Politics

Homeland Security Department officials say the first deportations occurred Wednesday under the rule, which is triggered when border arrests top 2,500 a day.

A Donald Trump supporter who assaulted law enforcement officers with bear spray and a metal whip — and who was arrested thanks to a woman’s sting operation on the dating app Bumble — was sentenced to just over six years in prison on Wednesday.

Former President Donald Trump is charged in the Georgia case with crimes connected to his bid to undo the 2020 election victory of Joe Biden in the state.

Hunter Biden’s ex-wife and a former girlfriend testified Wednesday in his gun trial about finding his crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia, and jurors saw photos of the president’s son bare-chested in a bubble bath and heard about his visit to a strip club.

NBC News projects Menendez defeated Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla in the primary in New Jersey’s 8th District.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered a halt to asylum processing at the U.S. border with Mexico when illegal entries reach a threshold deemed excessive.

Donald Trump’s name will appear on the ballot for the first time since his historic conviction on felony crimes as a handful of states hold the last Republican presidential primary contests of 2024.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory Tuesday for his alliance in India’s general election, claiming a mandate to push forward with his agenda, even though his party lost seats to a stronger than expected opposition, which pushed back against his mixed economic record and polarizing politics.

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as deceptive and driven by addiction, a man whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on a federal form to purchase a gun in 2018.

In his first public testimony since stepping down from government office at the end of 2022, Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday fended off a variety of attacks from Republican politicians at a fiery hearing called to discuss lessons learned during the pandemic.

A U.S. representative’s 6-year-old son became a hit with news junkies after videos of him making hilarious faces during his dad’s speech on the House floor went viral.

Menendez’s formal entry into the race comes as he faces trial on federal bribery charges and a day before the Democratic primary to fill his Senate seat in New Jersey.

Climate scientist Claudia Sheinbaum held an irreversible lead Sunday in the race that would make her Mexico’s first female president, according to an official quick count.