The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office rejected an immigration detainer for a criminal illegal immigrant accused in a felony hit-and-run that resulted in the death of a young boy.
President Donald Trump has long praised tariffs as key to increasing wealth in the United States, idealizing Gilded Age policies that preceded the implementation of a modern federal income tax.
Jared Isaacman, the original and now resubmitted Trump administration nominee to lead NASA, told senators Wednesday that lunar-focused missions are critical to "national security value on the lunar surface."
President Trump will host the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to sign a peace deal to end years of fighting between the two nations.
The Pentagon's watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen, two people familiar with the findings said Wednesday.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday he would push a new requirement that the Federal Reserve's regional bank presidents live in their districts for at least three years before taking office, a move that could give the White House more power over the independent agency.
The United States will restrict visas for Nigerians and their family members responsible for mass killings and violence against Christians, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday.
The U.S. government spent more money on its ambitious but ultimately futile project to create a stable and democratic Afghanistan than it did under the post-World War II Marshall Plan, which rehabilitated more than a dozen European countries ravaged by conflict.
The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday compelling testimony from Jack Smith, the former special counsel who pursued prosecutions against President Trump.
