Trade Walls Rise As Ethics Chief Falls

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell found there's evidence that some federal grants and loans are still not going out to the recipients.

Senior administration officials have expressed frustration at the courts, sparking fears that they may ignore judicial decisions.

The president said he would give Hamas until noon Saturday to release all Israeli hostages. Hamas said that "further complicates matters."

The president ordered the U.S. to halt the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

The first storm will hit the East Coast on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing snow, freezing rain, and ice accumulation.

The first storm will hit the East Coast on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing snow, freezing rain, and ice accumulation.

The federal judge said President Trump’s administration had failed to comply with his order to unfreeze billions of dollars in federal grants.

In his rush to wield vast power, the new commander in chief is gambling with global stability

The move, which expanded on tariffs President Trump signed in 2018, also nixed exemptions for major suppliers such as Canada and Mexico.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Pete Sessions, co-chair of the House DOGE Caucus, on how he plans to work with the Department of Government Efficiency.

The Walt Disney Company will be reportedly dropping two Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs due to pressure from investors.

Wolfgang Streeck’s new book Taking Back Control? argues that the neoliberal era of free trade and trickle-down rhetoric lies in the past. He spoke to Jacobin about the political shocks this might bring.

Fear over the fate of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is spreading across the Mideast as Hamas delays the next hostage release, and Trump suggests new terms.

Among many other executive orders, President Donald Trump decreed on the day of his inauguration that the Gulf of Mexico would be renamed the Gulf of America.

A judge had issued a temporary restraining order barring Musk’s DOGE team from accessing the federal payments system.

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The president suggested he could withhold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they didn’t accept Palestinians as part of his plan for US ownership of the enclave

Alexander Sammon

The president suggested he could withhold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they didn’t accept Palestinians as part of his plan for US ownership of the enclave

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In Colombia, coastal erosion caused by a combination of climate change and environmentally destructive industrial agriculture is displacing the country’s poorest citizens. But the scale of the disaster means that it has no easy solutions.

The president suggested he could withhold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they didn’t accept Palestinians as part of his plan for US ownership of the enclave

Vice President JD Vance joined multiple world leaders in France on Tuesday, warning that "excessive regulation" would ruin the artificial intelligence (AI) industry.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would resume “intense fighting” if captives were not freed. But he did not say how many needed to be released.

Israeli Prime Minister says IDF will resume ‘intense fighting until Hamas is completely defeated’ if hostages are not released by noon deadline

President Trump is hosting Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday as he escalates pressure on the Arab nation to take in refugees from Gaza​.

In his latest book, Peter Beinart calls on American Jews to see the horrors of Gaza and abandon blind Zionism in favor of a justice-driven Jewish identity. Blending biblical critique with political observations, it rethinks the meaning of Jewishness today.

The president defended his decision to enforce tariffs and said that he has the right staffers working with him in this second term.

The independent agency was set up by the Federal Reserve to protect consumers following the 2008 global financial crisis.

There's a new sheriff in town, and he lives in Mar-a-Lago. That's something New York Mayor Eric Adams figured out, to his benefit.

In his attempts to reshape the federal workforce, Donald Trump is drawing on the American tradition of treating workers’ employment as completely subject to their bosses’ whims.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Army base "Fort Liberty" to be renamed back to its original name "Fort Bragg" -- but this time, with a twist.

None are quite as eyebrow raising as the teenager know as “Big Balls,” but the group is still relatively young.

Marc Fogel was arrested in 2021 and charged with the illegal possession of cannabis, after carrying a small amount of medical marijuana.

Financial sextortion is growing in the United States. The most common victims? Teenage boys ages 13 to 17.

The most recent audit of the embattled disaster response agency claimed it mismanaged nearly $10 billion during the COVID pandemic between 2020 and 2023.

Fogel was arrested in 2021 and charged with the illegal possession of cannabis, after carrying a small amount of medical marijuana.

The most recent audit of the embattled disaster response agency claimed it mismanaged nearly $10 billion during the COVID pandemic between 2020 and 2023.

The most recent audit of the embattled disaster response agency claimed it mismanaged nearly $10 billion during the COVID pandemic between 2020 and 2023.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that if Hamas does not return all of the remaining hostages by Saturday, the cease-fire deal would end and Israel would return to commencing its war efforts in Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the cease-fire would end if captives in Gaza were not freed. But he did not say how many hostages had to be released.

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that seeks to "significantly reduce the size of government" through Elon Musk's DOGE.

House GOP leadership held a press conference on Tuesday, outlining their efforts to secure the border, eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government, and address key issues in the reconciliation bill. They also emphasized the need to codify aspects of President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

It’s infrastructure week, but for bribery.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Tuesday that he plans on offering to swap seized land to Russia as part of any ongoing negotiations to end the nearly three year-long war.

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“To me it’s very exciting what they’re able to do because what Elon [Musk] and the DOGE effort is doing,” the House speaker said.

Elon Musk offered no evidence to support his claims, but President Trump endorsed Musk’s efforts to remake the government.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s warning came after Hamas said it would indefinitely postpone the next round of Israeli hostage releases.

“The View” host Joy Behar said on Tuesday’s show that 47th President Donald Trump’s call to dismantle the production of the penny was only because he was “jealous” of America’s 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, whose face appears on the coins.

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There is one element of the activist left that still poses a significant threat to the Donald Trump and his agenda, and that is lawfare. There are several activist judges who are currently trying to take control of the government for the Deep State.

Towering over the leader of the free world, Musk was the center of attention in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

The US president sat mostly quiet while the world’s richest man explained their tactics to a room full of reporters

They fled violence and civil war in Myanmar. Trump’s aid freeze now threatens their access to healthcare and food.

The worst flu season in years is swamping California, prompting a renewed surge in hospitalizations as officials warn the disease could continue circulating at high levels for weeks to come.

Seven people have reportedly been injured after a vehicle explosion set off a large fire near El Paso International Airport.

“He should not be in public like this,” she wrote on X.

Joined by Elon Musk in the Oval Office, President Trump instructed heads of federal departments and agencies to undertake plans for "large-scale reductions in force."

Joined by Elon Musk in the Oval Office, President Trump instructed heads of federal departments and agencies to undertake plans for "large-scale reductions in force."

Trump's approval rating is higher than it was eight years ago, but it's lower than past presidents' in their first months in power.

Trump's approval rating is higher than it was eight years ago, but it's lower than past presidents' in their first months in power.