Four House Democratic lawmakers have traveled to El Salvador to call attention to the plight of a man the Trump administration deported to a Salvadoran prison and has refused to help return - even after the Supreme Court ruled that it was the government's duty to do so.

Vice President J.D. Vance and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a personal meeting Monday to finalize a roadmap for a future bilateral trade deal between their countries.

Just two years after successfully electing a 37-year-old with no experience outside city government as mayor of Oakland, government unions secured another victory for their preferred candidate this month, ensuring 79-year-old Barbara Lee won’t touch their pensions or force them to show up to work. That 37-year-old, Sheng Thao, has since been recalled after the […]

Whatever hope investors mustered over the weekend that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had made progress in the White House‘s trade negotiations with Japan quickly dissipated as traders tuned into the president’s latest tirade on Truth Social. “‘Preemptive Cuts’ in Interest Rates are being called for by many,” President Donald Trump wrote just minutes after Monday’s […]

PANAMA CITY, Panama—When President Theodore Roosevelt formulated plans for the Panama Canal, there was no Panama. The country was still part of the Republic of Colombia despite bouts of on-again, off-again autonomy and separatism. When Colombia rejected proposals for the canal, Roosevelt threw U.S. support to Panamanian independence or, as Panamanians refer to it, separation […]

SAVANNAH, Georgia — Not all tariff stories are the same. Just over 12 years ago, while on active duty, Tyler Merritt founded Nine Line Apparel out of a garage, creating a brand of clothing dedicated to honoring service members. It soon became a smash hit that didn’t resonate with just veterans and their families, but […]

Senate Republicans are experiencing a new case of heartburn over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after a spate of Pentagon staff firings in recent weeks and the emergence of a second Signal chat reportedly detailing attack plans in a month’s time. Hegseth once again found himself squarely in the spotlight over the past week after a...

The Trump administration is set to unveil a plan to remove petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the country’s food supply, ramping up pressure on food companies, according to a media advisory sent by the Department of Health and Human Services on Monday.  HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary...

National pharmaceutical retailer Walgreens has agreed to pay at least $300 million to settle allegations it illegally fulfilled millions of invalid controlled substance prescriptions for more than a decade. Per the terms of the settlement, Walgreens will pay the federal government $300 million to resolve allegations that the company violated both the Controlled Substances Act...

Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Monday after the federal government canceled billions of dollars in funding for the Ivy League school. The lawsuit marks a significant — though expected — escalation in the battle between Harvard and President Trump after the nation's oldest university rejected administration demands to eliminate diversity, equity and...