POLITICS
Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held
Read full article: Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are heldHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is visiting the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang have been held since their removal from the U_S_ Noem’s Wednesday trip to the prison where inmates are packed into cells and never allowed outside comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting people it describes as the “worst of the worst.”.
US intelligence officials to appear at House hearing after Senate grilling over leaked military plan
Read full article: US intelligence officials to appear at House hearing after Senate grilling over leaked military planTop intelligence officials are set to testify before House lawmakers a day after Senate Democrats grilled them over their participation in group chats that revealed U.S. military plans in Yemen to a journalist.
In their own words: Trump officials shrugging off Signal leak once decried Clinton's server
Read full article: In their own words: Trump officials shrugging off Signal leak once decried Clinton's serverThe attempts by President Donald Trump and some of his administration’s top leaders to downplay a security breach that revealed military strike plans to a journalist stand in stark contrast to their reaction to Hillary Clinton’s use of a home server as secretary of state.
Trump's executive order on elections is far-reaching. But will it actually stick?
Read full article: Trump's executive order on elections is far-reaching. But will it actually stick?President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking broad changes to how elections are run in the U.S. is vast in scope and holds the potential to reorder the voting landscape across the country, even as it faces almost certain litigation.
Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departments
Read full article: Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departmentsFederal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation.
Kentucky governor vetoes GOP abortion bill, says it undermines doctors and endangers pregnant women
Read full article: Kentucky governor vetoes GOP abortion bill, says it undermines doctors and endangers pregnant womenKentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill touted by its Republican supporters as an attempt to bring clarity to the state's near-total abortion ban.
RNC asks states for details about their voter files, part of a larger effort to question elections
Read full article: RNC asks states for details about their voter files, part of a larger effort to question electionsThe Republican National Committee has launched a massive effort to probe voter registration lists nationwide amid a broader strategy to seize on voter rolls to question the integrity of elections.
Corporate capital Delaware is changing its law in fight pitting corporate insiders vs. investors
Read full article: Corporate capital Delaware is changing its law in fight pitting corporate insiders vs. investorsDelaware lawmakers are putting aside protests from big investors and approving fast-tracked legislation that backers say will protect its status as the world's corporate capital.
The Signal attack plan messages: What we do (and don't) know
Read full article: The Signal attack plan messages: What we do (and don't) knowThe revelation that President Donald Trump’s most senior national security officials posted the specifics of a military attack to a chat group that included a journalist hours before the attack took place has raised many questions.
Republicans in Mike Waltz's old district aren't mad at him or Trump over Yemen Signal chat
Read full article: Republicans in Mike Waltz's old district aren't mad at him or Trump over Yemen Signal chatWashington is roiled by the news that one of President Donald Trump’s top aides added a journalist to a group chat discussing military plans.
Kansas has among the shortest windows for voting by mail in the US. It will get shorter next year
Read full article: Kansas has among the shortest windows for voting by mail in the US. It will get shorter next yearKansas is shrinking what already was among the nation’s shortest windows for voting by mail.
Republicans eye actions against the courts and judges as Trump rails against rulings
Read full article: Republicans eye actions against the courts and judges as Trump rails against rulingsAngry over the crush of court rulings against the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are trying to slap back at the federal judiciary.
Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship
Read full article: Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenshipPresident Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the United States.
President Trump pardons former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer
Read full article: President Trump pardons former Hunter Biden business partner Devon ArcherPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned a former business partner of Hunter Biden who was convicted of participating in a conspiracy to defraud a Native American tribe.
US Vice President JD Vance to join his wife in Greenland on Friday
Read full article: US Vice President JD Vance to join his wife in Greenland on FridayU.S. Vice President JD Vance says he’s joining his wife on a Friday trip to Greenland, suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake.
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocks Greg Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, as 'Gov. Hot Wheels'
Read full article: Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocks Greg Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, as 'Gov. Hot Wheels'Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocked her state’s governor during a weekend appearance, referring to Greg Abbott — who uses a wheelchair — as “Gov. Hot Wheels” while speaking at a banquet in Los Angeles.
Trump's crypto empire set to expand with new stablecoin and investment fund offerings
Read full article: Trump's crypto empire set to expand with new stablecoin and investment fund offeringsPresident Donald Trump’s crypto empire is expanding with the recent announcements of a new dollar-backed stablecoin and investment funds for digital assets.
Appeals court allows Trump administration to suspend approval of new refugees amid lawsuit
Read full article: Appeals court allows Trump administration to suspend approval of new refugees amid lawsuitAn appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees for entry into the U.S. as a lawsuit plays out over the president’s executive order halting the nation’s refugee admissions system.
Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Read full article: Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got hereLong-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a global trade war — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty.
Trump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as a minor 'glitch'
Read full article: Trump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as a minor 'glitch'President Donald Trump is downplaying the texting of attack plans to a group chat that included a journalist as “the only glitch in two months” of his administration.
Trump nominates Republican once accused of mishandling taxpayer funds as HHS watchdog
Read full article: Trump nominates Republican once accused of mishandling taxpayer funds as HHS watchdogPresident Donald Trump has nominated a Republican attorney who was once accused of mishandling taxpayer funds and who has a history of launching investigations against abortion clinics to lead the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General.
Florida lawmakers may loosen child labor laws to fill jobs left by undocumented immigrants
Read full article: Florida lawmakers may loosen child labor laws to fill jobs left by undocumented immigrantsFlorida lawmakers are looking to children to fill low-wage jobs left open by the undocumented immigration crackdown, CNN reports.
Self-professed 'DOGE person' Frank Bisignano gets his confirmation hearing to lead Social Security
Read full article: Self-professed 'DOGE person' Frank Bisignano gets his confirmation hearing to lead Social SecurityThe nominee to lead the Social Security Administration has faced tough questions at his confirmation hearing about efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency to shut down field offices and cut back on phone service.
Early voting and spending surge in Wisconsin Supreme Court race that has drawn national attention
Read full article: Early voting and spending surge in Wisconsin Supreme Court race that has drawn national attentionTotal spending on Wisconsin’s pivotal Supreme Court race has reached more than $81 million, including more than $17 million by groups funded by Trump adviser Elon Musk.
What is Signal, the chat app used by US officials to share attack plans?
Read full article: What is Signal, the chat app used by US officials to share attack plans?A magazine journalist’s account of being added to a group chat of U.S. national security officials coordinating plans for airstrikes has raised questions about how highly sensitive information is supposed to be handled.
The Latest: Trump overhauls US elections in new executive order, including proof of citizenship
Read full article: The Latest: Trump overhauls US elections in new executive order, including proof of citizenshipPresident Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive action to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and mandate that all ballots be received by Election Day.
Mike Huckabee, Trump's pick for Israel ambassador, tries to distance from past Palestinian rhetoric
Read full article: Mike Huckabee, Trump's pick for Israel ambassador, tries to distance from past Palestinian rhetoricPresident Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel attempted to distance himself from past controversial statements about the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people.
Transgender Americans aim to block Trump's passport policy change
Read full article: Transgender Americans aim to block Trump's passport policy changeA federal judge is considering whether to block a Trump administration policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.
International students weigh new risks of pursuing higher education in the US under Trump
Read full article: International students weigh new risks of pursuing higher education in the US under TrumpAs colleges and universities respond to Trump administration directives to change how they operate, educators worry that fewer international students will want to study in the U.S.
Trump intel officials testify on threat from drug cartels as Dems press them on leak of attack plans
Read full article: Trump intel officials testify on threat from drug cartels as Dems press them on leak of attack plansThe Trump administration’s top intelligence officials have stressed to Congress the threat they say is posed by international criminal gangs, drug cartels and human smuggling.