Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday said it is an "absolute lie" that he suggested renaming Penn Station after President Trump, a claim that the president made earlier in the day. "Absolute lie. He knows it. Everyone knows it," Schumer said in a post on the social platform X. "Only one man can...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday accused the White House and President Trump of a cover-up for blaming a staffer for posting a since-deleted video depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. "No one believes this cover up from the White House, especially since they originally defended the post,"...
President Trump on Friday said he "of course" condemns a since-deleted racist video posted on his social media account depicting former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, but declined to apologize for the post. Trump told reporters on Air Force One while heading to Palm Beach, Fla., that he "just looked...
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...
President Trump said Friday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney should be making a trade deal with China, an economic U.S. adversary the president has been going after during his second term. “That’s OK. That’s what he should be doing. I mean, it’s a good thing for him to sign a trade deal. If you...
Norwegian Labour Party lawmaker Raymond Johansen on Thursday ripped President Trump for accepting the Nobel Peace Prize from Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Machado presented Trump with the prize Thursday during a White House meeting after months of lauding the president in his push to oust regime leader Nicolás Maduro and for his war...
A day after her meeting with President Trump, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado expressed confidence that the U.S. is moving toward free elections in the country, but she acknowledged it would be a “process that has several phases.” During a press conference hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Friday, Machado criticized Delcy...
Millions of Americans will have a chance to view the Northern Lights on Friday and Saturday, according to an aurora forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center.
