Harmeet Dhillon has resigned from her post as the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, making her the first senior official to leave the administration since the midterms.

The Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division had backed investigations into alleged noncitizen voting.

Harmeet Dhillon is stepping down as head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division after Democrats’ midterm victories, becoming the first senior DOJ official to leave since the election. Her tenure reshaped the division toward conservative priorities,

UC Santa Cruz political science professor Nolan Higdon discusses the resignation of Harmeet Dhillon. He said that typically, when you have an administration that loses in a big way,  you lose a lot

The Republican Party's staggering losses at the ballot box this week have left President Donald Trump diminished in Washington and facing tougher legislative oversight and scrutiny of his agenda.

Democrats are about to be newly empowered in Washington. Expect investigations into Trump, Cabinet impeachments and more.

Democrats are projected to win control of the House and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections, giving the party new power to challenge Trump's agenda.

“To the people who are pissed off and want to say, ‘I told you so’: you’re right, you did tell us so,” he wrote.

President Trump said the action will prevent significant overhauls or destruction of the Oval Office and Cabinet Room in the White House.

Even as he puts his golden imprint ⁠on ⁠the White House, President Donald Trump moved ⁠on Thursday to protect two of its most historic spaces, the Oval Office and ​Cabinet Room, from major modifications by future presidents.

President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation that he says will prevent future changes to the Oval Office and Cabinet Room as he has redesigned them

Trump says his proclamation will protect his Oval Office and Cabinet Room redesigns from being altered by future presidents.

Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa says she is building a bipartisan administration after her stunning upset in the midterm elections. Hinojosa said Tuesday that people are “tired of the culture

Texas Gov-elect Gina Hinojosa joins The Lead.

Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa will hold her first news conference after her historic victory. Hinojosa, who defeated three-term Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, will address the public at 1 p.m. MT/2 p.m.

Hinojosa is the first Democrat elected governor of Texas since Ann Richards, who left office in 1995.

California Governor-elect Xavier Becerra meets with legislative leaders in Sacramento to outline first-term economic priorities and cost-of-living measures before holding his first news conference since winning the gubernatorial election.

Democrat Xavier Becerra defeated Republican Steve Hilton in California's governor race, succeeding Gavin Newsom after two terms in office.

Democrat Xavier Becerra won election Tuesday as governor of California, defeating Republican Steve Hilton

Fox News host Trace Gallagher discusses the issues that played into the California gubernatorial race on ‘FOX News Democracy 26.’

Some advisers are pushing the president to replace Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, an architect of the Iran campaign that JD Vance blames for Republicans’ midterm losses.

President Donald Trump has backed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following Republican losses in the midterm elections.

President Donald Trump may have made the decision to launch the war that tanked voters’ support for the GOP and dealt them a midterm shellacking. But the historic losses are accelerating a push for someone else to take the fall: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

President Trump has called allies in and out of the administration in recent days about whether he should keep Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in his job, officials and people familiar with the situation said.