The Trump administration is seeking a transition to a "friendly, stable, prosperous" Venezuela that is democratic and holds free and fair elections, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress on Wednesday, but cautioned it won't happen overnight.
President Trump will announce a proposal next week to allow Americans to dip into their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home as part of his housing affordability push, one of his top economic advisers said Friday. Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, said Trump will unveil the plan at the upcoming...
The Education Department said Friday it would delay plans to garnish the wages of federal student loan borrowers who are in default. The department said it will temporarily delay wage garnishment for those who haven't paid toward their loans in more than nine months as new student loans reforms are implemented this year. It previously...
Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday called for warmer diplomatic relations with the U.S. and advocated for opening her country's oil industry to foreign investors in the wake of President Trump's decision to take control of Venezuela's oil. "Let us not be afraid of diplomacy," Rodríguez said in her first state of the union...
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said Friday Americans would be hurt by a trade deal between China and Canada as foreign nations seek new trade partners amid the Trump administration’s tariff wars. “We just got absolutely rolled in this Canada - China deal. A stark foreign policy failure with domestic economic consequences,” Schatz wrote in a...
A third offshore wind project halted by the Trump administration was allowed to resume construction Friday, dealing yet another blow to the administration’s anti-wind efforts. Federal Judge Jamar Walker, an appointee of former President Biden in Virginia, allowed the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project to temporarily keep building. Walker granted a preliminary injunction Friday...
A Liberian national who was arrested by federal immigration officers in Minnesota last weekend after they used a battering ram to break down his door was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody Friday for the second time in less than 24 hours, according to his attorney, who spoke with The Associated Press. A...
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review the constitutionality of geofence warrants, which allow law enforcement to demand companies turn over information on cellphones online at a location during a specific time window. In a brief order, the justices said they will review a defendant’s appeal that argues such warrants violate his Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches. The case will potentially be...
The Supreme Court on Friday took up a bid from Bayer to limit liability for pesticide makers, including Bayer’s Roundup weed killer, which has become the subject of numerous cancer suits. The court said it would take up the company’s petition, which was backed by the Trump administration. It said it would only evaluate the question of...
President Trump's name will soon be attached to several miles of Sunshine Boulevard in Palm Beach, Fla. The president will participate in the renaming ceremony on Friday after commissioners voted last summer to designate 4 miles of the stretch running from Palm Beach International Airport to his Mar-a-Lago resort as “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard,”...
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran, on Friday called for the U.S. to take decisive action against the “instrument of repression” in Tehran to stop the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests and warned against any deals with the country’s autocratic leaders. “The United States has a choice,” Pahlavi said during an event at...
Tens of thousands gathered Friday in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana to protest the deaths of Cuban officers killed during the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The protesters also called for the release of Maduro, a close ally of Cuba who now faces trial on drug trafficking charges in a...
