A U.S. civil rights agency has determined that the federal government can bar transgender employees from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity, dismissing an appeal from a transgender woman who worked for the U.S. Army
February 28, 2026
Netflix shockingly bows out, leaving Paramount as the apparent Warner Bros. winner
February 27, 2026
The Trump administration is about to release billions in disaster aid. Several blue states won’t be included
February 27, 2026
US Olympic hockey player distances himself from White House video trashing Canadians
February 27, 2026
Canada’s minister for U.S. trade says the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement could be subject to annual review and that uncertainty could be the objective of the Trump administration
February 27, 2026
Justice Department prosecutor says in court he wasn’t told by higher-ups to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia
February 26, 2026
The family of independent U.N. investigator Francesca Albanese has sued the Trump administration over U.S. sanctions imposed on her last year for her criticism of Israel’s policies in Gaza
February 26, 2026
The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades
February 27, 2026
Trump asks Supreme Court to remove immigration protections for thousands of Syrians
February 27, 2026
The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to allow the government to end legal protections for migrants from Syria for now
February 26, 2026
ICE won’t be at polling places for midterms, Trump appointee tells state election officials
February 26, 2026
A DHS official is promising top state election administrators that immigration agents will not be at polling places during November's midterm election
February 26, 2026
Vice President JD Vance has announced that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds
February 25, 2026
Iran is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program, alternating between calling his remarks lies to saying negotiations may yield an agreement through diplomacy
February 25, 2026
Federal energy officials say they will loan a record $26.5 billion federal loan to Georgia Power and Alabama Power to expand electricity supply
February 25, 2026
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries” to which they have no ties is unlawful and must be set aside
February 25, 2026
‘This is misery for us:’ New home construction stalls after immigration crackdown in Minnesota
February 25, 2026
The Justice Department is suing the University of California over allegations that UCLA failed to protect Jewish employees from antisemitic harassment amid pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the campus in 2023 and 2024
February 24, 2026
A federal appeals court is allowing the IRS to keep sharing some taxpayer data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
February 24, 2026
The State Department has expressed its displeasure over Ukraine's recent attacks on the Russian port of Novorossiysk that have impacted U.S. oil interests in Kazakhstan
February 24, 2026
Trump administration considers forcing banks to verify customers’ citizenship
February 24, 2026
A federal appeals court is weighing whether the Trump administration unlawfully shut down a $20 billion green bank program and froze money meant for climate nonprofits
February 24, 2026
First lady Melania and Donald Trump bringing separate guests to SOTU in break with precedent
February 24, 2026
You paid for tariffs — but you won’t get a slice of tariff refunds
February 24, 2026
Trump confronts his 3 main options on Iran — from diplomacy to trying to topple a regime
February 24, 2026
How Mexico hunted ‘El Mencho’ with help from his lover’s ‘trusted man’ and US intelligence
February 24, 2026
A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer says the agency’s training for new deportation officers is broken as ICE ramps up its hiring
February 23, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down on his support for an executive order that would aim to boost the production of a controversial weedkiller ingredient called glyphosate, even though it is widening a political fault line for the administration ahead of the midterm elections
February 23, 2026
The Education Department is handing over more of its programs and grants to other federal agencies
February 23, 2026
The U.S. military says it killed three people in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea
February 23, 2026
The Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives, notching a major victory
February 23, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to the Caribbean country of St. Kitts and Nevis this week to reassert the Trump administration’s interests in the Western Hemisphere
February 23, 2026
China has urged the United States to stop imposing one-sided tariffs
February 23, 2026
Bay Area wineries try to keep prices competitive amid U.S. tariffs
February 22, 2026
The European Commission says the United States needs to honor its tariff deal with the EU after the Supreme court blocked parts of President Donald Trump’s trade agenda
February 22, 2026
Trump virtually eliminated emissions regulations. Here’s what happens to your next car now
February 22, 2026
Middle East states condemn US ambassador’s comments appearing to support ‘expansionist’ Israel
February 21, 2026
Death of far-right activist in France sends tensions soaring and draws US criticism
February 21, 2026
CIA retracts intel reports that agency says failed to meet standards for political bias
February 21, 2026
The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean
February 21, 2026
A lawyer picked by judges to serve as the top federal prosecutor for a Virginia office that pursued cases against foes of President Donald Trump has been swiftly fired by the Justice Department in the latest clash over the appointments of powerful U.S. attorneys
February 21, 2026
The Trump administration says it supports a strict Biden-era rule that forces cities to replace most lead water pipes within 10 years
February 20, 2026
All truckers and bus drivers will have to take their commercial driver’s license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry and get unqualified drivers off the road
February 20, 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants
February 20, 2026
The Trump administration has informed Congress that it intends to proceed with planning for a potential re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria, which was shuttered in 2012 during the country’s civil war
February 20, 2026
A look at the military hardware the US has positioned for potential war with Iran
February 20, 2026
Both Prohibition and current mass deportation efforts were hastily built, staffed by people permitted to use force, and had difficult objectives to achieve.
February 20, 2026
A former prince is arrested in the UK with accountability in question in the US
February 20, 2026
Trump administration plans to take Homan’s Minneapolis immigration playbook nationwide
February 20, 2026
Lawmakers say they’ve been stonewalled by DHS, undercutting attempts to hold Trump officials accountable
February 20, 2026
The Trump administration’s revocation of a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health is likely to affect communities of color the most
February 20, 2026
Hegseth invited pastor who calls for Christian theocracy to lead Pentagon prayer service
February 19, 2026
The National Governors Association is pulling out of an annual meeting at the White House after President Donald Trump declined to invite two Democratic governors
February 19, 2026
New research shows midsize U.S. companies pay far more in Trump-era tariffs, and the costs land at home
February 19, 2026
Exclusive: DHS admits its website showcasing the ‘worst of the worst’ immigrants was rife with errors
February 19, 2026
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is proposing a rule that would limit public housing mostly to citizens, which advocates fear could lead to tens of thousand of people being evicted
February 19, 2026
The United Nations says the United States has paid about $160 million of the nearly $4 billion it owes, and President Donald Trump is promising more money to the financially strapped world organization
February 19, 2026
Minnesota judge holds federal attorney in civil contempt, a first in Trump’s second term
February 19, 2026
A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people living in the country illegally
February 19, 2026
Trump administration expands ICE’s ability to detain legal refugees in latest memo
February 19, 2026
Commission voting on East Wing concept has few members with arts experience, little time for public comment
February 19, 2026
Federal investigators say a veteran agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration took cash to push fraudulent visa applications through the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic
February 19, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to travel to Israel next week to update Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks
February 19, 2026
President Donald Trump’s top economist on Wednesday urged that Federal Reserve economists be punished for research last week that showed American companies and consumers paying for nearly all the new tariffs imposed by the White House last year
February 18, 2026
Trump administration restricts new FEMA disaster deployments during DHS shutdown
February 18, 2026
The director of the National Institutes of Health is also taking over as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official
February 18, 2026
Cuba is becoming an increasingly paralyzed country as the Trump administration's policy of blocking oil shipments from abroad cripples an already ailing economy. CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports from Havana.
February 18, 2026
In an interview with the BBC, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused the Trump administration of a “continuing cover-up” in the way it has handled the release of millions of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein. This comes as both Clintons are set to appear for closed-door depositions in the House’s Epstein probe later this month.
February 17, 2026
Stephen Colbert says his interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico was pulled from Monday's broadcast over fears it would violate “equal time” guidance from the Federal Communications Commission under the Trump administration
February 17, 2026
Last week the White House announced the nomination of a Las Vegas attorney for U.S. Attorney of the District of Nevada
February 17, 2026
Colbert says CBS scrapped his James Talarico interview after Trump FCC’s threats
February 17, 2026
Slavery exhibit returns to Philadelphia museum following judge’s orders that cited Orwell’s ‘1984’
February 16, 2026
The Trump administration has backed Kalshi and Polymarket in a court fight over whether prediction markets constitute gambling
February 17, 2026
He spent over 40 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned. An immigration judge just denied him bond
February 17, 2026
US increases military pressure on Iran as countries discuss a deal
February 16, 2026
Lawyers say a new group of third-country nationals has been deported by the United States to Cameroon
February 16, 2026
More than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota’s Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as part of the Trump administration’s drawdown of its immigration enforcement surge
February 15, 2026
The U.S. military says it's boarded another sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean
February 15, 2026
A top European Union official has rejected the notion that Europe faces “civilizational erasure,” pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration
February 15, 2026
The Swiss Foreign Ministry says Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks over Tehran’s nuclear program this week
February 14, 2026
Rubio reassures Europe’s leaders of US backing — but only if they change course
February 14, 2026
New careers, relocations and medical problems: How ex-federal workers’ lives have been upended since DOGE
February 14, 2026
A month after Iran launched a crackdown on nationwide protests, widespread arrests are roiling the country
February 14, 2026
Federal immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,600 beds
February 14, 2026
Dozens of U.S. lawmakers were trying to make their way this weekend to the Munich Security Conference to assure allies of America's reliability
February 13, 2026
The Trump administration is scaling back its immigration enforcement surge in and around the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, but state officials and residents say its effects on Minnesota’s economy and immigrant communities will linger
February 13, 2026
Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center
February 13, 2026
Two top aides to RFK Jr. leaving HHS as part of leadership shakeup
February 13, 2026
Trump administration deported some migrants at a cost of $1 million each, Democratic report says
February 13, 2026
The Trump administration spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries other than their own, according to a report compiled by the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
February 13, 2026
His family fled Afghanistan facing threats for supporting US troops. Now he sits in ICE custody at risk of being sent back
February 13, 2026
Why Trump’s immigration crackdown isn’t boosting hiring
February 13, 2026
New York politicians defiantly raised a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd
February 12, 2026
Communications breakdown over El Paso airspace closure sparks finger pointing across Trump administration
February 13, 2026
Bipartisan opposition over inflammatory comments likely to sink Trump State Dept. nominee
February 13, 2026
The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.”
February 12, 2026
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador to return to the U
February 12, 2026
Takeaways: Enforcement surge ending in Minneapolis as state and DHS officials face tough questions in Senate
February 12, 2026
Justice Department’s antitrust chief has been fired, sources say
February 12, 2026
The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass
February 12, 2026
Trump delivers a deadly blow to EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution
February 12, 2026
The Trump administration says it is ending its massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota after weeks of angry mass protests, thousands of arrests and two fatal shootings
February 12, 2026
Grand juries, historically rubber stamps for prosecutors’ attempts to indict, are rejecting the Trump administration’s moves to indict the president’s perceived enemies. That’s unprecedented.
February 11, 2026
US military pulls last troops from key military facility in Syria
February 12, 2026
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s highest security federal prison
February 12, 2026
‘They put me on there to die’: Conservatives unload on GOP’s failures to carry out DOGE cost-cutting
February 12, 2026
European allies at NATO are brushing aside concerns that the United States has stepped back from its leadership role at the alliance
February 12, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a large U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference this week
February 12, 2026
Republicans urge Trump to hold firm against Democrats’ DHS demands as clock ticks toward shutdown
February 11, 2026
The Congressional Black Caucus is building a new coalition with major civil rights groups to push back on President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda
February 11, 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi took heated questions from lawmakers in a combative congressional hearing over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein that have exposed sensitive private information about victims despite redaction efforts
February 11, 2026
Trump admin removes Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument
February 11, 2026
Pride flag removed from Stonewall National Monument in NYC
February 11, 2026
Iran marks the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution as leaders face pressure from the U.S. and anger at home
February 11, 2026
Don Lemon hires former federal prosecutor who resigned over handling of fatal ICE shooting probe
February 11, 2026
Congressional Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of trying to hijack plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and using the nonprofit National Park Foundation to solicit money from private donors for some of the president’s pet projects
February 11, 2026
The heads of three Trump administration agencies have appeared before Congress to discuss immigration policies
February 10, 2026
2020 election deniers drove the FBI’s seizures of Fulton County ballots, new documents show
February 10, 2026
Gov. Tim Walz says the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota could end soon
February 10, 2026
President Donald Trump’s administration plans to withhold public health and transportation funds from several Democratic-led states
February 10, 2026
The White House says the Trump administration will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change
February 10, 2026
The Trump administration has stopped flying a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument
February 10, 2026
Takeaways from a tense House hearing with Trump immigration officials
February 10, 2026
Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revoke American passports until payments are made
February 10, 2026
Judges are regularly threatening contempt charges against the DOJ in immigration cases
February 10, 2026
Immigration judge terminates removal proceedings against Tufts student detained by Trump administration, attorneys say
February 10, 2026
Federal judge blocks California’s law enforcement mask ban
February 10, 2026
Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown just days before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire
February 09, 2026
The United Nations says it’s waiting to find out how much of the nearly $4 billion the United States owes the world organization the Trump administration intends to pay and when the money will arrive
February 10, 2026
Justice Department seeks to dismiss Steve Bannon’s Capitol riot contempt case
February 09, 2026
The Trump administration has significantly reduced the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's activities over the past year
February 09, 2026
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance redefined what it means to be an American patriot
February 09, 2026
The images of masked federal officers has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations
February 09, 2026
U.S. Olympians are beginning to face backlash for speaking out about domestic politics at the Milan Cortina Games
February 08, 2026
Congress isn’t waiting on Trump to tackle high housing costs
February 08, 2026
Democrats are focusing on health care in the November elections and making it a key issue
February 07, 2026
President Donald Trump has endorsed Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion purchase of broadcast rival Tegna in an apparent reversal from his earlier criticism of the deal
February 07, 2026
The chair of the Congressional Black Caucus says the Trump administration has a chance to change after President Donald Trump posted a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as primates in the jungle
February 07, 2026
Judge grants continuance in the asylum case of Liam Conejo Ramos and his family
February 07, 2026
Trump confirms more talks with Iran as Tehran stands firm on nuclear enrichment. Here’s what to know
February 06, 2026
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funding for a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey
February 07, 2026
Judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze more than $16 billion for NY tunnel project
February 07, 2026
A federal judge says the Trump administration must bring back three deported families who should have been allowed to remain in the United States under a court settlement involving the separation of children from their parents at the border
February 07, 2026
US accuses China of secret nuclear test as Trump admin calls for broader nuclear weapons agreement
February 06, 2026
States’ mistrust of Trump’s fraud crusade could hinder fight against foreign influence in elections, federal officials fear
February 06, 2026
The Trump administration says its emergency orders keeping coal-fired plants running helped prevent blackouts during the recent cold snap
February 06, 2026
Energy Star, the program that helps guide consumers to more energy-efficient appliances and electronics, has survived President Donald Trump’s attempt to kill it
February 06, 2026
The Trump administration's immigration operation in Minnesota is now being unified under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
February 06, 2026
She thought ICE agents were taking her to school. The 10-year-old ended up 1,200 miles away at a detention facility
February 06, 2026
A division of the U.S. Agency for International Development eliminated by Trump administration cuts last year was reborn Thursday as an independent nonprofit
February 06, 2026
The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean
February 06, 2026
The Trump administration has launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate
February 05, 2026
Trump’s pressure on Havana stirs hope among Cuban diaspora in Spain
February 05, 2026
In Venezuela, political critics are emerging from hiding following the U.S. ouster of President Nicolás Maduro
February 05, 2026
Trump administration plans to reclassify 50,000 federal workers, making them easier to fire
February 05, 2026
Marco Rubio drops one of his job titles, while still juggling several other hats
February 05, 2026
Trump administration officials traveled to Los Angeles to outline the president’s plan to override state and local rules and speed up the permitting process for reconstruction of tens of thousands of homes destroyed by last year’s wildfires
February 04, 2026
Guan Heng, a Chinese asylum seeker who exposed human rights abuses in his homeland, has been released after more than five months in federal detention
February 05, 2026
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is recommending that surgeons delay gender-affirming surgeries until patients turn 19, including chest, genital and facial surgeries
February 04, 2026
The Supreme Court has allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a plea from state Republicans and the Trump administration
February 04, 2026
Federal agency probes Nike over alleged discrimination against White employees
February 04, 2026
A government lawyer who told a judge that her job “sucks” during a court hearing stemming from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota has been removed from her Justice Department post
February 04, 2026
Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement
February 04, 2026
Trump admin attorney leaves Minnesota after telling judge her job ‘sucks’ amid crush of immigration cases
February 04, 2026
Bad Bunny's highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime show is set entirely in Spanish
February 04, 2026
Iran conditionally agrees to nuclear talks with US, first since Trump’s military strikes last summer
February 03, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package to end the partial government shutdown hours after the House passed the bill in a bipartisan vote
February 03, 2026
Judge appears likely to side with Mark Kelly in case challenging Pentagon’s efforts to punish him over ‘illegal orders’ video
February 03, 2026
Olympic officials from Africa have taken their concerns about a visa program for entering the United States to leaders of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
February 03, 2026
The Hechinger Report outlines step-by-step how dismantling the Education Department might alter services for students with disabilities.
May 09, 2025
More prosecutors are leaving the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota during a time of continued turmoil over the Trump administration’s stepped-up immigration enforcement in the state and recent shootings of civilians by federal agents
February 03, 2026
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s termination of protections for Haitians
February 03, 2026
A Democrat flipped a state Senate seat in Texas. Republicans say it’s a ‘wake-up call’ for the midterms
February 03, 2026
Judge wipes away order requiring feds to preserve evidence gathered at Alex Pretti shooting scene
February 02, 2026
Trump’s attempts to kill offshore wind aren’t working
February 02, 2026
The Trump administration is eliminating four out of six planned locations for a 2030 census practice test
February 02, 2026
The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth elements
February 02, 2026
President Donald Trump is promoting his administration’s work on affordability, but Americans don't seem to be buying it
February 02, 2026
Planned Parenthood has dropped its legal challenge against the Trump administration's decision to cut off Medicaid funding to its abortion providers
February 02, 2026
Trump claims blue states have less-reliable, more expensive electricity. Here’s the reality
February 02, 2026
These young brothers sacrifice normal teenage life to be full-time ICE watchers in Minneapolis — and say they won’t regret it
February 02, 2026
Artists this awards season are having to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolt against the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns
February 01, 2026
5-year-old Liam Ramos returns home as Trump administration shifts tone amid nationwide anti-ICE protests
February 01, 2026
A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro has killed at least 12 people, according to Ukrainian emergency services
February 01, 2026
A video alleging fraud in Somali-run child care centers in Minneapolis has drawn attention throughout the United States
February 01, 2026
Newly released files on Jeffrey Epstein have prompted the resignation of a top official in Slovakia and revived calls in Britain for a former prince to cooperate with authorities
January 31, 2026
READ: District judge’s scathing opinion ordering release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and father
January 31, 2026
More anti-ICE protests underway nationwide after judge declines to immediately halt Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota
January 31, 2026
From a recalibration in Minnesota to an Epstein files release: Inside the Trump administration’s chaotic week
January 31, 2026
Protesters across the U.S. shut down schools and stores during a nationwide strike to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis
January 30, 2026
Before capturing Maduro, Trump admin sought lessons from Iraq war to get Venezuela’s oil flowing
January 29, 2026
Carney says he expects Trump to ‘respect Canadian sovereignty’ after Alberta separatists meet with US officials
January 29, 2026
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization
January 29, 2026
Venezuela approves new law opening its oil industry as Trump threatens more tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba
January 30, 2026
Aggressive immigration enforcement in Minnesota, which resulted in the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens by federal agents, and this week’s FBI search of an election office in Georgia have Democratic election officials concerned about what could be in store for this fall’s midterm elections
January 30, 2026
Many of the people whose ancestors lived in the U.S. thousands of years before Europeans are carrying tribal identification for protection against the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda
January 30, 2026
The Senate has voted to fund most of the government through the end of September while carving out a temporary extension for Homeland Security funding, giving Congress two weeks to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country
January 30, 2026
They were asylum seekers and refugees in Minnesota. Still, ICE detained and flew them to Texas to face deportation
January 30, 2026
Journalist Don Lemon has been released from custody after being charged with federal civil rights crimes in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted services at a Minnesota church
January 30, 2026
Comparisons of Trump to Hitler have become common. But some of Trump’s policies may more closely resemble those of Francisco Franco of Spain, says a Spanish scholar.
January 30, 2026
The Trump administration has imposed sanctions against Iran’s interior minister, accusing Eskandar Momeni of repressing nationwide protests that have challenged Tehran’s theocratic government
January 30, 2026
U.S. allies and partners in the Middle East again are urging restraint from both the United States and Iran as the Trump administration warns of a possible strike and builds up its military presence in the region
January 30, 2026
The Trump administration has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totaling $6.67 billion and to Saudi Arabia worth $9 billion
January 30, 2026
Here’s what military equipment the US has positioned in the Middle East as Trump considers an Iran strike
January 30, 2026
A Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice that two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
January 27, 2026
A Chicago carpenter cleared of accusations that he put a $10,000 bounty on the life of a Border Patrol commander’s life has been taken into immigration custody
January 27, 2026
The Trump administration has notified Congress that it is taking the first steps to possibly reopen the shuttered U.S. Embassy in Venezuela as it explores restoring relations with the South American country following the U.S. military raid that ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro
January 27, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that her government has suspended oil shipments to Cuba, but says the pause in shipments has been a “sovereign decision” and not the result of pressure by the United States
January 27, 2026
President Donald Trump is warning Iraqi officials that the U.S. would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power
January 28, 2026
‘We all have to be brave’: Meet the woman whose video of Alex Pretti’s killing contradicted the administration’s claims
January 28, 2026
After town hall attack, Ilhan Omar condemns ‘terrorizing’ immigration push and criticism from GOP
January 28, 2026
Trump administration asks court to pause Louisiana lawsuit targeting abortion pill access while it conducts review
January 28, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has given a full-throated defense of President Donald Trump's military operation to oust and arrest then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
January 28, 2026
Powell hints at extended pause on rate cuts but stays mum on Trump attacks
January 28, 2026
President Donald Trump seemed to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents
January 28, 2026
Fact check: Trump says Democrats don’t talk about affordability anymore (they do) because inflation is over (it isn’t)
January 28, 2026
Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett have met with a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father at a Texas immigration detention center, a case that has stirred anger over the Trump administration’s immigration policies
January 28, 2026
The Trump administration's deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers about $496 million through December
January 28, 2026
Democrats demand major overhaul to ICE, as government shutdown risk skyrockets
January 28, 2026
Elizabeth Kautz, mayor of Burnsville, Minnesota, says she carries her passport in her own city due to concerns about immigration enforcement
January 28, 2026
The Trump administration is taking a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states
January 28, 2026
Justice Department bracing for more resignations in Minnesota
January 29, 2026
A federal appeals court says the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections that gave hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela permission to live and work in the United States
January 29, 2026
How Stephen Miller micromanages Trump’s immigration policies
January 29, 2026
Amy Klobuchar says she's running for governor of Minnesota
January 29, 2026
The Trump administration is looking at basing the new Board of Peace in the Washington building that formerly housed the U.S. Institute of Peace
January 29, 2026
Why Minnesota’s CEOs finally broke their silence
January 26, 2026
Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon
January 27, 2026
A new Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter what state officials have called federal misinformation after immigration officials fatally shot two residents during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown
January 27, 2026
Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday as the Trump administration reshuffles leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scales back the federal presence after a second fatal shooting in the city by federal officers
January 26, 2026
President Donald Trump is taking a more conciliatory approach with Democratic leaders in Minnesota
January 27, 2026
The shooting deaths of two American citizens at the hands of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis have upended the politics of the Trump administration’s deportation agenda
January 26, 2026
The U.S. military says the death toll from strikes on alleged drug boats is up to 126 people, with the inclusion of those presumed dead after being lost at sea
January 26, 2026
The first refugee to lead the U_N_ refugee agency tells The Associated Press that the world faces a “very difficult moment in history.”
January 26, 2026
Alex Pretti, a Minnesota nurse, is the sixth person to die during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign in the U.S. Federal authorities immediately said Pretti was a threat to federal officers
January 26, 2026
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte insists Europe cannot defend itself without U.S. military support
January 26, 2026
The Trump administration has thrown up new obstacles for international students, from travel bans to a pause in visa appointments and new layers of vetting
January 26, 2026
A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026
What Trump officials claimed about Alex Pretti — and what the evidence actually shows
January 25, 2026
Moderate Democratic Sen_ Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that her “attempt to mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis is “deeply shameful.”
January 25, 2026
Long Island school district must reinstate Native American mascot or face funding cuts, Trump administration says
January 25, 2026
How Gregory Bovino became the face of Trump’s immigration crackdown
January 25, 2026
A federal immigration officer has shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigidly cold streets in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier
January 24, 2026
A federal officer fatally shot a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, according to a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press
January 24, 2026
Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota
January 25, 2026
Confusion remains after Trump administration abruptly halts public health funding to cities and states, then reverses course
January 24, 2026
Unsealed court documents suggest Trump admin detained Tufts student for writing op-ed critical of Israel
January 24, 2026
Federal immigration agents in Minnesota are accused of using a 5-year-old boy as "bait" to arrest his father
January 24, 2026
Several people were arrested for protesting at a St. Paul church. Here’s what we know
January 23, 2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the Trump administration for approving an oil company's plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state's coast
January 23, 2026
The U.S. stock market finished its zigzag week full of tariff threats and cancellations with a quiet and tentative close
January 23, 2026
US expected to deport dozens of Iranians as Trump threatens regime over crackdown
January 23, 2026
Trump administration is expanding ‘Mexico City’ abortion policy to also ban funding for NGOs that it says promote DEI
January 23, 2026
Militarized immigration enforcement used to be confined to near the US-Mexico border, far away from most Americans’ front lawns.
January 23, 2026
Vice President JD Vance is encouraging anti-abortion activists to celebrate progress in limiting abortion
January 23, 2026
The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization
January 22, 2026
A federal judge says the Trump administration must keep the money flowing for now for programs aimed at helping low-income families with children in five states
January 23, 2026
The United States has imposed sanctions on a fleet of nine ships accused of transporting hundreds of millions of dollars in forbidden Iranian oil to foreign markets
January 23, 2026
Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. envoys are meeting in the United Arab Emirates, the first known instance that officials from the Trump administration have sat down with both countries as part of Washington’s push to end Moscow’s nearly 4-year-old invasion
January 23, 2026
Leading global economic policymakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality in a world where trade will continue to flow and international cooperation is still badly needed
January 23, 2026
US, Ukraine and Russia in first trilateral talks of the war
January 23, 2026
It has become common knowledge in immigrant communities across the U.S. to not open the door for federal immigration agents unless they show a warrant signed by a judge
January 23, 2026
As Trump zeroes in on Venezuela’s oil, Rodríguez moves to meet his demands
January 23, 2026
A federal judge ruled that the academics, who are party to a lawsuit alleging U.S. policy singles out noncitizens for detention or deportation over their pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses, can seek relief from the court if their immigration status is changed as retribution for taking part in the case
January 23, 2026
New ICE policy allows officers to enter homes without a judge’s warrant. Here’s what experts say
January 23, 2026
Trump administration completes US’ split from the World Health Organization
January 22, 2026
The Trump administration is misrepresenting the arrest of civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church
January 22, 2026
Trump administration targets 14 blue states with sweeping federal funding review
January 22, 2026
The Trump administration is arguing the government could detain and deport British people under an 18th century wartime act if a president found there was a “British invasion” corrupting young Americans
January 22, 2026
The Trump administration is ending the use of abortion-derived fetal tissue in research funded by the National Institutes of Health
January 22, 2026
Guinea-Bissau's health minister says the government is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country pending an ethical review
January 22, 2026
The House has passed this year's final batch of spending bills
January 22, 2026
NATO’s Mark Rutte emerges as Trump whisperer-in-chief after dramatic about-face at Davos
January 22, 2026
The U.S. Army has ordered several dozen additional active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minneapolis if needed amid protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown
January 22, 2026
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant
January 21, 2026
Maine is seeing an increase in immigration enforcement activity this week
January 21, 2026
Business in Minnesota has taken a hit as President Donald Trump's administration carries out an immigration sweep that has spurred protests
January 21, 2026
Snapchat messages a Chicago man accused of soliciting the murder of a Border Patrol commander unknowingly sent to a government informant took center stage at the opening day of the man’s trial
January 21, 2026
Democrats are rethinking their midterm election strategy due to the controversial immigration crackdown in Minnesota
January 21, 2026
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colleges
January 21, 2026
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have fallen from power in Syria as the U.S. shifts its backing to the country's new leaders in Damascus
January 21, 2026
DOGE shared Social Security data to unauthorized server, according to court filing
January 21, 2026
Lindsey Halligan, who as a top Justice Department prosecutor pursued indictments against a pair of President Donald Trump’s adversaries, is leaving her position
January 20, 2026
Israeli settlers are celebrating the inauguration of a new settlement in the West Bank on land where Israel and the U.S. once hoped to build a hospital for Palestinian children
January 20, 2026
A look at false and misleading claims made as President Donald Trump marks his first year back in office by highlighting accomplishments at Davos and at a White House briefing
January 20, 2026
U.S. forces have boarded and taken control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela
January 20, 2026
Federal prosecutors have served six grand jury subpoenas to Minnesota officials as part of an investigation into whether they obstructed or impeded federal law enforcement during a sweeping immigration operation in Minneapolis-St. Paul area
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump closed out 2025 with his plan to end the Israel-Hamas war in fine fettle
January 20, 2026
Doctors say immigrant patients are missing key medical appointments, afraid to come to medical clinics amid the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown
January 20, 2026
Latin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump administration and their own voters, who point to the results from El Salvador's war on gangs
January 20, 2026
Three U.S. Catholic cardinals have urged the Trump administration to use a moral compass in foreign policy
January 19, 2026
President Trump says he can pull funding for sanctuary cities. Judges have repeatedly said otherwise
January 19, 2026
Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza to require $1 billion payment for permanent membership
January 18, 2026
Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold public office
January 19, 2026
Business owners in a Minneapolis Somali mall are feeling the impact of an immigration crackdown
January 18, 2026
1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, source says, as state mobilizes National Guard
January 18, 2026
Mom now wearing ankle monitor, fighting to prove U.S. citizenship after ICE deportation threat
January 18, 2026
Far-right activist chased away by counterdemonstrators while leading small rally in Minneapolis
January 18, 2026
A New Hampshire Episcopal bishop is drawing national attention for urging clergy to prepare for a “new era of martyrdom.”
January 18, 2026
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mobilizes state National Guard amid ongoing protests
January 17, 2026
Israel’s government is objecting to a White House announcement about leaders overseeing the next steps in Gaza as the ceasefire enters its challenging second phase
January 17, 2026
A Minneapolis couple says federal officers rolled a tear gas canister under their SUV, flooding it with toxic fumes and leaving them and several of their six children, including an infant, in need of hospital treatment
January 17, 2026
Your biggest legal questions about ICE and the Minneapolis shooting, answered
January 17, 2026
The Trump admin tried to merge DEA and ATF. After pressure, it quietly abandoned the plan
January 17, 2026
A new review of studies has found that taking Tylenol during pregnancy doesn’t increase the risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities
January 16, 2026
The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans
January 16, 2026
Republicans in Congress are supporting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as the Trump administration ramps up its pressure campaign against the central bank
January 16, 2026
At its one-year mark, the Trump administration is dismantling the systems that once helped the US move toward a more open and equal democracy.
January 16, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that efforts to crack down on Mexican cartels and slow migration north were showing “compelling results” in an effort to head off intervention by the Trump administration
January 16, 2026
As Attorney General Pam Bondi approaches her first anniversary on the job, the firings of career attorneys have defined her turbulent tenure
January 16, 2026
‘Not backing down’: How the Minneapolis mayor’s response to ICE could become a Democratic blueprint
January 16, 2026
Doing more with less may not be sustainable for an exhausted workforce over the long term.
January 16, 2026
The Justice Department’s investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has brought heightened attention to a key drama that will play out at the central bank in the coming months: Will Powell leave the Fed when his term as chair ends, or will he take the unusual step of remaining a governor
January 15, 2026
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has used her first state of the union message to advocate opening the state-run oil industry to more foreign investment
January 15, 2026
Good news: World records longest ever lull in nuclear tests. Bad news: It’s on shaky ground
January 15, 2026
The U.N. Security Council in an emergency meeting Thursday discussed Iran's deadly protests
January 15, 2026
The bodies of 32 Cuban officers killed during a stunning U.S. attack on Venezuela have been repatriated to their homeland
January 15, 2026
Several Middle Eastern allies of the United States have urged the Trump administration to hold off on strikes against Iran for the government’s deadly crackdown on protesters
January 15, 2026
Providers, state health agencies and others are feeling whiplash and confusion after the Trump administration eliminated and then abruptly reinstated grants that support substance abuse and mental health programs nationwide
January 15, 2026
Federal immigration agents deployed to Minneapolis have used aggressive crowd-control tactics — including pointing rifles at demonstrators and deploying chemical irritants — actions the government says are necessary to protect officers from violent attacks and growing protests
January 15, 2026
U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela
January 15, 2026
A federal judge has cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction
January 15, 2026
Press freedom advocates are concerned this week's raid on a Washington Post journalist's home will deter reporting on government actions and silence whistleblowers
January 15, 2026
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to boost production of rare earths and the other critical minerals
January 15, 2026
75% of Americans oppose US attempting to take control of Greenland, CNN poll finds
January 15, 2026
The ongoing debate over health care in the U.S. remains as contentious as ever
January 15, 2026
A federal officer has shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel during an arrest Wednesday
January 14, 2026
The US has officially started selling Venezuelan oil
January 15, 2026
Judge hears from both sides in lawsuit challenging federal immigration agents’ tactics in Minnesota. Here’s the latest
January 14, 2026
A top Democrat is slamming the Trump administration for cutting thousands of substance abuse and mental health grants and then abruptly reversing course
January 14, 2026
Senate GOP shields Trump from limits to his war powers in Venezuela after Vance breaks tie
January 14, 2026
A legal memo that came out days before the U_S_ military operation against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro said such a move would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests."
January 14, 2026
FBI searches Washington Post reporter’s home
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump says he’s been told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in its crackdown on protesters
January 14, 2026
DOJ wants interviews with Democrats as part of investigation into lawmakers’ ‘illegal orders’ video
January 14, 2026
Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging members of the military to resist “illegal orders” have confirmed that they're under investigation from the Trump administration
January 14, 2026
Federal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers
January 14, 2026
Word of the Week: Who gets called an ‘agitator’?
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump has claimed control of Venezuela, escalated threats to seize Greenland and increased immigration raids in the U.S. These actions have created turmoil as voters prepare for midterm elections that will determine control of Congress
January 14, 2026
Reproductive rights advocates have dropped a lawsuit against the Trump administration after officials agreed to restore millions in federal funding for family planning services
January 14, 2026
Trump wants to slash funding for federal climate and weather research. Congress is about to tell him ‘No’
January 14, 2026
Half of Americans think ICE is making US cities less safe, CNN poll finds
January 14, 2026
Bilt has announced an overhaul of its credit cards, introducing an 10% introductory interest rate for one year
January 14, 2026
The Trump administration placed new security requirements on Nividia’s semiconductor sales to China, but essentially greenlighted the export of its powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips to Chinese buyers
January 14, 2026
2026 chaos has set gold and silver ablaze
January 14, 2026
Nearly 1,000 households displaced by wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui in 2023 are anxiously awaiting news on federal assistance
January 14, 2026
The Trump administration says multiple Americans who were detained in Venezuela have been released
January 14, 2026
Trump administration efforts to shift blame for ICE shooting wreak havoc on Minnesota US attorney’s office
January 14, 2026
Two Minneapolis friends who have been monitoring immigration officers’ actions during the Trump administration’s latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in distressing conditions, denied phone calls, and pressured to rat out protest organizers and people living in the country illegally
January 13, 2026
A top Justice Department official says there is not currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis
January 13, 2026
Wall Street's relationship with the Trump administration is souring
January 13, 2026
The leaders of Denmark and the country’s territory of Greenland on Tuesday offered a united front against President Donald Trump’s calls for the United States to take over the strategic Arctic island
January 13, 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating the economic savings of health benefits from air pollution rules
January 13, 2026
Political chaos, sanctions and technical mismanagement of the oil industry may have taken a heavy toll on the industry.
January 13, 2026
The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the Trump administration, arguing the widespread federal immigration operation in the state is “a federal invasion of the Twin Cities,” according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
January 12, 2026
President Donald Trump should take notice: From Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush, history shows leaders often pay a high political price when wars they start or expand become unpopular.
January 13, 2026
Minnesota and Illinois are suing the Trump administration over immigration operations. Here are the lawsuits’ key claims
January 13, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has met with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the Vatican
January 12, 2026
Department of Homeland Security changes story of Maryland ICE shooting after local police release contradicting details
January 13, 2026
Trump administration strikes deal with AbbVie to cut costs of certain drugs
January 13, 2026
Trump administration under pressure to restore funding to groups supporting internet freedom in Iran
January 13, 2026
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election
January 12, 2026
A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm for Rhode Island and Connecticut can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Donald Trump seeks to shut it down
January 12, 2026
Stocks shrug, hit record highs after Trump ups the ante against Jerome Powell and the Fed
January 12, 2026
Justice Department fires top career prosecutor in Lindsey Halligan-led office
January 12, 2026
Plaintiffs' attorneys are asking a federal judge to intervene after three Democratic members of Congress were blocked from visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota over the weekend
January 12, 2026
Facebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as president and vice chairman of the tech giant
January 12, 2026
For thousands of Venezuelans living in the U.S., the days since the Trump administration ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have brought a mixture of joy and trepidation
January 12, 2026
A Minneapolis church opened its doors for a special Sunday service of ‘Lament and Hope’ amid the ongoing federal immigration crackdown in the city
January 11, 2026
‘It could have killed me’: Minnesota shooting solidifies the anxieties of people who track ICE
January 11, 2026
Minnesota leaders are urging protesters to remain peaceful as demonstrators converge on a Minneapolis park to protest the fatal shooting of a woman
January 10, 2026
Whistles, then gunfire: How the deadly ICE shooting unfolded in Minneapolis
January 10, 2026
Trump officials see fraud everywhere. Here’s what we know
January 10, 2026
As U.S. seizures of oil tankers linked to Venezuela surge, so do concerns in Cuba about whether the island’s government and economy will survive
January 10, 2026
A judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block child care and other federal social service money from flowing to five states for now
January 10, 2026
New York’s attorney general has sued the Trump administration for halting two major offshore wind projects expected to power more than 1 million homes
January 10, 2026
The head of the FBI’s New York field office has been named co-deputy director of the bureau, replacing Dan Bongino following his departure last week
January 09, 2026
The Minneapolis school system will offer families the option of remote learning for a month
January 09, 2026
A federal judge is expected to temporarily block efforts by the Trump administration to end a program that offered legal protections for more than 10,000 relatives of citizens and green card holders
January 09, 2026
Environmental experts warn that U.S. plans under President Donald Trump to restart and control Venezuelan oil exports could intensify pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and ecological damage in a country already burdened by decades of oil-related degradation
January 09, 2026
Judge halts Trump freeze of social assistance and child care funds in five Democrat-led states, for now
January 09, 2026
Anger and outrage are spilling out onto Minneapolis’ streets over the fatal shooting of a woman the day before by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer
January 08, 2026
Top diplomats from Greenland and Denmark met with White House officials as Trump pushes for ownership
January 09, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has delivered his final State of the State address to lawmakers in Sacramento
January 08, 2026
President Donald Trump’s plan to control Venezuela's oil industry and counter China's influence could clash with his goal of stabilizing trade with Beijing
January 09, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a football fan, now is quarterbacking President Donald Trump’s foreign policy team as it navigates particularly turbulent global waters, notably in Venezuela
January 08, 2026
In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House has passed legislation that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act
January 08, 2026
A judge has disqualified a federal prosecutor from overseeing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James
January 08, 2026
Denmark and Greenland’s envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump’s call for a “takeover” of the strategic Arctic island
January 08, 2026
Environmental groups claim federal and state officials withheld evidence about funding for an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades
January 08, 2026
The House has passed a bipartisan package of three spending bills that would fund parts of the federal government through September
January 08, 2026
Private sector revives the climate disaster database Trump tried to squash
January 08, 2026
Judge says Trump’s acting US Attorney investigating Letitia James is serving unlawfully
January 08, 2026
The U.S. has seized a Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic, backed by British support
January 08, 2026
The Trump administration and Louisiana officials have lifted another decades-old school desegregation order, part of a campaign to end court orders they describe as outdated
January 08, 2026
Trump wants to own Venezuela’s oil, but its largest oil customer is speeding toward clean energy
January 08, 2026
Neighbors describe peaceful morning interrupted by gunfire after deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting
January 08, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has strongly criticized the Trump administration’s actions against Venezuela
January 07, 2026
The Trump administration’s crackdown on the $12 billion Child Care and Development Fund, which subsidizes care for 1.4 million children from low-income households, has rattled child care providers and families that rely on the aid money
January 07, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies and commissions
January 07, 2026
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in a major U.S. city — a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but that the city’s mayor described as “reckless” and unnecessary
January 07, 2026
The State Department says it has suspended all U.S. assistance to Somalia’s federal government over allegations that Somali officials destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program and seized 76 metric tons of food aid intended for impoverished civilians
January 07, 2026
A motorist who was fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person to die since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration crackdown last year
January 07, 2026
Offshore wind developers and states are suing the Trump administration over its order to suspend work on five large-scale projects under construction off the East Coast for at least 90 days
January 07, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he plans to meet with Danish officials next week after the Trump administration reiterated its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island
January 07, 2026
Mexico has emerged as a key fuel supplier to Havana as the United States prepares to seize control of Venezuelan oil and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump hardens its stance toward Cuba
January 07, 2026
The Trump administration has finalized a plan to roll back regulations implementing a landmark environmental law that the White House says needlessly delays federal approvals for energy and infrastructure projects
January 07, 2026
Trump is freezing funds for small but key welfare program. Here’s what TANF does
January 07, 2026
The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power to decide how it spends its federal education money
January 07, 2026
Word of the Week: What makes a military attack ‘kinetic’?
January 07, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans still face deportation from US after Maduro capture
January 07, 2026
A photo of 21-year-old Mariana Camargo dashing through the streets of eastern Caracas as explosions boomed in the background was soon on front pages of major international outlets
January 07, 2026
President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding funding to help needy families with children in five states governed by Democrats
January 06, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security says it has launched in Minnesota what it's calling the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out by the agency
January 06, 2026
Venezuela's military says the U.S. operation to capture Nicolás Maduro resulted in dozens of casualties
January 06, 2026
What parents need to know about the overhauled childhood vaccine schedule
January 06, 2026
The Trump administration is nearly tripling the number of countries whose passport holders will be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States
January 06, 2026
President Donald Trump promised that “America First” would stand against more foreign entanglements
January 06, 2026
Trump officials told lawmakers that Maduro and his wife hit their heads as they attempted to flee US forces
January 06, 2026
President Donald Trump hasn’t minced words about the larger message he’s trying to send the world with the U.S. military raid to capture Nicolás Maduro
January 06, 2026
The US attack on Venezuela highlights a shifting American foreign policy that dismisses a rules-based global order and focuses on economic interests and military might.
January 06, 2026
News organizations have gotten a rare “thank you” from the Trump administration for not putting its military action in Venezuela in jeopardy by reporting on it before it happened
January 06, 2026
After apparent months of planning, the U.S. strike that resulted in the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro unfolded swiftly over the weekend, with American forces converging on Caracas to arrest Maduro and his wife
January 06, 2026
The political divide over January 6 is only deepening five years after the deadly US Capitol attack
January 06, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is suggesting the United States won’t govern Venezuela other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country
January 04, 2026
A clearer picture is emerging of what Trump meant when he said the US will ‘run’ Venezuela
January 04, 2026
Minnesota State Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn joins The Lead.
January 02, 2026
When Nicolás Maduro appears in a New York courtroom to face U.S. drug charges, he'll be following a path taken by Panama's Manuel Noriega, another strongman who was toppled by American forces
January 04, 2026
Somalis in Minneapolis say they are facing harassment, threats and empty businesses in the wake of fraud allegations video
January 04, 2026
Revelers chanted “liberty” and draped Venezuelan flags over their shoulders in South Florida on Saturday to celebrate the U.S. military operation to capture President Nicolás Maduro and remove him from the country
January 03, 2026
Visualizing the US assault on Venezuela
January 03, 2026
Legal questions are being raised about the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuela’s president and claims that it will “run” the South American country
January 03, 2026
Nicolás Maduro’s capture by US met with celebrations in South Florida and apprehension in Caracas
January 03, 2026
Trump says US is taking control of Venezuela’s oil reserves. Here’s what it means
January 03, 2026
Minnesota families and child care providers scramble as federal funds hang in balance
January 03, 2026
Nicolás Maduro's fall at the hands of the United States follows months of pressure from the Trump administration
January 03, 2026
President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country
December 05, 2025
Minnesota officials are rushing to provide information to the Trump administration about child care providers and parents receiving federal funds
January 02, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials have exchanged dueling threats as widening economic protests sweep across parts of the Islamic Republic
January 02, 2026
The Coast Guard said it's still searching for people who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked them days earlier
January 03, 2026
Key figures in the long-running controversy over alleged fraudulent safety net programs in Minnesota
January 02, 2026
Exclusive: DHS begins slashing FEMA disaster response staff as 2026 begins
January 02, 2026
Venezuela has detained several Americans as tensions with US rise
January 01, 2026
President Donald Trump signed a New Year’s Eve proclamation delaying increased tariffs on upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for a year, citing ongoing trade talks
January 01, 2026
Federal payment freeze puts some Minnesota families in danger of losing child care amid investigation into alleged fraud
December 30, 2025
US military says at least eight killed in new strikes on alleged drug boats, with survivors abandoning ship
December 31, 2025
Trump administration terminates nonprofit’s control over DC golf courses in possible takeover bid
January 01, 2026
The U.S. military says it has struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days
December 31, 2025
Chief Justice John Roberts says that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon
December 31, 2025
The Trump administration has ordered another coal-fired power facility to remain open
December 31, 2025
Farmers are now learning how much aid they can expect to receive from a $12 billion package that President Donald Trump announced earlier this month
December 31, 2025
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on four firms in Venezuela's oil sector and designated four additional oil tankers as blocked property
December 31, 2025
The Trump administration has ended the lease agreement for three public golf courses in Washington
December 31, 2025
Oil tanker pursued by US now has a Russian flag painted on its side
December 31, 2025
A federal appeals court says the Trump administration can continue to withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue
December 31, 2025
The Trump administration just ordered another retiring coal plant to stay open. It could cost ratepayers millions
December 31, 2025
By most measures, 2025 was a rough year for those who care about freedom of the press
December 31, 2025
Judge rebuffs Trump administration’s latest attempt to shut down consumer protection watchdog
December 30, 2025
President Donald Trump’s second term has brought major changes to the Department of Health and Human Services
December 30, 2025
Faith leaders across the United States face challenges as they support anxious immigrants
December 30, 2025
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast
December 30, 2025
President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a dock facility along a shore as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela
December 29, 2025
A federal judge has canceled the trial of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man mistakenly deported, and scheduled a hearing on whether the prosecution is being vindictive in its human smuggling case against him
December 26, 2025
Venezuelan migrants transferred to a prison in El Salvador by the U.S. government are demanding justice
December 26, 2025
Ukrainian and US negotiators discuss peace deal on Christmas Day
December 25, 2025
In first Christmas message, Pope Leo decries Palestinians in Gaza being forced to shelter in tents from ‘rain, wind and cold’
December 25, 2025
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints
December 23, 2025
Supreme Court’s National Guard decision could force new debate over how Trump could use Insurrection Act
December 24, 2025
State Department imposes sanctions on former EU official, disinformation group leaders for ‘censorship’
December 23, 2025
The Trump administration says it will begin garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers who are in default early next year
December 23, 2025
The Trump administration is deploying 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans ahead of the New Year
December 23, 2025
A stop-work order by the Trump administration directs offshore wind developers to “suspend all ongoing activities” related to five large-scale projects under construction along the East Coast “for the next 90 days for reasons of national security.”
December 23, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security is replacing its lottery system for H-1B visas with a new approach prioritizing skilled, higher-paid foreign workers
December 23, 2025
John Brennan accuses Justice Department of possible judge shopping and grand jury leaks
December 23, 2025
The U.S. military says it has conducted another strike against a boat it said was smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one person
December 23, 2025
President Donald Trump has delivered a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
December 22, 2025
Sudan’s prime minister is proposing a wide-ranging peace initiative to end a nearly 1,000-day war with a rival paramilitary force
December 23, 2025
A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration must give legal due process to Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador, either by providing court hearings or returning them to the U.S. Judge James Boasberg ordered the government to come up with a plan within two weeks
December 23, 2025
A coalition of 21 attorneys general from Democratic-led states has sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its director, Russell Vought
December 22, 2025
The Trump administration is suspending leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction on the East Coast due to what it said were national security risks identified by the Pentagon
December 22, 2025
The Trump administration is suing the local government of Washington, D.C., over its gun laws, alleging that restrictions on certain semiautomatic weapons run afoul of Second Amendment rights
December 22, 2025
The U.S. government has signed health deals with at least nine African countries
December 22, 2025
Judge presses Trump administration on its plans for Kilmar Abrego Garcia
December 22, 2025
A transgender employee of the National Security Agency is suing the Trump administration and trying to block enforcement of a presidential executive order and other policies the employee says violate federal civil rights law
December 22, 2025
Trump administration removes dozens of career diplomats from overseas posts
December 22, 2025
The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the U.S. diplomatic posture abroad with personnel deemed fully supportive of President Donald Trump’s “America First” priorities
December 21, 2025
The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea
December 21, 2025
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is defending the Justice Department’s decision to release just a fraction of the Jeffrey Epstein files by the congressionally mandated deadline
December 21, 2025
A White House envoy says he held “productive and constructive” talks in Florida with Ukrainian and European representatives to end the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine
December 21, 2025
The Trump administration has restricted visas for two leftist Honduran election officials, citing interference in the Central American country’s special vote count
December 20, 2025
The Department of Justice has published thousands of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein
December 20, 2025
Lawmakers across the U.S. will be debating whether to adopt new federal tax breaks for tips, overtime and business expenses
December 19, 2025
The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa
December 19, 2025
Trump announces ‘Most Favored Nation’ deals with nine drug companies and plans to meet with insurers next
December 19, 2025
Supreme Court revives free speech lawsuit from immigration judges in loss for Trump
December 19, 2025
The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s order reversing billions of dollars in funding cuts to Harvard University
December 19, 2025
A U.S. Army Reserve lawyer detailed as a federal immigration judge has been fired barely a month into the job after granting asylum at a high rate out of step with the Trump administration’s mass deportation goals
December 19, 2025
A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans are more likely to prioritize health care than they were last year
December 19, 2025
Washington, D.C., activists and local leaders say the law enforcement operation President Donald Trump launched four months ago with the goal of fighting crime has led to a crackdown on immigrants
December 19, 2025
Exclusive: Top lawyer for military joint chiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an unlawful order
December 19, 2025
Trump debuted a new affordability script. It’s unclear to advisers whether he’ll stick to it
December 19, 2025
The U.S. military says that it conducted two more strikes Thursday against boats it said were smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people
December 19, 2025
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors
December 18, 2025
A Kansas tribe said it has walked away from a nearly $30 million federal contract to come up with preliminary designs for immigrant detention centers after facing a wave of online criticism
December 18, 2025
U.S. officials are proposing new restrictions that are designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors
December 18, 2025
The U.S. Justice Department has sued three states and the District of Columbia for not turning over requested voter information to the Trump administration
December 18, 2025
A commission formed to document alleged harassment and abuse by federal agents amid an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area has focused its first public hearing on the wide use of chemical agents
December 18, 2025
Federal regulators will allow tech companies to effectively plug massive data centers directly into power plants
December 18, 2025
Judiciary offices don’t have to turn over records to Trump-aligned group, judge rules
December 18, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration has imposed sanctions on two more International Criminal Court judges over their role in investigating Israeli officials for possible war crimes
December 18, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion, including medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones
December 18, 2025
The Trump admin is closing a critical research center in Colorado as president spars with the state’s governor
December 17, 2025
Dan Bongino plans to step down as FBI deputy director in January
December 17, 2025
Leading pediatrics group loses funding for grants that HHS says don’t align with administration’s priorities
December 17, 2025
A federal judge in the nation’s capital has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing policies limiting Congress members’ access to immigration detention facilities
December 17, 2025
The Senate has given final passage to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs
December 17, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inspector General will investigate the Trump administration’s termination of $7.6 billion in grants for clean energy projects across several states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election
December 17, 2025
$1 billion in de minimis tariff revenue has been collected since loophole closed
December 17, 2025
A federal appeals court says the National Guard deployment in the nation's capital can continue for now
December 17, 2025
In wake of Syria attack that killed two US soldiers, Trump faces complicated ally and echoes of Afghanistan
December 17, 2025
Norman Podhoretz, a leading neo-conservative and the former editor of Commentary magazine, has died
December 17, 2025
President Donald Trump’s top Cabinet officials overseeing national security are back on Capitol Hill as questions mount over the swift escalation of U.S. military force and deadly boat strikes in international waters near Venezuela
December 16, 2025
The Trump administration has announced an expansion of travel restrictions to include 20 more countries
December 16, 2025
Federal judge indicates he won’t halt the White House ballroom project
December 16, 2025
A former leading scientist at the National Institutes of Health has sued the Trump administration, saying she was illegally fired for warning that research cuts were endangering patients and public health
December 16, 2025
According to the US Southern Command, the US military launched three more strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Pacific Ocean as part of the Trump administration’s campaign aimed at curtailing narcotics trafficking to the US.
December 16, 2025
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his plea to troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military
December 16, 2025
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing President Donald Trump’s administration for what they say is unlawfully withholding billions of dollars in funding for two electric vehicle charging programs
December 16, 2025
Exclusive: House Judiciary Committee expands Jack Smith probe
December 16, 2025
Trump administration takes its economic message to Pennsylvania again as Vance heads to swing state
December 16, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation to El Salvador has become a significant issue in the Trump administration's immigration policies
December 15, 2025
The Trump administration says in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons
December 15, 2025
Many U.S. consumers say they’ve noticed higher than usual prices for holiday gifts in recent months, according to a a December poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
December 15, 2025
Accusations of widespread fraud are at the heart of the Trump administration's policies on SNAP
December 15, 2025
Nativity scenes at some churches are sparking fierce debates
December 12, 2025
US government launches ‘Tech Force’ to hire AI talent
December 15, 2025
The Justice Department has asked an appeals court to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March
December 12, 2025
Fentanyl Fathers turn grief into prevention, visiting schools to save lives
December 12, 2025
Democratic states sue Trump administration over new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas
December 12, 2025
In the absence of comprehensive federal AI regulation, states have stepped in. The Trump administration, at Big Tech’s urging, is attempting to roll back many of those laws.
December 12, 2025
The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely
December 12, 2025
Trump sued over East Wing demolition
December 12, 2025
The Trump administration argues that providing real-time American Sign Language interpretation for events like White House press briefings would intrude on the president’s control over his public image
December 12, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man the Trump administration sent to that notorious prison in El Salvador earlier this year, has been released from ICE custody. CNN's Erin Burnett talks one-on-one with his attorney Simon Sandoval.
December 11, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has walked away after a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office after a federal judge ordered that officials could not detain him
December 12, 2025
A Danish intelligence agency report has warned that the United States is using its economic power to assert its will and threaten military force against both allies and adversaries
December 12, 2025
US coins showcase American identity and public memory through their designs. The America 250 coins just unveiled reflect the nation’s divided politics and history.
December 12, 2025
House Republicans throw federal labor unions a lifeline in a rare rebuke of Trump
December 12, 2025
Venezuela relies on the black-market oil trade for a large chunk of its revenue. US enforcement actions may push down the price it can charge, further squeezing the country’s economy.
December 12, 2025
Trump determined to advance Gaza ceasefire deal as Israeli forces dig in
December 12, 2025
A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional.”
December 12, 2025
Ryan Crosswell, a former federal prosecutor, is running for Congress after resigning when the Trump administration dropped corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
December 12, 2025
A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore billions in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding
December 12, 2025
A presidentially appointed council's meeting to announce reforms to FEMA was unexpectedly canceled, according to two people familiar with the matter
December 11, 2025
A university president who’s a former federal judge looks at the rule of law and the Trump administration’s first year, concluding the president ‘simply lacks respect for our system of justice.’
December 11, 2025
The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops
December 11, 2025
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has linked the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela to the Trump administration's counterdrug efforts
December 11, 2025
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are clashing over President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities
December 11, 2025
NATO chief warns European allies they could be Russia’s next target
December 11, 2025
American farmers are feeling the strain from trade disputes under President Donald Trump, particularly with China
December 11, 2025
While headlines focus on Harvard and Columbia, state universities train far more STEM students, power the nation’s research engine and have fewer resources to weather sweeping cuts.
December 11, 2025
The Trump administration has made several efforts to support the coal industry, but even if coal were free, the economics aren’t in its favor.
December 11, 2025
The Trump administration may have softened its language on China to maintain a truce in their trade war, but Congress is pushing for more restrictions on Beijing
December 11, 2025
President Donald Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
December 10, 2025
The Trump administration is adding another militarized zone to the southern U.S. border to support border security operations — this time in California
December 10, 2025
Ukraine presents response to US peace plan as Trump says European leaders want a meeting
December 10, 2025
House advances annual defense policy bill, upping pressure on boat strike video release
December 10, 2025
Trump administration taps election fraud crusader to help lead FEMA
December 10, 2025
President Donald Trump’s push for the largest mass deportation in history has had an outsized impact on the child care field, which is heavily reliant on immigrants and already strained by a worker shortage
December 10, 2025
District courts have dismissed the administration’s efforts to detain virtually all undocumented immigrants without a bond hearing while they await deportation proceedings.
December 10, 2025
US plan would require some visitors to provide social media information from last 5 years
December 10, 2025
Pro-AI super PAC launches first candidate ads
December 10, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's still weighing whether to release the full video of an attack on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors
December 09, 2025
President Donald Trump admits he used the slur “shithole countries” during a private 2018 meeting with lawmakers to disparage Haiti and African nations
December 10, 2025
German consumer sentiment recovers heading into June, survey finds
UK retail sales fall by most in nearly a year, ONS data shows
Barclays keeps $100 Brent oil forecast for 2026 but risks skew higher
Paul McCartney helps Stephen Colbert say goodbye to 'Late Show'
A look at the Hajj pilgrimage and Eid al-Adha and their significance to Muslims around the world
UK police seek witnesses in an inquiry into possible offenses by ex-Prince Andrew