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Craven LA officials just surrendered on homelessness

Only Los Angeles could spend billions fighting homelessness, watch tents swallow sidewalks and parks, and then decide the city has been too aggressive keeping people from camping. That is...

NAACP slams Navy’s reported talks to swap war hero’s name on carrier with Trump’s

NAACP President Derrick Johnson bashed the Navy Friday following reports that it planned to rename an aircraft carrier, named after a Black WWII war hero, and had considered President Trump's name as a replacement. Johnson wrote in a social media post that the alleged talks surrounding the USS Doris Miller's name are “a slap in...

Collins asks White House to consider ‘negative impact’ of Canada trade war

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) pushed the Trump administration to “consider the negative impact" that engaging in a tariff war with Canada may have on American constituents, straying away from some of her GOP peers. Republican lawmakers were split Saturday after negotiations between Canada and the U.S. fell through, causing the White House to impose a...

Michael Goodwin: Don’t be fooled by Hochul’s act — she’s just as radical as Mamdani

New Yorkers who pay close attention to such things have long understood why Gov....

Trump fights BBC’s push to subpoena family members amid legal battle

President Trump is attempting to block the BBC's efforts to subpoena his family members for the channel's defense in his ongoing $10 million defamation lawsuit. In Saturday court filings, Trump's lawyers wrote that the British broadcaster's attempts to subpoena the president's children — Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner — were “cynical” and a...

Europe’s sidelined leaders urge Trump to defend security interests at his summit with Putin

European Union leaders appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday to defend their security interests at Friday's summit with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine, desperate to exert influence over the meeting from which they are sidelined.

Trump’s Washington, D.C., takeover begins as National Guard troops arrive

Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation's capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city's police department and reduce crime in what the president called - without substantiation - a lawless city.

Trump’s rhetoric about D.C. echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime

President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia's law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation's capital, arguing the extraordinary moves are in response to an urgent public safety crisis.

Schiff blasts ‘tinpot dictator’ Trump’s National Guard mobilization, warns other cities are next

Senator Adam Schiff criticizes President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops and federalization of Washington police.

AG Pam Bondi meets with DC mayor as Trump dispatches National Guard troops in capital

The meeting came after Trump on Monday announced plans to use a 1973 D.C. Home Rule Act provision to send National Guard troops to D.C. and temporarily federalize the city.

White House criticizes judge’s decision not to unseal Epstein associate grand jury testimony

White House calls judge's decision to keep Epstein-Maxwell grand jury materials sealed 'unfortunate' after Justice Department motion was denied.

DOGE scores win on appeal as court rejects labor union challenge

A federal appeals court struck down a preliminary injunction that limited the Department of Government Efficiency's access to Americans' data.

Zelenskyy not invited to upcoming Trump, Putin talks — White House says this was the reason

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are slated to meet Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

Paxton urges Texas judge to jail Beto O’Rourke over fundraising related to redistricting fight

Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a Texas district court judge to jail former Rep. Beto O’Rourke over his fundraising pitches connected to the...

State Department report condemns South Africa over ‘extrajudicial killings’ in annual human rights report

The U.S. State Department criticized South Africa for reports of extrajudicial police killings and violence against Afrikaner farmers in an annual human rights review released Tuesday.

Pentagon drawing up quick reaction force of National Guard ready to quell civil unrest at any moment: report

Defense officials reportedly create domestic civil disturbance quick reaction force using National Guard troops capable of deploying nationwide in one hour to quell unrest.

Trump admin rips George Washington University in DC as ‘deliberately indifferent’ to antisemitism

The Trump Justice Department found George Washington University in violation of federal civil rights law, citing an indifference to antisemitic harassment.

Climate group scrubs judges’ names from website after unearthed chats unmasked cozy ties

Climate Judiciary Project removes judge names and anonymizes testimonials on website after Fox News report exposed online forum between climate group and jurists.

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