Navy withholding sailors' service history, in another curb on press access

The U.S. Navy is taking a major step to restrict press access to information about service members by no longer releasing information about any sailor's service history.

• Jul 23

Vance Boelter gets 2 life terms and more in Minnesota lawmaker shootings

Vance Boelter, the man who admitted in court to shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, was sentenced to two life terms in prison followed by 40 years Thursday morning.

• Jul 23

House committee urges DOJ to charge former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith

The GOP chair of the House Judiciary Committee encouraged the DOJ to look into criminally charging Jack Smith, alleging the former special counsel who brought charges against President Trump lied to Congress.

• Jul 22

Amish Shah projected to win Arizona's 1st District Democratic primary

Democrat Amish Shah will be up against Republican Jay Feely in Arizona's 1st Congressional District in November.

• Jul 22

Mayor who survived assassination attempt shot dead in town hall

Mayor Valentin Lavin, who was allied to President Claudia Sheinbaum's leftist party, had already survived an armed attack in January, according to local media reports.

• Jul 22

Secret Service warns of high threat levels before White House Correspondents' Dinner

Secret Service officials warned nationwide threats have reached an unprecedented level since January, nearly 40% higher than during the same period last year.

• Jul 24

Council handpicked by Trump to gut review process of historic-preservation projects

The Advisory Council for Historic Preservation, whose members were mostly handpicked by President Trump, is poised to end mandatory state review and public comment on projects affecting historical properties.

• Jul 22

House GOP advances $95 billion plan to fund Iran war and SAVE America Act

House Republicans adopted a budget resolution that kickstarts the party-line reconciliation process. It now heads to the Senate, where it'll face an uphill battle.

• Jul 22

House passes bill to limit stock purchases by members of Congress

The Stop Insider Trading Act would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks.

• Jul 22

House and Senate take different paths to avoid shutdown before midterms

Another deadline to fund the government is looming this fall in Congress, and lawmakers seem eager to avoid another costly impasse ahead of the midterms.

• Jul 22

DOJ sues over immersion water heaters that can burst into flames

The Justice Department is trying to force the two Chinese companies to recall immersion water heaters used for bathtubs and pools.

• Jul 22

Trump attends dignified transfer of soldiers killed in Iranian attacks

President Trump attended a dignified transfer honoring the four U.S. Army soldiers killed in the Middle East in recent days during the ongoing war with Iran.

• Jul 22

Democrats probe DOJ opinion that eases institutionalization of mentally ill

Democrats in the Senate and House are investigating the origins of a DOJ legal opinion that would make it easier for states to keep people with mental illness in institutions, rather than helping them to live at home.

• Jul 22

U.S. and Saudis sign nuclear deal, contingent on joining Abraham Accords

President Trump said on Thursday the deal would include no enrichment of nuclear material.

• Jul 23

ICE detentions hit highest monthly total in June since crackdown began

More than 43,000 immigrants were arrested last month as DHS continues to detain people in less-publicized enforcement surges.

• Jul 22

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