State election officials were among the most visible defenders of American democracy after the 2020 election — standing up to President Donald Trump, rejecting false claims and, whether they...
The Trump administration averted power grid failure during weekend snowstorm by keeping coal plants online that Biden planned to close, the Energy Department says.
Curren Price, a Los Angeles city council member, will face trial on 12 felony corruption charges after judge finds sufficient evidence in preliminary hearing.
Sen. Joni Ernst's new bill would create early-warning systems for federal fraud, require documented attendance for child care payments and mandate recovery of improper payments.
A Minnesota activist charged in connection with a protest against federal immigration authorities at a church on Friday said an FBI agent told her that video of her arrest would not be shared, before the White House shared an altered version of the arrest online. "When I asked him about recording, he said, 'Oh, it's...
You might not be entirely happy with the pay increase your company is planning to offer in 2026. But would it help to know that most of your colleagues aren’t thrilled with it, either?
Finnish President Alexander Stubb was asked at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday who or what can defuse rising tensions between the U.S. and its NATO allies over President Trump’s wish to take over Greenland, the world’s largest island. Stubb promptly responded, “Mark Rutte,” with a laugh, referring to the mild-mannered secretary-general of NATO, who...
First lady Melania Trump will hold a private friends-and-family screening of a new documentary about her at the White House on Saturday, just days before its worldwide release, a longtime advisor told Reuters. The film, “MELANIA,” follows the first lady in the days leading up to President Trump’s second inauguration in January of 2025. It...
The city of Minneapolis on Saturday said there was a shooting involving federal law enforcement, weeks after a federal immigration enforcement officer shot and killed a woman, resident Renee Good. "We are aware of reports of another shooting involving federal law enforcement in the area of 26th Street W and Nicollet Ave.," city officials said...
President Trump’s interest in Greenland has reached meme territory, with the White House posting an AI-generated image on Friday of President Trump walking with a penguin through a snowy, mountain landscape. “Embrace the penguin,” the White House wrote on the social platform X, alongside a photo depicting a penguin holding an American flag next to...
Danish Ambassador to the U.S. Jesper Møller Sørensen on Friday clapped back at President Trump's remarks about NATO troops who served in Afghanistan, saying "Denmark answered" following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. "After 9/11, the U.S. called. Denmark answered," Sørensen posted on the social platform X. "Thousands of Danish troops served in Helmand—on the front...
President Trump on Saturday threatened 100 percent tariffs on Canada if it decides to make a trade deal with China, less than a week after previously saying "it would be a good thing" that Prime Minister Mark Carney struck a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make...
Going after people who have already followed the process for obtaining citizenship sends a disturbing message, and raises serious legal, practical and ethical concerns.
Bill Maher predicted Friday on his HBO show that voters will deliver a rebuke of the Trump administration’s immigration policies at the ballot box this November. “My prediction is this stuff, your party is going to get the dogs---- kicked out of you in the midterms,” Maher told one of his guests, Sen. John Kennedy...
