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Vice President JD Vance’s trip to a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders.

With signs and chants, protesters take part in ‘No Kings’ rallies focused on what they see as overreach by the Trump administration.

The G.O.P. officials who participated in a group text chat have faced calls to step down. State Senator Samuel Douglass was the group’s only elected member.

George Santos’s lawyer said the disgraced former congressman was freed from a New Jersey prison around 10 p.m. on Friday. He served less than three months on his fraud conviction.

If the government shutdown continues, millions of low-income people are at risk of losing access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The capture of prisoners presents a major new set of legal and policy problems for the Trump administration in its escalating campaign.

President Trump is energized after the Mideast deal between Israel and Hamas. But President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is seeking more weapons to force Russia to negotiate.

Some charges against the onetime national security adviser resemble the dropped case against President Trump, but there are also differences.

Mr. Bolton, a Trump aide turned critic, is part of a string of presidential foes to become prosecutorial targets. But his case gained momentum in the Biden administration.