks more likely

President Trump won't sign a short-term spending bill, House Speaker Paul Ryan said

• Dec 20, 2018

Man at center of N.C. probe declines interview request

Leslie McCrae Dowless is at the center of an investigation into the election in the ninth congressional district in North Carolina, where Republican Mark Harris won by 905 votes

• Dec 20, 2018

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