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The Minnesota assassination suspect had a history of participation in religious groups that speak of a kind of "political warfare" and warned of "demon-possessed politicians."

Family and friends have spoken out about Vance Boelter, the Minnesota man who turned himself in to police in the shootings of four people, killing two, The Atlantic reported on Tuesday. Among the things they've learned: he had contact with "a charismatic Christian movement whose leaders speak of spiritual warfare, an army of God, and demon-possessed politicians, and which has already proved, during the January 6 insurrection, its ability to mobilize followers to act."

Sophie and Colin Hortman, the children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, issued a statement Monday calling on people to honor their parents’ legacy by doing “something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else.”

The Hortman children are grieving following the Saturday killing of their parents, in what has been called a political assassination. Rep. Melissa Hortman was a longtime Democratic-Farmer-Labor legislator beloved around the Capitol even as she scored major legislative victories.

LINCOLN — A 25-year-old Georgia man was arraigned Monday in Atlanta on charges of making threats across state lines against Texas Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Nebraska Republican U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, federal prosecutors announced.

A federal grand jury last week indicted Robert Davis Forney, of Duluth, Georgia, for allegedly leaving voicemails at Fischer’s office and Cruz’s. Prosecutors say he threatened “sexual violence” against both senators, Cruz on Jan. 9 and Fischer on Jan. 10. Authorities say Forney left multiple voicemails threatening “sexual violence” against Cruz and his family.

U.S. President Donald Trump's social media post urging residents of Tehran to evacuate "immediately"—a call shared online at 2:00 am local time—intensified chaos in the densely populated Iranian capital amid Israel's deadly bombing campaign.

"Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" Trump wrote on his social media platform as Israel's war on Iran entered its fifth day.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) rejected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) views after she lashed out at Republicans "slobbering" over war with Iran.

During a Tuesday interview on Fox News, host John Roberts noted that Greene had come out against joining the war against Iran.

A new MAGA movement, MABA, aims to “Make America Beautiful Again” one building at a time, according to a new Politico report.

“Classical architecture is the architecture of American democracy,” Justin Shubow, the president of the non-profit National Civic Art Society, told the outlet. “It is the architecture of civic virtue.”

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice filed a complaint Tuesday challenging a Kentucky law that allows undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition.

The complaint contends that the Kentucky law is illegal because it provides a benefit to undocumented immigrants that is not available to U.S. residents. Earlier this month, a federal court in Texas enjoined the state from offering similar benefits to undocumented immigrants.

President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was handed a small court win on Tuesday.

Judge James Boasberg denied a request for a preliminary injunction demanding that DOGE preserve documents under the Federal Records Act, Bloomberg News reporter Zoe Tillman posted on X.

Ignoring due process. Lying to the American people. Violating the Emoluments Clause with blatant corruption.

These are just a few of the impeachable offenses that legal experts say President Donald Trump has committed during his first five months in office.

Disgraced county election clerk Tina Peters has a new ally in the U.S. District of Colorado's office after Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed Peter McNeilly to become the next U.S. attorney on Monday.

McNeilly had previously served as the assistant U.S. attorney for the same office. While the Department of Justice's announcement focuses on McNeilly's work on organized crime, money laundering, and violent criminal cases, McNeilly also played a role in one of the most significant election interference cases from 2020.

Northeastern Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan is drawing criticism from voters back home over his stock trades.

WHYY reported of Bresnahan's tele-town hall in which one woman who identified herself as "Ellen" asked why the lawmaker is ignoring his own standards.

President Donald Trump’s poll numbers on immigration are not as good as they seem, and his decisions on the key campaign issue “could be coming back to haunt him," MSNBC opinion writer and editor Hayes Brown warned.

“It’s true that in poll after poll, including the latest NBC News poll, released Sunday, immigration has been Trump’s ‘strongest issue.’” Brown said before adding, “But it’s a mistake to conflate that measurement of relative strength with his being strong on the issue overall.”