Lisa Mascaro

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  • schumerPolitics

    Democrats begin to realize that an illegal war and a threat of genocide are grounds for Trump’s removal

    By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    Trump touted cuts to ‘woke’ programs 34 times in his budget with a $1.5 trillion boost for his Department of War

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    Trump insists $1.5 trillion military budget for a war Congress didn’t approve ranks above day care, Medicare, Medicaid

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Travelers stand in a TSA checkpoint line at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)Politics

    Trump signs order to pay TSA workers after House GOP rejects deal to end shutdown. ‘America’s air travel system has reached its breaking point’

    By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • lines at airportPolitics

    Senate closes in on deal to end Homeland Security shutdown—without funding ICE operations

    By The Associated Press, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Pete Hegseth next to U.S. army troopsPolitics

    ‘It takes money to kill bad guys’: Hegseth asks for $200 billion in extra funds for Iran war

    By The Associated Press and Lisa Mascaro
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., gestures as he and the GOP leadership talk about the war against Iran, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    House narrowly rejects resolution to halt Trump’s war on Iran. ‘Donald Trump is not a king,’ says top Dem on Foreign Affairs Committee

    By The Associated Press, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • massiePolitics

    Thomas Massie among few Republicans to criticize Trump over war powers: ‘This is not ‘America First”

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • trumpPolitics

    Trump tariffs on Canada slapped down in 219-211 bipartisan vote

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)Politics

    Partial government shutdown will extend into the week as House Speaker Johnson says it will be a few days before vote on funding

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • FILE—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., waits to speak to reporters following a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on spending legislation that funds the Department of Homeland Security and a swath of other government agencies as the country reels from the deaths of two people at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Politics

    Federal government heads for weekend shutdown after Trump makes rare deal with Senate Democrats over DHS funding

    By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • noemPolitics

    Even some Republicans say Kristi Noem’s time is up after ICE carnage: ‘What she’s done in Minnesota should be disqualifying’

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • thunePolitics

    Democrats see a ‘moral moment’ over ICE as GOP defends masked, armed feds in the streets with shutdown looming

    By Mary Clare Jalonick, Kevin Freking, and others
  • ICEPolitics

    How you, the American taxpayer, funded an army-scale supersizing of ICE: ‘Trump is militarizing immigration enforcement’

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • noemPolitics

    Congress debates what to do about ICE after giving Trump billions of funding to expand the program

    By Matt Brown, Lisa Mascaro, and others