The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday defended his tactics against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed as they ramp up arrests toward President Donald Trump's promises of mass deportations.

Conservatives are expressing new doubts about President Trump and his judge-picking abilities in his new term after Mr. Trump announced his first slate of appeals court picks and then went on an epic social media tantrum about the Federalist Society, which furnished most of his first-term appointments.

Sen. John Fetterman pushed back again on his fellow Democrats Monday by lauding President Trump for his administration's policies in the Middle East.

Michael Cohen, who went from being President Trump's fixer to one of his harshest critics, has called on the president to pardon him for a bevy of federal crimes, including tax and campaign violations.