Trump is using his second White House term to test the limits of his Article II powers both at home and abroad, prompting fresh criticism and questions over his actions.
California Rep. Eric Swalwell's campaign calls residency challenge a "nonsense claim" as the congressman faces multiple Department of Justice probes while running to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2027.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier each announced opinions Monday declaring affirmative action and DEI policies to be forbidden in their states -- on the holiday set aside to honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon slammed former CNN anchor Don Lemon for interrupting a Minnesota church service on Sunday, as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continue to roil the state. Lemon filmed and interviewed Nekima Levy Armstrong, an activist who was among a group that entered Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and...
Protests in Iran have been quelled, with the regime still in place, and President Trump's empty threat to take action against the government has been met with criticism for not backing up his words with action.
The three highest-ranking Catholic cardinals who lead archdioceses in the United States issued a statement Monday criticizing U.S. foreign policy as overly militaristic, referencing President Trump's recent operation in Venezuela and threats to take Greenland by force. In a joint statement, Cardinals Blase Cupich, Robert McElroy and Joseph Tobin, the archbishops of Chicago, Washington, D.C.,...
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) job managing the House GOP’s paper-thin majority is getting only more difficult in the new year, with a culture of rebellion — and a perfect storm of external political factors — threatening to derail the party’s agenda just as Republicans are gearing up for a tough midterm cycle. In the earliest...
Billionaire Elon Musk donated $10 million last week to a super PAC affiliated with Republican Kentucky Senate candidate Nate Morris, who is part of a competitive field running to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Axios reported Monday. The contribution to Fight for Kentucky marks the most Musk has donated to a single Senate candidate....
Attorney General Pam Bondi threatened to prosecute protesters who disrupted a church service Sunday in St. Paul, Minn. Bondi wrote on the social platform X that she spoke to Jonathan Parnell, the pastor who leads Cities Church. A group of protesters interrupted Parnell’s sermon Sunday and accused David Easterwood, another pastor at the church, of...
Attacks on the legacy of the civil rights movement have included library purges and demands for censorship in college classrooms, national parks and monuments and museums.
America's European allies are pushing back hard against President Trump's pressure tactics in his bid to take control of Greenland, with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer issuing rare public criticism of Trump on Monday. Starmer called Trump's threatened 10 percent tariffs on goods from eight European allies "completely wrong," though he suggested "calm" discussions to...
President Trump suggested the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision to award last year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was a factor in his continued push to acquire Greenland in a letter to Norway's leader over the weekend. In a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre shared with multiple European...
