A federal judge in Texas ruled that President Donald Trump improperly invoked a 227-year-old wartime law to deport accused Venezuelan gang members to an El Salvador prison, setting up what may become yet another high-stakes battle at the U.S. Supreme Court.

The decision Thursday marks the biggest setback yet for Trump’s effort to unilaterally...Read more

Credit President Donald Trump with the stunning back-from-the-dead victory of the Canadian Liberal Party. Or put another way, Trump just lost a big election, with (North) Americans rejecting him after just 100 days in office.

Only months ago, it appeared that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party was on the verge of a knockout by a resurgent ...Read more

As Donald Trump completes the first 100 days of his second term, the consequences of his early health care decisions are already coming into view. Through executive orders and agency directives, his administration has set a clear national agenda: cut costs, shrink government, and reduce federal oversight.

History shows that decisions made ...Read more

In the areas of Haiti controlled by gangs, nothing moves without their getting a cut: not food, not fuel, not even humanitarian aid.

Their extortion racket is so extensive that the country’s finance minister, Alfred Metellus, estimates that gangs, which charge $2,000 to allow passage for a shipping container, are pulling as much as $75 ...Read more

President Donald Trump acknowledged that his sweeping tariff program had risked imperiling him politically, but said he would not rush deals to appease nervous investors during a town hall on Wednesday.

“Yeah,” Trump said when asked by NewsNation host Bill O’Reilly if he agreed that his tariff proposals had a perception problem. “But I...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump on Wednesday wrapped up Day 101 of his second term by declaring the economy in “good shape,” but congressional Democrats have warned the president’s policies are causing “negative” ripple waves that could sink the economy.

“We finally have a president who wants to put our country first,” Trump said at a...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump barely repelled a challenge to his global tariff offensive in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate as the president’s trade policy stokes public fears of inflation and recession.

The Senate tied 49-49 in a Wednesday vote on a resolution to end the barrage of import taxes the president announced earlier this month ...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back on a reporter’s question Wednesday about whether President Donald Trump’s administration has requested the return of wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador.

The exchange between Rubio and ABC News correspondent Karen Travers occurred during a White House cabinet meeting. It followed...Read more

NEW YORK — Fox News filed a motion for summary judgment Tuesday, attacking voting machine company Smartmatic's demand for $2.7 billion in damages in its defamation suit against the conservative-leaning news channel.

In 2023, Fox News paid $787.5 million to settle a separate defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over its reporting ...Read more

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi this week said the Trump administration has saved more than 119 million lives with its drug prevention efforts.

“In President Trump’s first 100 days we’ve seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 Million lives,” Bondi posted to X on Tuesday on her official account.

The post was viewed...Read more

President Donald Trump sought Wednesday to shift the blame to former President Joe Biden for a stunning first-quarter dip in the economy even as markets and voters give his performance a thumbs-down.

Uncharacteristically urging patience, Trump called the surprise 0.3% drop in Gross Domestic Product “the Biden overhang” and insisted things ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Wednesday cleared the way for a law stripping election oversight power from Democratic Gov. Josh Stein to go into effect, reversing the order of a lower court which had ruled it unconstitutional.

State Auditor Dave Boliek, a Republican, is now poised to gain control over the State Board ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will headline a May Day rally in Philadelphia Thursday as he brings his nationwide fight against President Donald Trump’s agenda to Pennsylvania.

Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats, is expected to speak at a “For the Workers, Not the Billionaires” event being hosted by ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins has an urgent warning about the state of biomedical research in the United States, saying the country could lose its edge if it continues on its current track.

At the Senate Appropriations Committee’s first full hearing this Congress Wednesday, Collins, the Maine Republican who chairs the panel, called on the...Read more

Target has donated to both Democratic and Republican causes, but never to an inauguration fund until this year.

The Minneapolis-based retailer donated $1 million to President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities, according to a recent filing with the Federal Election Commission.

Target was far from alone: Dozens of big-name companies ...Read more

Venezuelan regime officials and pro-government paramilitary groups have carried out a sweeping campaign of terror in the wake of the country’s disputed 2024 presidential election, Human Rights Watch, the international advocacy organization, said in a scathing report released Wednesday.

The 104-page report, “Punished for Seeking Change: ...Read more

CHICAGO — Four Democratic state chief executives on Tuesday night called for Democrats to mobilize and protest outside Republican congressional offices to oppose President Donald Trump’s administrative actions following his first 100 days in office.

“It’s time to fight," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said during a virtual town hall. "...Read more