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President Donald Trump told governors Friday during a meeting at the White House he has no plans to surge federal immigration operations in states where it’s not wanted. New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul said during an afternoon press conference with several other governors that Trump was asked during the …

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Friday night imposing a new 10% tariff on most foreign imports to the United States, moving swiftly to revive his trade agenda just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an earlier set of sweeping tariffs. The new tariffs will take effect Monday …

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the official Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Feb. 24, party leaders announced Thursday, handing a national spotlight to a rising figure seen as a model for Democratic success in competitive territory. The rebuttal is among the highest-profile …

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major setback to President Donald Trump on Friday, ruling 6–3 that he exceeded his authority when he imposed sweeping global tariffs under a law reserved for national emergencies. The justices held that Trump’s broad tariffs on imports from dozens of countries were not authorized …

Prince Andrew, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office following revelations in newly released Jeffrey Epstein files that allege the former royal shared confidential British government information with the late American sex offender. The arrest of the 66-year-old — King Charles III’s …

In a freewheeling hour-long speech at a northwest Georgia steel plant, President Donald Trump sought to boost his second-term economic agenda ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections. “We have the most people working in history, and just recently, we crossed two milestones,” he said Thursday. “They thought it was totally …

The Trump administration appears poised to launch an extended military assault on Iran, current and former U.S. officials said, as the Pentagon assembles a massive strike force in the Middle East despite the risk of U.S. combat fatalities and the possibility of becoming entangled in a prolonged regional war. The …

President Donald Trump’s administration has installed Jay Bhattacharya, a prominent critic of the federal government’s coronavirus response, as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to four people familiar with the personnel move. Bhattacharya, who will continue serving as director of the National Institutes of Health, …

A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a suit Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s recent finding that the Environmental Protection Agency could not regulate climate-warming greenhouse gases. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump announced last week the administration was finalizing a repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding, …

President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser on Wednesday urged punishment for Federal Reserve economists after a new study concluded that U.S. companies and consumers are paying for nearly all of the tariffs imposed by the White House last year. “The paper is an embarrassment,” Kevin Hassett, director of the White …

The Trump administration said it will appeal a federal judge’s order requiring the restoration of a Philadelphia exhibit detailing the lives of nine people enslaved by George Washington at his former residence near Independence Mall. The Justice Department argues that the administration has sole authority to determine how history is …

United States Southern Command said Tuesday that U.S. forces launched strikes on three boats suspected of drug smuggling in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, killing 11 people in the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s maritime counter-narcotics campaign. In a post on X, Southern Command said intelligence confirmed …

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because the statutory 90-day detention period has expired and the federal government has no viable plan to deport him, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said the government failed to show that Abrego Garcia’s removal is …

The NAACP and several allied organizations are asking a federal judge to restrict how the FBI can use voter information seized from a Fulton County elections warehouse, arguing the search threatens Georgians’ privacy and voting rights. In a motion filed late Sunday, the groups said the Jan. 28 seizure of …

The Supreme Court of Virginia has agreed to allow Democratic lawmakers’ mid-decade redistricting attempt to move forward, announcing it will hear the case on an expedited basis. The court denied Republican lawmakers’ motion to pause a redistricting referendum as the high court deliberates the case. The order means voters will …