FBI officials arrested 37 members of the Mexican Mafia in Orange County, south of Los Angeles. They are charged with murder, kidnapping, extortion, running an illegal gambling operation, and drug trafficking, according to prosecutors.

Federal authorities arrested and charged a U.S. special forces soldier, accused of making bets on the raid that removed Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro from office last year in December.

Six candidates in the running for Governor of California faced questions in the first debate since a Democrat frontrunner dropped out of the race following a scandal, leaving Democrats to regroup and identify a new leader for their party candidate.

President Donald Trump announced a deal with Regeneron, a drug manufacturer and biotechnology company, to reduce the cost of its pharmaceutical products, marking a key milestone in the administration’s flagship drug-pricing initiative.

President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, has invited Pope Leo XIV on an ICE ride-along amid the religious leader’s recent critique of the administration’s deportation efforts.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro and Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced a strategic offensive against Southeast Asian criminal syndicates.

During the annual First Lady’s Luncheon, First Lady Melania Trump was joined by Second Lady Usha Vance to reflect on the significant milestones achieved by the Trump administration during the President's second term.

President Donald Trump announced that, following an Oval Office meeting with senior officials from the United States, Lebanon, and Israel, the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by three weeks.

President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general of the Justice Department, Todd Blanche, signed an order on Thursday reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana from Schedule I, alongside drugs like heroin, to Schedule III, recognizing it as having medicinal properties.

In response to mounting pressure from state leaders, the Houston City Council in Texas has voted to revise a local immigration ordinance that officials say defied state law.

The Missouri House of Representatives advanced two bills this week aimed at tightening state policies concerning biological sex and sex offender oversight, further protecting women and children from predators and sex offenders.

During an interview on NewsNation’s "CUOMO," Pennsylvania Democrat Senator John Fetterman criticized Virginia’s recently approved redistricting plan, despite it heavily favoring his own party, saying, "I think everyone loses for that ... Overall, we all lose at this point."

President Donald Trump took to social media to demand an apology from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his "unpatriotic" statements about U.S. immigration agencies.

The United States military seized another oil tanker allegedly smuggling Iranian crude in the Indian Ocean, shortly after the U.S.-Iranian ceasefire agreement was extended.

Senate Republicans voted to advance a non-binding $70 billion budget resolution, setting the stage to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for the next three years.

President Donald Trump has issued a directive for the U.S. Navy to shoot to kill any boat that lays naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, and has “tripled” the clearance of existing explosives in the area.

In a shake-up of the military’s civilian leadership, the Pentagon announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan has departed his post, effective immediately. The exit of the Navy’s 79th top official was confirmed by Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell, who stated that Under Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao will step in as the acting secretary.

In a first-of-its-kind enforcement action, the prediction market Kalshi suspended three political candidates on Wednesday after an internal probe revealed that they had wagered on their own 2026 primary races.

A NASA aerospace technologies electrical engineer died in a car crash in rural Alabama last year, which at the time raised concerns and suspicions among family members, according to KLFY. This now marks the twelfth scientist and/or government official to mysteriously die or vanish in the past four years.

Georgia Democrat Representative David Scott passed away on Wednesday at the age of 80, becoming the fifth member of the 119th Congress to die in office since the session convened in January 2025.