President Donald Trump's unilateral decision to tear down the East Wing and replace it with a proposed lavish ballroom has come under scrutiny in the courts.
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., renews call for testimony from ICE, CBP, and USCIS officials amid growing scrutiny of federal immigration enforcement after deadly shooting.
William Hailer, the longtime business partner of Ilhan Omar's husband Tim Mynett, established the two companies federal investigators are probing after their evaluations skyrocketed.
Sen. Chris Murphy said Sunday the Trump administration's lies about Saturday's fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man by ICE agents should send shock waves across the nation.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily lifted restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers’ tactics against protesters in Minnesota, days after another judge ordered agency personnel to cease retaliating against peaceful demonstrators. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, located in St. Louis, Mo., granted the Trump administration its motion for...
Finnish President Alexander Stubb warned Wednesday that "it's not over yet" after President Trump de-escalated his aggressive stance on possibly acquiring Greenland for the U.S. by force. "I took two positive takeaways from this speech," Stubb said on "Amanpour & Co" with CNN's Christiane Amanpour. "One was he said there will be no military intervention,...
President Trump on Wednesday took two steps away from the precipice he had previously marched toward in the Greenland crisis. First, in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump ruled out the use of military force to seize the massive but sparsely populated, semiautonomous territory. Later, he halted the tariffs he...
A group of Democrats voted with Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to advance resolutions holding former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress. Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) sought to penalize the political couple for failing to respond to a congressional subpoena tied to...
A funding bill released this week would claw back hundreds of millions of dollars passed to fund electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure passed under the Biden administration. The bill in question, released Tuesday, would fund the departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Labor, Education and other related agencies....
Most economists are expecting the Federal Reserve to hold key interest rates steady, according to a Wednesday survey. A Reuters poll found that 58 percent of surveyed economists predict no change this quarter, while a majority expect two cuts later this year. In a narrow vote last month, the Fed cut interest rates to a...
A New York judge ruled Wednesday that Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’s (R-N.Y.) congressional district was unconstitutionally configured and ordered the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission to create a new map ahead of the 2026 midterms. Acting New York state Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman, an appointee of Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), ordered the independent commission to redraw...
The House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would allow Congress to block advanced AI chip exports to U.S. foreign adversaries, after securing overwhelming bipartisan support. The panel voted 42-2-1 to advance the AI Overwatch Act, a measure that would require the administration to give lawmakers a chance to review chip exports to...
The leaders of some of America’s closest allies used the Davos summit this week to confront a new world order under President Trump in which the U.S. is an unreliable partner, at best, and increasingly viewed as an adversary. The leaders of Canada and France were among those speaking out during the World Economic Forum...
The New World screwworm is getting dangerously close to the U.S., public health officials warn. If left untreated, a screwworm case can be fatal in humans.
Lynne Walz, a distant relative of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), launched a campaign on Wednesday for governor of Nebraska. “After listening to folks across the state, I am officially running for Governor! Nebraska is built on grit and common sense, and I am ready to bring those values to Lincoln,” Lynne Walz said in...
