POLITICS
Migrants and ICE officers contend with heat, smog and illness after detoured South Sudan flight
Read full article: Migrants and ICE officers contend with heat, smog and illness after detoured South Sudan flightThe Trump administration says migrants placed on a deportation flight originally bound for South Sudan are now being held in a converted shipping container on a U.S. naval base in Djibouti, where the men and their guards are contending with baking hot temperatures, smoke from nearby burn pits and the looming threat of rocket attacks.
Pentagon watchdog investigates if staffers were asked to delete Hegseth’s Signal messages
Read full article: Pentagon watchdog investigates if staffers were asked to delete Hegseth’s Signal messagesThe Pentagon watchdog is looking into whether any of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staffers were asked to delete Signal messages that may have shared sensitive military information with a reporter.
Global LGBTQ+ advocates gather 'on Trump's doorstep' at World Pride despite travel anxiety
Read full article: Global LGBTQ+ advocates gather 'on Trump's doorstep' at World Pride despite travel anxietyMany LGBTQ+ travelers have expressed concerns about or decided to skip the World Pride gathering going on in Washington due to anxieties about safety, border policies and a hostile political climate.
Federal vs. state power at issue in a hearing over Trump's election overhaul executive order
Read full article: Federal vs. state power at issue in a hearing over Trump's election overhaul executive orderDemocratic state attorneys general are seeking to block President Donald Trump’s proposal for an overhaul of U.S. elections in a case that tests a constitutional bedrock — the separation of powers.
Judge puts temporary hold on Trump's latest ban on Harvard's foreign students
Read full article: Judge puts temporary hold on Trump's latest ban on Harvard's foreign studentsA federal judge has temporarily blocked a proclamation by President Donald Trump that banned foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard University.
Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction
Read full article: Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony convictionA Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy will serve four months in prison on a misdemeanor conviction for using excessive force after the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney offered an unusual plea deal despite a jury convicting him of a felony.
The implosion of a powerful political alliance: Trump and Musk in their own words
Read full article: The implosion of a powerful political alliance: Trump and Musk in their own wordsLast Friday, President Donald Trump heaped praise on Elon Musk as the tech billionaire prepared to leave his unorthodox White House job.
Detained Columbia graduate claims ‘irreparable harm’ to career and family as he pleads for release
Read full article: Detained Columbia graduate claims ‘irreparable harm’ to career and family as he pleads for releaseA Columbia graduate facing deportation over his pro-Palestinian activism on campus has outlined the “irreparable harm” caused by his continued detention as a federal judge weighs his release.
A judge tells federal agencies they can't enforce anti-trans bias policies against Catholic groups
Read full article: A judge tells federal agencies they can't enforce anti-trans bias policies against Catholic groupsA federal judge has ruled that two federal agencies cannot punish Catholic employers and health care providers if they refuse, for religious reasons, to provide gender-affirming care to transgender patients or won’t provide health insurance coverage for such care to their workers.
What to know as Trump administration targets tuition breaks for students without legal status
Read full article: What to know as Trump administration targets tuition breaks for students without legal statusThe quick end to a Texas law that granted in-state public university tuition prices to students who lack legal resident status stunned immigrant advocates and state Democrats, who call it a cruel punishment for hardworking students that will ultimately hurt the state’s economy.
Judge and lawmakers question the Trump administration’s plan to gut Job Corps centers
Read full article: Judge and lawmakers question the Trump administration’s plan to gut Job Corps centersMembers of Congress and a federal judge are questioning the Trump administration’s plan to shut down Job Corps centers nationwide.
New York won't rescind Native American mascot ban despite Trump's threat of cutting federal funds
Read full article: New York won't rescind Native American mascot ban despite Trump's threat of cutting federal fundsNew York education officials have refused to rescind the state’s ban on Native American mascots and team names, despite threats from the Trump administration that it risks losing federal funding.
What Trump ordering an investigation into Biden's actions might mean legally and politically
Read full article: What Trump ordering an investigation into Biden's actions might mean legally and politicallyPresident Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into pardons and other executive actions issued by his predecessor, Joe Biden — launching an unprecedented effort to show that the Democrat hid his cognitive decline and was otherwise too mentally impaired to do the job.
US hits International Criminal Court judges with sanctions over investigation into Israel
Read full article: US hits International Criminal Court judges with sanctions over investigation into IsraelThe Trump administration is slapping sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court over the tribunal’s investigation into alleged war crimes by Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Immigrant rights groups sue to invalidate Trump administration’s El Salvador prison deal
Read full article: Immigrant rights groups sue to invalidate Trump administration’s El Salvador prison dealA coalition of immigrant rights groups is suing to invalidate the Trump administration's deal to house detainees in a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Harvard files legal challenge over Trump's ban on foreign students. Overseas, admitted students wait
Read full article: Harvard files legal challenge over Trump's ban on foreign students. Overseas, admitted students waitHarvard University is challenging President Donald Trump’s move to block foreign students from coming to the United States to attend the Ivy League school, calling it illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of White House demands.
Goodbye Mr. Nice Guy? Investors dump Tesla on bet Trump may lash out at Musk through his car company
Read full article: Goodbye Mr. Nice Guy? Investors dump Tesla on bet Trump may lash out at Musk through his car companyShares of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker fell sharply Thursday as investors fear his dispute with President Donald Trump could end up hurting the company.
DeSantis signs firefighter safety bill at Palm Beach Gardens convention
Read full article: DeSantis signs firefighter safety bill at Palm Beach Gardens conventionGov. Ron DeSantis signed new legislation Thursday aimed at strengthening health and safety protections for Florida’s firefighters.
Who's in charge? CDC's leadership 'crisis' apparent amid new COVID-19 vaccine guidance
Read full article: Who's in charge? CDC's leadership 'crisis' apparent amid new COVID-19 vaccine guidanceThe CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for budding threats to Americans’ health, is without a clear leader.
Top US universities raced to become global campuses. Under Trump, it's becoming a liability
Read full article: Top US universities raced to become global campuses. Under Trump, it's becoming a liabilityThree decades ago, foreign students at Harvard University accounted for just 11% of the total student body.
Trump suggests Biden aides acted without then-president's knowledge -- but says he has no evidence
Read full article: Trump suggests Biden aides acted without then-president's knowledge -- but says he has no evidencePresident Donald Trump is alleging that officials in Joe Biden’s administration might have in effect forged their boss's signature and taken broad actions he wasn’t aware of.
Trump taps senior Air Force commander for European Command
Read full article: Trump taps senior Air Force commander for European CommandPresident Donald Trump is tapping an Air Force fighter pilot with extensive experience as a commander in the Middle East to be the next head of U.S. European Command.
UN food agency appeals for $46 million to help 2 million Haitians facing severe hunger
Read full article: UN food agency appeals for $46 million to help 2 million Haitians facing severe hungerThe U.N. food agency is appealing for $46 million for the next six months to help about 2 million Haitians in dire need of food, including 8,500 at the worst catastrophic level of hunger.
Trump and Musk’s relationship flames out just as intensely and publicly as it started
Read full article: Trump and Musk’s relationship flames out just as intensely and publicly as it startedPresident Donald Trump is threatening to cut Elon Musk’s government contracts as their fractured alliance rapidly escalated into a public feud.
Elon Musk is gone, but DOGE's actions are hard to reverse. The US Institute of Peace is a case study
Read full article: Elon Musk is gone, but DOGE's actions are hard to reverse. The US Institute of Peace is a case studyElon Musk is leaving the Department of Government Efficiency behind, but its playbook has impacted dozens of agencies, departments and organizations and left thousands of federal workers unemployed or in limbo.
Supreme Court sides with Catholic charity in religious-rights case over unemployment taxes
Read full article: Supreme Court sides with Catholic charity in religious-rights case over unemployment taxesThe Supreme Court has handed down a unanimous ruling in a religious rights case, finding a Catholic charity in Wisconsin can’t be required to pay unemployment taxes when other religious groups are exempt.