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The federal government will officially enter a shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday after both Senate Republicans and Democrats blocked competing short-term funding bills, failing to prevent the first lapse in federal funding since President Donald Trump’s first term. The standoff capped days of failed negotiations between the White House and congressional leaders, with neither side willing to concede on core demands.

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping transformation of the U.S. military, rebranding the Pentagon as the “Department of War” and rolling out a raft of directives aimed at reversing what they called years of “woke” policies.

With just hours remaining before a partial government shutdown, talks between President Donald Trump and congressional leaders collapsed Monday without a deal, leaving federal agencies bracing for a funding lapse at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.

Alarmed by dwindling U.S. missile stockpiles and the risk of being underprepared for a future conflict with China, the Pentagon is pushing its top suppliers to double or even quadruple production of key munitions on an accelerated timeline, according to an exclusive report in The Wall Street Journal.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday that he is ending his bid for reelection in a stunning reversal in the world’s financial capital and largest U.S. city that could reshape the upcoming mayoral race.

A community in the U.S. state of Michigan was plunged into mourning Monday after a former Marine crashed his vehicle into a church, opened fire on worshippers, and set the building ablaze, killing at least four people and wounding eight others before being killed in a shootout with police.

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he is directing the Pentagon to send troops to Portland, Oregon, to protect federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, escalating his controversial use of the military within U.S. cities.

Three Muslim men have been charged in connection to a shooting at a youth baseball complex in Katy, Texas, a suburb west of Houston.

More than four years after questions first emerged about federal involvement in the events of January 6, 2021, the FBI has disclosed to Congress that it deployed 274 plainclothes agents into the crowds at the U.S. Capitol, Blaze News reported.

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Virginia on charges of making false statements to Congress and obstruction of justice over his role in leaking information during the Trump-Russia election interference investigation.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order he says will allow the popular social media platform TikTok to continue operating in the United States while addressing long-standing national security concerns.

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has reportedly directed nearly all active-duty generals and admirals, along with their senior enlisted advisers, to assemble next week at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia for an urgent and unusual meeting.

The U.S. economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the second quarter, fueled by stronger consumer spending and a steep drop in imports, according to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).

Former U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton has appeared to condemn Christian white men and their faith less than two weeks after the assassination of born-again Christian conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The U.S. Secret Service announced Tuesday it had dismantled a massive covert cellular network across the New York metropolitan area, a system officials say could have crippled communications just as nearly 150 world leaders arrived in Manhattan for the United Nations General Assembly.