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Security officers grabbed and pushed to the ground Alex Padilla after he tried to ask a question at a news conference. Key US politics stories from Thursday 12 June 2025

The NFA is a revenue measure and deleting silencers would not violate the Byrd Rule.

Earlier on Thursday, it was reported that a chartered plane carrying several members of the NASCAR industry was grounded after an engine issue, causing major delays and forcing them to find an alternative path to Mexico City. That, along with other air travel challenges and delays, have forced NASCAR to…

The club was packed with government officials, musicians, and retired Major League Baseball players

Shock after Senator Alex Padilla manhandled and cuffed by federal security at Noem event in Los Angeles

Josh Hawley, a senator, threatened multiple organizations with inquiries, claiming they were ‘bankrolling civil unrest’

Rowena fire grows to 3,500 acres with evacuation orders issued for hundreds of homes in Columbia River Gorge area

The bodies of Shawn Arsenault, 64, and his girlfriend, Felicia Daley, 54, were discovered in their sunken boat off Cape Cod, the Coast Guard says.

Three months ago, Texas lost $700 million in unspent federal pandemic-era funding.

Press freedom groups say they're alarmed by the dozens of clearly identified cases of reporters being targeted by police during the protests.

South Carolina State Congressman RJ May allegedly showed a “sexual interest in children the same age as his own children,” according to court documents