In recent weeks, the Trump administration has waged war on suspected drug smugglers in the waters off Venezuela, blowing up boats of what he calls “narco-terrorists” — people accused of bringing fentanyl and other deadly drugs into the United States.

These military strikes have drawn deserved condemnation. First, President Donald Trump’...Read more

The Trump administration filed a federal suit against California and its public university systems, alleging its practice of offering in-state college tuition rates to undocumented immigrants who graduate from California high schools is illegal.

The suit, which named Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, the University of California ...Read more

President Donald Trump is expanding tariff breaks for Brazilian food products, widening the scope of relief from import taxes amid growing U.S. voter dissatisfaction over the cost of living.

An executive order Trump signed on Thursday would exempt dozens of popular food items from a 40% levy he imposed on goods from Brazil earlier this year. ...Read more

DENVER — The district attorney who prosecuted Tina Peters urged Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday to reject the Trump administration’s effort to transfer the former Mesa County clerk into federal custody, where, he warned, she may be illegally released.

“Put simply, Ms. Peters is in prison today due to the crimes she committed that put Mesa’...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham blocked an attempt to repeal a controversial provision tucked into the bill ending the U.S. government shutdown that could reap him and several other Republican senators millions by allowing them to sue the Justice Department over telephone record seizures during the 2020 election interference probe.

Graham, ...Read more

As U.S. pressure mounts for Haiti’s transitional authorities to move the country toward long-overdue elections, human rights advocates are warning that a critical gap in a proposed election decree leaves the door wide open for gang members and bad actors who have never been arrested or convicted in Haiti, to run for office.

The draft plan—...Read more

New York Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez, the first Puerto Rican woman elected to the House, said she won’t seek another term next year, joining a growing list of Democrats who say it’s time for fresh leadership.

“I love this work and I love my district, but I believe now is the right moment to step aside and allow a new generation of leaders ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The top four House and Senate appropriators met Thursday for the first time since the partial government shutdown but emerged with no breakthroughs that could pave the way for a new spending package.

The meeting marked a small, positive step toward bipartisan negotiations that would be needed for an eventual deal. But so far, the...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin Kiley, usually a reliable Republican vote in Congress, Thursday criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson for a “failure of leadership.”

Kiley, R-Roseville, has been disappointed for months that Johnson, R-La., has not had the House act on Kiley’s bill to bar mid-decade redistricting.

“I don’t know what his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday said he believed Democratic lawmakers who publicly urged active service members to "refuse illegal orders" amounted to seditious behavior, which he said should be punishable by death.

"It's called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In a quietly passed piece of the law that ended the federal government shutdown last week, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly was the odd man out.

The Pennsylvania Republican — who was among a group of nine lawmakers to find out last month that their phone records had been captured in an FBI investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the...Read more

WASHINGTON — It was business as usual Thursday at the White House as a list of American political luminaries and family members gathered across town to remember Dick Cheney, the late former vice president with the aggressive foreign policy that helped spawn the “Make America Great Again” movement.

White House aides chatted and laughed ...Read more

While it’s already known President Donald Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane, his brother suggests in a new interview Trump may have returned the favor.

“They say Donald was on Jeff’s plane like seven times, but I question, have they checked Donald’s flight logs from those days to see how many times Jeffrey was on his plane?” ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced as “traitors” a group of Democratic lawmakers who have called on military service members to defy orders that are illegal or violate the Constitution.

In a string of posts on his social media site, Trump derided the six Democrats, all of whom are military veterans, for their recent video message ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday called for Michigan U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin and other Democratic lawmakers to be arrested and possibly executed over their remarks in a recent video urging members of the U.S. military and intelligence community to refuse unspecified illegal orders.

In a remarkable message on social media, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A day after the Justice Department announced a grand jury has indicted Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick on allegations she used FEMA overpayments to support her 2021 run for office, Rep. Greg Steube said he would try to expel the Democrat from Congress.

The House has spent much of the week on a punishment spree, as ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he isn’t worried that President Donald Trump might try to embarrass him during their high-stakes White House meeting on Friday.

“I’m not concerned about this meeting, I view this meeting as an opportunity for me to make my case,” Mamdani told reporters Thursday when asked if he’s concerned ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday called for Michigan Democratic U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin and other Democratic lawmakers to be arrested and put on trial over their remarks in a recent video urging members of the U.S. military and intelligence community to refuse unspecified illegal orders.

In a remarkable message on social media...Read more