DALLAS — Top Republican lawmakers had no idea President Donald Trump was going to promise $5,000 checks to every adult American so long as his party keeps control of...
Federal officials allege a major California law school favored Black applicants over Asian and White students, but the university denies violating admissions laws.
President Trump signed an executive order Friday to establish a White House Faith Office in an effort to empower faith-based entities. The office will be part of the Domestic Policy Council and headed by a senior adviser tasked with consulting with various faith and community leaders in an effort to defend religious liberty and combat...
President Trump signed an executive order this week that temporarily prevents low-cost packages from China from being slapped with his new tariffs. The move delays the suspension of the de minimis provision, which is a part of tariff policy that allow for items worth $800 or less to avoid import fees. Trump said in his...
A federal judge said Friday he intends to temporarily block the Trump administration’s plan to place thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees on leave at midnight. Unions representing government employees sued to stop the shutdown of agency operations and restart the flow of foreign aid frozen by President Trump, who has accused...
President Trump’s Justice Department on Friday abandoned the Biden administration’s Supreme Court challenge to gender-affirming care bans for minors, but the new administration urged the justices to still resolve the issue this term. The Supreme Court has not yet issued a decision after hearing arguments late last year in the challenge against Tennessee’s ban, SB1. The Biden administration...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is asking Congress to investigate the Trump administration's plans for “imminent mass layoffs” of as many as 200,000 employees hired within the last two years ago. The letter comes as departments across government have been asked to assemble a list of employees still on prohibition after being hired. The...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Friday reintroduced legislation to establish a Cabinet-level "Department of Peacebuilding," with the goal of cultivating a culture of peace at home and abroad. The bill is inspired by former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), who proposed a similar bill in 2001, as did former Sen. Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) in 2005 and...
President Trump is hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday in the second visit by a foreign leader to the White House this week. Trump will host a joint press conference with Ishiba, who took office in October and told reporters before departing for Washington that his goal was to forge a “personal relationship”...
President Trump on Friday asserted that Gaza will be given to the U.S. by Israel, expanding on his plan for an American takeover of the war-torn region that he suggests involves the permanent relocation of Palestinians. The controversial proposal stands to upend decades of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. When asked of the...
