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Months after federal immigration enforcement swept through the Minneapolis metro area during Operation Metro Surge, the surge of charitable donations that followed has largely subsided — but the families displaced or destabilised by those raids continue to face ongoing hardship with dwindling resources.
Two Senate primary races — one in Nebraska, one in Iowa — are drawing national attention in May 2026 for the unconventional strategies being deployed by Democrats and outside groups, reflecting the party's willingness to experiment with unorthodox tactics in states where traditional campaign approaches have repeatedly fallen short.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared before a congressional panel on Monday to present a $29 billion cost estimate for the ongoing US military conflict with Iran, while downplaying concerns about munitions shortfalls and stating the United States remains prepared to either escalate or draw down the war depending on circumstances.
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse testified in Florida on Monday, returning to the state where the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender first came under criminal investigation, as proceedings connected to his case continue years after his 2019 death.
President Donald Trump, who campaigned on and initially pursued an aggressive trade posture toward China more severe than his approach to other nations, has been compelled to scale back those ambitions, according to reporting by the New York Times. The retreat reflects the complex economic and geopolitical pressures that have tempered his administration's more confrontational instincts.
FBI Director Kash Patel appeared before a Senate budget hearing on Monday and denied under oath allegations that he had engaged in excessive drinking and unexplained absences from the job, dismissing the claims — first reported by The Atlantic in April — as 'baseless' during a heated exchange with Democratic lawmakers.
A 41-year-old man was fatally struck by a Frontier Airlines jet on a runway at Denver International Airport on Friday after breaching a perimeter fence and making it through several layers of airport security, officials confirmed.
Representative Jen Kiggans, a Virginia Republican facing a competitive re-election fight, came under sharp criticism on Monday after she appeared to agree with comments made by a local radio host that included a racist remark targeting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives.
The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday failed to advance a measure that would have allowed lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional maps before the legislative session ends this week, with five Republicans joining all Democrats to block the effort — a direct rebuke of President Donald Trump, who had personally lobbied state senators to eliminate the district held by Rep. Jim Clyburn, the state's only Democratic congressman.
A newly formed super PAC with ties to Republican operatives has been quietly intervening in Democratic primary elections, including backing a Texas sex therapist facing accusations of antisemitism, raising fresh concerns about outside interference in opposition party nominating contests.
Marty Makary resigned as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday after 13 months in the role, concluding a turbulent tenure during which he clashed with the White House, Congress, industry groups and the public — most recently over the regulation of fruit-flavored vaping products.
A gunman fired into traffic along a busy riverfront road in Cambridge, Massachusetts, critically injuring two people before a state trooper and an armed civilian confronted and exchanged fire with the suspect, according to initial reports published Monday.
A gunman was arrested after opening fire on a busy street near Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, according to a report published by Al Jazeera on May 12, 2026. Few additional details have been made available at this stage, and authorities have not yet publicly disclosed a motive.
The Trump administration has proposed rescinding 2024 regulations on ethylene oxide (EtO), a toxic industrial gas, in a move that analysts say would not only increase public exposure to the carcinogen but also curtail the Environmental Protection Agency's broader authority to strengthen hazardous emissions protections — even as updated science finds the chemical far more dangerous than once believed.
The U.S. Justice Department has filed criminal charges against a Singapore-based shipping company and its subsidiaries, alleging they created unsafe conditions that caused the cargo ship Dali to strike Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024, a disaster that killed six construction workers and triggered one of the most significant infrastructure crises in recent American history.
A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official revealed last week that ICE agents now carry a list of approximately 20 million people on their iPhones through Palantir's data systems, dramatically increasing the speed and success rate of immigration enforcement operations, according to attendees at the Border Security Expo held in Phoenix, Arizona.
US inflation climbed to 3.8% in April 2026, the highest level since May 2023, as surging energy costs linked to the ongoing war with Iran pushed up prices across the economy, according to data released Monday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A group of 40 House Democrats has written to the Federal Aviation Administration demanding accountability over the Trump administration's expanded use of commercial charter jets to deport detained immigrants, citing allegations of mistreatment, inhumane conditions, and deliberate efforts to shield the flights from public scrutiny.
Black residents of Fayette County, Tennessee, who last year secured a new electoral map designed to end all-white representation on the county's board of commissioners, are now concerned that a recent Supreme Court ruling on voting rights could undermine those gains — reigniting a broader national debate about minority representation and the durability of redistricting victories.
Kari Lake, the former Arizona Republican candidate who spearheaded controversial efforts to shutter Voice of America and cut funding for other U.S.-backed international broadcasters, has been named Ambassador to Jamaica, the New York Times reported on Monday.
Six people were found dead inside a boxcar at a Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas, on Sunday afternoon, authorities said, after a railroad employee conducting a routine pre-departure inspection discovered the victims near the Texas-Mexico border.
The cost of repairs to the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool has surged to $13.1 million — more than seven times President Donald Trump's original promise of $1.8 million — after the Interior Department added $6.2 million to a no-bid contract late last week, while a D.C.-area nonprofit has filed suit to halt the project, arguing that Trump's plan to apply a blue-tinted surface to the historic landmark requires mandatory federal review.
The US Senate is expected this week to confirm Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve, marking a significant transition at America's central bank as President Donald Trump continues his efforts to shape monetary policy at a time of economic uncertainty and elevated interest rates.
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington last month, pleaded not guilty to all charges on Monday, with his attorney entering the plea on his behalf as Allen remained silent in court.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's proposed congressional redistricting map has ignited rare bipartisan opposition in communities with large Puerto Rican populations, with critics arguing the plan undermines the political influence of a region that has experienced significant Hispanic population growth.
Authorities discovered six bodies inside a boxcar in Laredo, Texas, officials confirmed Sunday, though the circumstances surrounding the deaths remain unknown as investigators work to determine what happened.
The US Court of International Trade has ruled that President Donald Trump's 10 percent global tariff on most imports is illegal, delivering a second consecutive judicial blow to the administration's trade agenda and stripping the president of key negotiating leverage ahead of a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The U.S. Defense Department released a trove of declassified documents on Friday covering decades of reported unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) — the military's preferred term for UFOs — including Cold War-era accounts of rotating saucer-shaped objects and more recent sightings of metallic elliptical objects hovering in mid-air.
The United States government has released 160 previously classified documents relating to alleged UFO sightings and extraterrestrial life, including a photograph of what officials describe as 'unidentified phenomena' captured from the Moon's surface in 1969, in a declassification effort the Trump administration is calling an act of 'unprecedented transparency.'
President Trump has reportedly signed off on a plan to dismiss Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, according to multiple major news outlets, ending a tumultuous tenure marked by DOGE-driven staff cuts, internal personnel conflicts, and policy battles over vaccines, abortion medication, and vape regulation. The White House has not yet confirmed a replacement.
Two months after a gunman drove a vehicle through the preschool at Temple Israel — Michigan's largest synagogue — the congregation remains displaced but is pressing forward with recovery efforts. Every child and teacher survived the attack, yet the community continues to grapple with the physical and psychological aftermath.
A new POLITICO Poll reveals that more than one-third of Americans believe the 2026 midterm elections are likely to be 'stolen,' and one in four say they don't expect the elections to be fair — yet the two major parties hold starkly opposing views on what election integrity actually requires, complicating efforts to restore public trust in the democratic process.
The Trump administration is facing criticism from public health experts and immigration advocates over a series of policies that critics say work at cross-purposes: a drug control strategy that could be gutted by the very budget cuts accompanying it, and a refugee admissions program that appears to prioritise white Afrikaners from South Africa while excluding other groups.
Candidates who denied the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election results are positioned to win gubernatorial races in 2026, a development that could give them significant oversight authority over the administration of the 2028 presidential election in some of the nation's most contested swing states.
A court ruling striking down Virginia's congressional district map has thrown Democratic House candidates into disarray, abruptly ending some candidacies and forcing others to compete in significantly more challenging electoral terrain ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
More than half of American voters disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of the economy, according to a new Financial Times poll, with concerns over inflation and the prospect of military conflict with Iran weighing on his approval ratings and casting a shadow over Republican prospects in the upcoming midterm elections.
A number of scientists with access to sensitive US government research have gone missing, prompting officials and security analysts to warn that the cases may represent a 'grave threat to US national security' and could be interconnected, according to reports published Saturday.
Republican-controlled state legislatures across the South are moving swiftly to break up majority-Black congressional districts following a recent Supreme Court ruling, a development that could significantly alter the balance of political representation for Black voters and reshape the competitive landscape heading into the 2026 midterm elections.
San Luis Obispo County investigators announced Friday that soil testing at a California property connected to Paul Flores — the man convicted of murdering college student Kristin Smart, who vanished in 1996 — yielded evidence consistent with human remains, though the search concluded without physically recovering any remains.
The House of Representatives adopted a budget resolution on Tuesday that would unlock up to $70 billion in new funding for immigration enforcement agencies, advancing the Republican Party's broader legislative agenda to significantly expand border security operations and reconstitute the Department of Homeland Security.
Newly released details about Cole Tomas Allen, the gunman involved in an incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, suggest he may not have been the person who fired the shot that struck a law enforcement officer in his protective vest, according to reporting by The New York Times.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended his dismissal of senior military officers before a House hearing by claiming that President Barack Obama had fired 197 generals — a figure the Pentagon has previously acknowledged to be false.
After years of record-breaking overdose fatalities, fentanyl-related deaths in the United States appear to be declining — a development that public health researchers and policy analysts are working to explain, with some pointing to a quiet shift in Chinese chemical exports as a contributing factor that Beijing has little incentive to advertise.
In an striking coincidence of figures, two separate stories emerging on Wednesday each carry a $25 billion price tag: the Pentagon's estimate of the cost of its two-month war with Iran, and Microsoft's additional capital expenditure driven by rising AI hardware component costs — with the tech giant now projecting total 2026 spending of $190 billion.
Republicans have reclaimed momentum in the nation's ongoing congressional redistricting battle, with a Supreme Court decision and Florida's adoption of a new electoral map reversing a slight Democratic edge earned just days earlier through a victory in Virginia, according to reporting by The New York Times.
Federal authorities on Wednesday concluded a significant portion of their investigation into the December Brown University shooting, revealing the gunman was driven by personal grievances, while prosecutors in Washington argued separately that a man accused of attempted assassination of President Donald Trump should remain in custody ahead of trial.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared before the House on Tuesday for his first public congressional testimony since the United States launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran in late February, defending the administration's military strategy and budget while clashing sharply with lawmakers who questioned the war's cost, direction, and oversight.
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a three-year extension of FISA Section 702, a sweeping surveillance authority that allows intelligence agencies to collect communications of foreign targets without a warrant, even when those communications involve Americans. The bill now moves to the Senate, where its passage is far from assured ahead of an imminent legislative deadline.
Congress is racing to renew a key federal surveillance law before it expires Friday, after the House passed a renewal measure by overcoming resistance from right-wing Republicans — though the bill now faces potential amendments in the Senate that could push final passage past the deadline.
Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on 29 May to answer questions about the Department of Justice's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the release of related files, the committee announced Tuesday — hours after Democratic members filed a civil contempt resolution against her for missing an earlier deposition.