EXCLUSIVE: A retired U.S. Air Force colonel who commanded the final American evacuation flights out of Afghanistan four years ago on Monday launched a Republican campaign in South Carolina’s First Congressional District. Alex Pelbath, who describes himself as a “Trump Conservative,” is running in the 2026 race to succeed three-term GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, who is bidding for governor rather than seek re-election in the right-leaning coastal district...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that aims to eliminate cashless bail for suspects arrested in Washington, D.C., and a separate order focusing on ending the policy nationwide. Fox News confirmed earlier Monday that Trump was ordering the end of cash bail policies nationwide by threatening to revoke federal funding for jurisdictions across the country. “We are at a point where Washington is booming again,”...

Salvadorian migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials Monday morning after he arrived for check-in at the agency’s field office in Baltimore, Maryland, where officials plan to begin removal proceedings to deport him again to a third country, such as Uganda. Speaking to reporters outside the ICE Field Office in Baltimore after Abrego Garcia was detained, his lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, said ICE officials...