President Donald Trump is touting that Thursday’s announcement of a trade deal with the United Kingdom – which is the first since the president a month ago announced massive tariffs on nations across the globe – will be “the first of many.” Pushing back against descriptions that the agreement hammered out between the two historic […]
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers ask for more Trump admin officials to testify, possibly from White House
The lawyers representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge for permission to take three additional depositions – from representatives of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the State Department and the Department of Justice (DOJ) – regarding what steps, if any, the Trump administration has taken to facilitate the illegal immigrant and alleged […]
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to revoke Biden’s parole program
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to revoke temporary legal status granted by the Biden administration to hundreds of thousands of migrants. Lower courts rejected the attempt to end the two-year parole given to 532,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, saying President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
Trump celebrates election of first American pope
President Trump on Thursday congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost after he was elected as the new pope, making him the first American to serve as the head of the Catholic Church. “Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American […]
Carville: People like Omar ‘more trouble than they’re worth’
Democratic strategist James Carville went after Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday, saying people like her are “more trouble than they’re worth.” Carville, speaking at an event in London, shot back at comments made by Omar seven years ago to Al Jazeera, in which she said the U.S. “should be more fearful of white men […]
US House approves ‘dumb’ legislation renaming Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America’
Measure passes nearly along party lines, with all Democrats opposed and almost every Republican voting in favor Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation to codify Donald Trump’s policy of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America”. The measure was sponsored by rightwing Georgia lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene and […]
West Point professor resigns over education shift under Trump
Graham Parsons criticizes military institution in NYT essay for ‘ailing to provide an adequate education’ A West Point philosophy professor has announced his resignation after 13 years on the faculty, citing the academy’s rapid shift away from its core educational principles under the Trump administration in an essay for the New York Times. Graham Parsons, […]
Watch live: Duffy unveils fix for air traffic control issues after Newark airport chaos
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is set to announce a plan Thursday afternoon to address air traffic control shortages and issues that led to the recent chaos at Newark Liberty International Airport near New York City. Delays and cancellations upended operations at the Newark airport earlier this week after the Federal Aviation Administration said some air […]
Cardinals elect new pope
Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the 12:30 Report newsletter Subscribe Happy Thursday. We’re so close to Friday I can almost taste it! In today’s issue: Cardinals elect new pope Trump announces U.K. trade deal GOP stuck […]
President Trump is making government accountable again
Amid all the talk of tariffs, trade wars, and tax cuts, the media missed the news that President Trump is fundamentally transforming the federal workforce for the better. In April, his administration began implementing its plan to make top civil servants politically accountable. This move would benefit presidents of both parties and millions of federal workers. Most […]
Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Ábrego García case
Lawyers say they’re ‘still in dark’ about government’s efforts to free the man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador The Trump administration is invoking the “state secrets privilege ” in an apparent attempt to avoid answering a judge’s questions about its erroneous deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García to El Salvador. US district judge Paula […]
Bernie Sanders partners with Run for Something to aid new progressive candidates
Vermont senator’s joint initiative aims to recruit and train those seeking public office, especially young people Bernie Sanders is partnering with the group Run for Something to help support a new generation of progressive candidates interested in seeking public office. Questions about the future of Sanders’ leftwing movement have followed his cross-country Fighting Oligarchy tour, […]
Trump pulls his nomination for DC US attorney, says he’ll reveal new pick soon
The White House will unveil a new nominee to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, following resistance to the Trump administration’s current pick, according to President Donald Trump. Trump previously nominated Ed Martin, a former defense attorney who represented Americans charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, for […]
Ex-police officers acquitted of murder charges in Tyre Nichols beating death
The fatal beating of a black motorist in Memphis triggered nationwide protests against police brutality.
Patriot Act repeal bill puts controversial law in the crosshairs: ‘Let’s end the abuse!’
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has introduced a one-page bill to repeal the controversial Patriot Act, which was passed on the heels of the horrific Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. The text of the measure, dubbed the “American Privacy Restoration Act,” reads, “The USA PATRIOT Act … is repealed, and each provision of law amended […]
BREAKING: Trump Yanks Ed Martin Nomination
A short time ago, President Trump announced in the Oval Office that he is pulling the nomination of Ed Martin as U.S. attorney for D.C. Saying he was “disappointed” that Martin’s nomination foundered in the Senate, Trump floated the possibility of bringing Martin into the administration – and specifically into the Justice Department – in […]
Inside One Venezuelan’s Last-Minute Escape From a Flight to CECOT
The way attorney Jamie Diez describes it, visiting the El Valle Detention Center was usually straightforward. After making the 50-minute drive from Brownsville, he told TPM, he would usually stroll in unannounced. Officials would, after a wait, bring Diez, an immigration attorney, whichever client he was seeing that day. He was so used to El […]
Denmark summons US ambassador over Greenland spying report
US spy agencies have been told to step up espionage around Greenland, according to The Wall Street Journal.
What is in the UK-US tariff deal?
The two nations announce a deal to reduce tariffs – here’s what’s in it.
Trump targets Iranian oil with sanctions, increasing pressure on Islamic Republic to make deal on nukes
The Trump administration on Thursday targeted Iranian oil with a new slate of sanctions – a move that increases pressure on the Islamic Republic amid talks between U.S. and Iranian officials to make a deal to prevent nuclear proliferation, Fox News Digital has learned. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control increased pressure on […]
