Franco Caraballo called his wife Friday night, crying and panicked. Hours earlier, the 26-year-old barber and dozens of other Venezuelan migrants held at a federal detention facility in Texas were dressed in white clothes, handcuffed and taken onto a plane. He had no idea where he was going.
A Justice Department attorney on Tuesday urged an appeals court to suspend judicial orders favoring two board members who were fired by President Donald Trump from their respective posts in the federal government.
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin struck an agreement for a partial ceasefire in Ukraine, with Moscow agreeing to halt attacks on energy and infrastructure facilities, allow safe passage of Ukrainian ships along the Black Sea and begin talks to end the three-year conflict "immediately."
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research office and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rules safeguarding human health and ecosystems from environmental pollutants.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is facing criticism from his fellow Democrats over his decision to side with Republicans on keeping the government open. “I think there is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said. “This is not just about progressive Democrats. This is across the board. The entire […]
The White House’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to remove Venezuelans it has accused of being gang members is an abuse of war powers that critics say could open the door to mass deportations from a country President Trump has targeted multiple times in just a few months. While accusations the White House violated a...
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order eliminating diversity programming at the State Department, wiping out the Biden administration’s initiative to remove barriers to employment for underrepresented groups. Trump’s order directs the State Department to remove the “‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility’ Core Precept from Foreign Service tenure and promotion criteria.” The order further...
The Pentagon plans to cut 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs over the next several months via voluntary resignations and not replacing workers who leave, a senior defense official confirmed Tuesday. With a goal of cutting 5 to 8 percent of the Defense Department’s civilian workforce of more than 900,000, Pentagon leadership is looking to weed...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sued Kari Lake and the Trump administration Tuesday over efforts to defund the organization. Last week, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at eliminating the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which funds the radio station and Voice of America (VOA). Filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., the lawsuit says the...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday called for more details in President Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire with Russia that would spare energy and infrastructure targets, warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin is pressuring Ukraine in ground operations. Zelensky made his remarks in a press conference organized shortly after Trump held a phone call with...