BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Invasive brown algae is destroying their sandy coastlines, emanating toxic gasses that are killing corals and turning hotel guests away, while increasingly deadly tropical storms and uncharacteristic hurricanes are threatening to sink their already vulnerable economies.

But as governments across the Caribbean region ...Read more

President Donald Trump has vowed to target his political enemies, and experts have warned that he could weaponize U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct mass surveillance on his targets.

Mass surveillance is the widespread monitoring of civilians. Governments typically target specific groups – such as religious minorities, certain ...Read more

On top of efforts to fire potentially tens of thousands of federal workers, an early executive order from President Donald Trump’s second term seeks to reclassify the employment status of as many as 50,000 other federal workers – out of more than 2 million total – to make them easier for the president to fire as well.

The order ...Read more

Brazilian politics are getting more dramatic again.

The South American country’s attorney general filed five criminal charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro and 33 others in its Supreme Court on Feb. 18, 2025, detonating political shock waves. The charges include plotting a coup d’état to prevent Luíz Inácio Lula da ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — By the time "Emilia Pérez" had garnered 13 Oscar nominations, including for best picture, Netflix's Spanish-language musical about a transgender drug lord had already been mired in controversy. Critics skewered the film's portrayal of trans issues and Mexican culture.

Then Karla Sofía Gascón's old social media posts ...Read more

The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials.

The administration is shuttering the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force and last week cut more than 100 positions at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure ...Read more

Donald Williams, retired after 30 years as a Navy helicopter gunner, is worried about possible cuts to veterans programs he relies on to help him with post-traumatic stress disorder that continues years after his service.

So too is Mariana Gracia, whose Army vet husband, Agustin, relies on the Veterans Administration to treat debilitating ...Read more

Less than a month into Donald Trump’s second term, a case involving his extreme claims of presidential power has already made it to the Supreme Court. It raises a question of profound importance: Can the president fire anyone who works in the executive branch even when a law limits his power to do so?

To side with Trump and grant him that ...Read more

ATLANTA – In just one month back in office, President Donald Trump has upended Washington with dizzying speed by firing thousands of federal workers, slashing budgets and pushing a maximalist vision of executive power. And top Georgia Republicans are all in.

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, a likely candidate for governor, called it the “most ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s assault on the federal government, the rule of law, and the Constitution is playing out in plain sight. Fortunately, some lawmakers, judges, and citizens are fighting back, but more must be done if Americans want to keep the republic.

Some scholars said Trump’s destructive conduct has already created a ...Read more

ATLANTA — One month into his return to the White House, President Donald Trump’s shock and awe campaign has reshaped the federal government at breakneck speed with sweeping implications for Georgia.

His administration has orchestrated the firings of thousands of federal workers, pushed to eliminate entire government agencies and picked ...Read more

When drastic disruptions bring new political leaders, policymakers respond with major changes. We’re living in such a time, even if it’s not clear how much a pandemic, rampant inflation, international strife, and other events of the last half-decade contributed to the returning president’s government shake-up.

Properly executed, changes ...Read more

Democrat and Army veteran Alex Hawkins said Thursday he's launching a campaign for a U.S. House in the Detroit suburbans, aiming to challenge two-term Republican U.S. Rep. John James.

Hawkins, 30, of Rochester, is the first Democrat to jump into the contest in Michigan's 10th District, which covers southern Macomb County and Rochester and ...Read more

President Donald Trump endorsed Meshawn Maddock, one of his outspoken allies in Michigan, on Thursday to be the next chairwoman of the state Republican Party.

A former co-chairwoman of the Michigan GOP, Maddock is in a three-candidate race to lead the party. Republican delegates will pick the next chair during a state convention Saturday inside...Read more

U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was peppered with boos and catcalls throughout a town hall meeting in Roswell late Thursday, as hundreds of critics jeered the Republican for backing President Donald Trump’s agenda during his first month in office.

The Suwanee Republican’s staff expected robust turnout for his first town hall since Trump took ...Read more

Donald Trump has temporarily replaced the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office after Elon Musk’s son seemingly wiped a booger on it during their viral visit to the White House last week.

The self-described “germaphobe” announced on Wednesday that he’d sent the desk to be “lightly refinished” and brought another desk in for the time ...Read more

MIAMI — President Donald Trump said he would endorse Rep. Byron Donalds in Florida’s 2026 governor’s race, should the Florida Republican choose to run.

In a Truth Social post Thursday evening, Trump wrote that Donalds would “have my Complete and Total Endorsement.”

“I know Byron well, have seen him tested at the highest and most ...Read more

Georgians awaiting the outcome of a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion law will have to wait longer after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling has put the future of the case in jeopardy.

The Georgia Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments next month in a lawsuit filed by SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective and other ...Read more

An estimated 6,700 IRS workers were fired Thursday, smack in the middle of tax season as the agency prepares to deal with 140 million tax returns.

The purge largely targeted newer “probationary” employees who have fewer protections than long-term workers, Reuters reported.

President Donald Trump and his top campaign donor, Elon Musk, have ...Read more

The daughter of imprisoned reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley is hoping Donald Trump will give them a presidential pardon.

Savannah Chrisley revealed that her family is currently pursuing other options after previous failed attempts to appeal her parents’ 2022 convictions for federal bank fraud and tax evasion.

“I know that I am going ...Read more