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A plane carrying migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown lands at Simn Bolvar International Airport in Maiqueta, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
1 hour ago

Makeup artist is one of the US deportees sent from El Salvador to Venezuela, congressman says

Read full article: Makeup artist is one of the US deportees sent from El Salvador to Venezuela, congressman says
FILE - EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin attends a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
6 hours ago

EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs

Read full article: EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs
FILE - A voter fills out a ballot at the MetraPark events center, June 4, 2024, in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, FIle)
7 hours ago

Judge limits a small part of a court order blocking Trump's election overhaul as lawsuits continue

Read full article: Judge limits a small part of a court order blocking Trump's election overhaul as lawsuits continue
President Donald Trump arrives for an event to sign the GENIUS Act, a bill that regulates stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
3 hours ago

Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

Read full article: Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.

A message written by a protester is seen on the ground outside the Ed Sullivan theater, where "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" is filmed, Friday, July 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
7 hours ago

Did money or politics cause Colbert cancellation? Either way, the economics are tough for TV

Read full article: Did money or politics cause Colbert cancellation? Either way, the economics are tough for TV

CBS parent Paramount insists that this week's decision to cancel Steven Colbert's “Late Show” was strictly financial, and had nothing to do with politics.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz at the Pentagon, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
7 hours ago

Hegseth tells lawmakers about plan to detain immigrants at bases in Indiana and New Jersey

Read full article: Hegseth tells lawmakers about plan to detain immigrants at bases in Indiana and New Jersey

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says military bases in Indiana and New Jersey could house detained immigrants without affecting their military operations.

FILE - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Committee on Banking hearing, June 25, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
8 hours ago

Trump's attacks on Powell threaten the Fed's independence. Here's why it matters

Read full article: Trump's attacks on Powell threaten the Fed's independence. Here's why it matters

President Donald Trump has opened up a new front in his attack on the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell: He says the alledged mismanagement of a building renovation project could be grounds for firing Powell.

Migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown arrive at Simon Bolvar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
2 hours ago

Venezuela releases jailed Americans in deal that frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US

Read full article: Venezuela releases jailed Americans in deal that frees migrants deported to El Salvador by US

Venezuela has released 10 jailed U.S. citizens and permanent residents in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

FILE - This image provided by U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia shows a stockpile of homemade explosives Federal agents seized when they arrested Brad Spafford, a Virginia man on a firearms charge in Dec. 2024. (U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia via AP)
10 hours ago

Man accused of stockpiling bombs, using Biden photo for target practice, pleads guilty

Read full article: Man accused of stockpiling bombs, using Biden photo for target practice, pleads guilty

A Virginia man has pleaded guilty in a federal case that accused him of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters as President Donald Trump listens, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
6 hours ago

Trump administration seeks release of Epstein grand jury records but not Justice Department files

Read full article: Trump administration seeks release of Epstein grand jury records but not Justice Department files

Under intense pressure from President Donald Trump’s own supporters, his administration now is asking a federal court to unseal secret documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case.

FILE - Mairelise Robinson, a U.S. citizen who is 6 months pregnant, attends a protest in support of birthright citizenship, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
10 hours ago

Trump's birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling

Read full article: Trump's birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling

A federal judge’s order blocking former President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship has taken effect.

FILE - Attendees of the after school nutrition program, Milwaukee Public Library Snack Hack, line up to get a slice of pizza made from scratch, Nov. 19, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Devi Shastri, File)
6 hours ago

Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs

Read full article: Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs

The Education Department plans to release previously withheld grant money for after-school programs.

FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building is seen, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
10 hours ago

Judge restores Democrat to Federal Trade Commission, ruling her firing by Trump was illegal

Read full article: Judge restores Democrat to Federal Trade Commission, ruling her firing by Trump was illegal

A federal judge has restored a Democrat to the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that President Donald Trump illegally fired her earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across the government.

FILE - The Federal Reserve Board Building is seen as it undergoes renovations, June 10, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
5 hours ago

Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks

Read full article: Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks

President Donald Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years over interest rates.

FILE - President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
3 hours ago

The Latest: Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

Read full article: The Latest: Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties

President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal over the newspaper’s reporting on ties between Trump and Jeffery Epstein.

FILE - People hold signs during a protest outside the annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference, June 3, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
11 hours ago

Most US adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds

Read full article: Most US adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds

A new AP-NORC poll shows that while Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, everyday Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy.

FILE - Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., asks questions during hearing May 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP, File)
7 hours ago

Billy Long sworn in as IRS commissioner, taking over an agency he once sought to close

Read full article: Billy Long sworn in as IRS commissioner, taking over an agency he once sought to close

Former Missouri congressman Billy Long was ceremonially sworn in as IRS commissioner on Friday.

Adrienne Hazel, left, poses for a photo with her son Ricky on Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Southfield, Mich. (AP Photo/Sylvia Jarrus)
6 hours ago

Civil rights work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department, agency data shows

Read full article: Civil rights work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department, agency data shows

Data from the Education Department shows the pace at which it resolves civil rights complaints has slowed as the Trump administration dismantles the agency.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., departs a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
14 hours ago

Under pressure, House Republicans consider vote on Epstein file

Read full article: Under pressure, House Republicans consider vote on Epstein file

House Republicans are trying to formulate a response to the Trump administration’s handling of records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case.

President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to sign the "Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act," in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
1 day ago

Trump offers regulatory relief for coal, iron ore and chemical industries

Read full article: Trump offers regulatory relief for coal, iron ore and chemical industries

President Donald Trump is granting two years of regulatory relief to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturers and other industries as he seeks to reverse Biden-era regulations he considers overly burdensome.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen during a meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
1 day ago

Trump administration tells embassies to rein in criticism of foreign elections

Read full article: Trump administration tells embassies to rein in criticism of foreign elections

The State Department is pulling back from commenting on or criticizing elections overseas unless there's a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest in doing so.

This photo provided by Kanesia McGlashan-Price shows Lauren Adams, general manager of public radio station KUCB in Unalaska, Alaska, in the broadcast studio Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Kanesia McGlashan-Price via AP)
1 day ago

Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope

Read full article: Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope

In Alaska, a public radio station general manager took a moment from a busy day warning her community about a possible tsunami for a special task — sending a text message to Sen. Lisa Murkowski urging her to vote against a measure to strip federal funding of NPR and PBS.

FILE - Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones speaks at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Oct. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
1 day ago

A Georgia Republican governor candidate questions legality of rival's $10M campaign loan

Read full article: A Georgia Republican governor candidate questions legality of rival's $10M campaign loan

A Republican candidate for Georgia governor accuses his rival of illegally lending $10 million to a campaign committee.

Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, Thursday July 17, 2025. (AP Photo)
16 hours ago

Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time

Read full article: Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time

Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s secretive third-country program are in prison, where they will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time.

The left foot and swollen of President Donald Trump are pictured as he sits with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
1 day ago

Here's what to know about chronic venous insufficiency

Read full article: Here's what to know about chronic venous insufficiency

Swollen legs led to President Donald Trump being diagnosed with what’s called chronic venous insufficiency.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters as President Donald Trump listens, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
15 hours ago

Trump mired in Epstein controversy as Wall Street Journal reports on 2003 letter

Read full article: Trump mired in Epstein controversy as Wall Street Journal reports on 2003 letter

The controversy over President Donald Trump’s handling of records from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation entered a new dimension Thursday as his administration struggles to make good on its promises to release details on the sex trafficking case involving a one-time friend of the now-president.

President Donald Trump is greeted by Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., as he arrives at "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
1 day ago

Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Read full article: Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades.

FILE - Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., presides over a House Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
1 day ago

Maryland man charged with threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her family

Read full article: Maryland man charged with threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her family

A Maryland man has been arrested on charges that he made threatening calls to the Georgia offices of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

FILE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents escort a detained immigrant into an elevator after he exited an immigration courtroom, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova, file)
9 hours ago

In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: The law-enforcement officer in a mask

Read full article: In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: The law-enforcement officer in a mask

Immigration enforcement agents are detaining people and taking them into custody, at times under public anger and outcry.

FILE - Pumpjacks operate in the foreground while a wind turbines at the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rise in the distance Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
1 day ago

Interior Secretary Burgum must personally approve all wind and solar projects, a new order says

Read full article: Interior Secretary Burgum must personally approve all wind and solar projects, a new order says

All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

A camp of tents housing displaced Palestinians extends across Gaza City, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
1 day ago

Israel has refused to renew visas for heads of at least 3 UN agencies in Gaza

Read full article: Israel has refused to renew visas for heads of at least 3 UN agencies in Gaza

Israel has refused to renew visas for the heads of at least three United Nations agencies in Gaza.

President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to sign the "Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act," in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
1 day ago

Trump will visit Scotland, where his family has golf courses, and will talk trade with Starmer

Read full article: Trump will visit Scotland, where his family has golf courses, and will talk trade with Starmer

President Donald Trump plans to visit Scotland next week.

FILE - Arizona Democratic party supporters walk to the exit after attending a watch party on election night Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
1 day ago

Arizona Democrats oust embattled chair amid party turmoil

Read full article: Arizona Democrats oust embattled chair amid party turmoil

Arizona Democrats have removed their chair just six months into a tumultuous tenure.

FILE - Former Louisville Police officer Brett Hankison examines a document as he answers questions from the prosecution, March 2, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, Pool, File)
1 day ago

US Justice Department wants no prison time for ex-officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid

Read full article: US Justice Department wants no prison time for ex-officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid

The U.S. Justice Department is recommending an ex-Kentucky police officer convicted of using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid should serve no prison time.

The U.S. Capitol is reflected in a puddle outside of the Rayburn House Office Building, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
1 day ago

House sends bill regulating stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency, to Trump

Read full article: House sends bill regulating stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency, to Trump

The House has passed two bills intended to boost the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency industry with new regulations as President Donald Trump has pushed to make the U_S_ the “crypto capital of the world.”.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt arrives to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
1 day ago

Trump is checked for lower leg swelling and diagnosed with a common condition in older adults

Read full article: Trump is checked for lower leg swelling and diagnosed with a common condition in older adults

The White House says President Donald Trump had a recent medical checkup after he noticed “mild swelling” in his lower legs.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
1 day ago

What's in the Republican bill cutting $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid

Read full article: What's in the Republican bill cutting $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid

The Republican-led Congress had passed President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion in public broadcasting and foreign aid spending.

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