President Trump doubled down on plans to expand America's territorial footprint, telling Congress on Tuesday he intends to take over the Panama Canal and Greenland and will plant the U.S. flag on Mars and beyond.
Facing increasing pressure from Washington, sanctuary city mayors came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to defend themselves, insisting their refusal to fully cooperate with federal immigration agents and officers makes their communities better.
President Trump said he told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that he is to blame for the trade problems the U.S. has with Canada, amid the tariffs the president has placed on the northern neighbor.
Elon Musk, the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency, asked Senate Republicans to codify the cuts that he and his cohorts are making to the federal bureaucracy.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday her plan to remove the huge "Black Lives Matter" road mural and street name was because the city has "bigger fish to fry" than engaging in a political fight with congressional Republicans who threatened to withhold federal funds from the District.
The Social Security Administration said Wednesday that it does have people with impossible ages still on its books, as President Trump said earlier this week, but that doesn't mean they are getting benefits.
Vice President J.D. Vance visited the border in Texas on Wednesday and said the lower illegal immigration numbers are proof that the Biden migrant surge was a matter of resolve, not laws.