Commentators were quick to assess the political fallout of Robert Francis Prevost’s election to become the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. Does Pope Leo XIV’s public criticism of Vice President JD Vance’s views on immigration indicate a hostile stance toward MAGA? Were his ornate vestments a nod to traditional American Catholics alienated by […]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), alongside Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), welcomed Tufts University Ph.D. student Rümeysa Öztürk back to Boston after she was detained for nearly two months over a campus op-ed that condemned the war in Gaza. The lawmakers spoke about Öztürk's return at the city’s Logan Airport on Saturday, after a federal judge ordered...
A recent survey found transgender issues to be a relatively strong point for President Trump, who has issued several executive orders on the controversial topics since retaking the Oval Office. Respondents to a recent AP-NORC poll expressed higher support for Trump's transgender policies than for his presidency generally, with 52 percent of all Americans expressing support...
Journalist Maggie Haberman said the Trump administration’s proposal to nix habeas corpus is an attempt to sway the courts and strike fear into undocumented immigrants. “Some of this might just be fear. A, it’s a way to intimidate the courts, which we have seen Trump and Stephen Miller do, a lot of, they’ve been criticizing...
BUCKS COUNTY, Pennsylvania — Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego said Republicans are trying to pull John Fetterman to the right and argued Democrats should...
Democratic National Convention Chair Ken Martin on Saturday doubled down on his ultimatum for rogue Vice Chair David Hogg: Take a neutrality pledge or...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Saturday denied trespassing at a new federal immigration detention center during a confrontation that led to his arrest while the Democrat was at the facility with three members of Congress.
President Trump announced a "full and immediate ceasefire" between India and Pakistan following days of rising tensions filled with military strikes and counterstrikes on the respective countries' military installations.
What, exactly, the Republican Party stands for in terms of economic policy in the second Trump administration is a question reaching an inflection point.
A bronze statue commemorating Trump's survival of the Butler, PA, assassination attempt was displayed in the Oval Office Friday, showing Trump raising his fist as Secret Service agents surround him.
A federal judge issued a restraining order blocking President Trump's plans for major personnel cuts across the government, saying he has to ask Congress for permission before he attempts such a broad rewrite of the bureaucracy.
More than 100 people have been taken into custody by federal immigration officials in a joint operation with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, leaving many in Nashville's immigrant community uncertain and worried.
A group of Quakers are marching more than 300 miles from New York City to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate against the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants.
About half of U.S. adults approve of how President Donald Trump is handling transgender issues, according to a new poll - a relative high point for a president who has the approval overall of about 4 in 10 Americans.
The U.S. Treasury Secretary and America's top trade negotiator began talks with high-ranking Chinese officials in Switzerland Saturday aiming to de-escalate a dispute that threatens to cut off trade between the world's two biggest economies and damage the global economy.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was released after spending several hours in custody following his arrest at a new federal immigration detention center he has been protesting against.
