Politics

President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarte...

Appeals court rules Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang, blocking a signature administration push that is destined for a final showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. A three-judge […]
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California bill would require parents be notified when immigration enforcement is at school

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California schools would have to create plans for notifying parents and teachers when immigration enforcement is on campus under a bill passed Tuesday by the state Legislature. The bill would also require California State universities and community colleges, and request University of California campuses, to send alerts to students, faculty and […]
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Colorado sheriff’s deputy disciplined for helping immigration agents resigns, ending lawsuit

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado sheriff’s deputy who was disciplined for helping federal immigration agents make an arrest of a college student from Brazil has resigned. Alexander Zwinck no longer works for the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office, department spokesperson Heather Benjamin said Tuesday. Zwinck’s departure prompted the state’s attorney general to drop a lawsuit against […]
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House Oversight Committee releases some Justice Department files in Epstein and Maxwell cases

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. The folders contained hundreds of image files of years-old court filings related to Epstein and Maxwell. They also contained video files […]
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NYC mayoral candidate Jim Walden drops out and impores rivals to consolidate against Zohran Mamdani

NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Walden, an independent candidate in New York City’s mayoral race, announced Tuesday that he was suspending his campaign, while urging his fellow candidates to unite against the Democratic primary winner, Zohran Mamdani. “For those still trailing in the polls by month’s end, I implore each to consider how history will […]
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Trump says video showing items thrown from White House is AI after his team indicates it’s real

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a video circulating online that showed items being tossed out of an upstairs window of the White House was created with artificial intelligence, despite his press team seeming to confirm the veracity of it hours earlier. Trump, who has boasted of being an expert in building […]
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Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol Union Station, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in...

Signaling collaboration, DC mayor orders emergency operations center kept open to work with feds

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a nod to continuing collaboration, the mayor of Washington, D.C., issued an order Tuesday to continue the work of an emergency operations center the city set up in response to the federal law enforcement surge ordered by President Donald Trump to battle what he insisted was out-of-control crime. The order from […]
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President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarte...

Trump addresses health rumors after days without public events

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sometimes it feels like barely an hour can go by without hearing from President Donald Trump. So when he didn’t appear for one day, then two, then three, speculation started to swirl online about his health. Not even a few glimpses of the president visiting his golf course over the weekend were […]
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Google avoids breakup in search monopoly case, but judge orders other changes in landmark ruling

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a major makeover of Google’s search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly, but rebuffed the U.S. government’s request to break up the company. The 226-page decision made by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., will […]
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President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarte...

Trump says he will order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore despite local opposition

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to Chicago and Baltimore, despite local officials in both places opposing such moves. Asked by reporters in the Oval Office if he had decided to send National Guard troops to Chicago, Trump said, “We’re going in,” but added. “I […]
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President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarte...

Trump says US has carried out strike against drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela. The president offered scant details on the operation. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X that the vessel was being operated by a “designated narco-terrorist organization.” […]
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More rebukes for prosecutors: Grand jurors refuse to indict 2 people accused of threatening Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal grand jurors in the nation’s capital have refused to indict two people who were charged separately with threatening to kill President Donald Trump, more evidence of a growing backlash against Trump’s law enforcement intervention in Washington, D.C. It is extraordinarily rare for a grand jury to balk at returning an indictment, […]
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8 killed and 50 wounded in Chicago in dozens of shootings over Labor Day weekend

CHICAGO (AP) — Eight people were killed and 50 others were wounded in dozens of shootings in Chicago over the Labor Day weekend, according to police. Between Friday night and Monday night, a total of 58 people were shot in 37 separate shootings in the nation’s third-largest city, according to preliminary information from police. Most […]
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Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. The military will begin sending groups of 150 attorneys — both military and civilians — to the Justice Department “as soon […]
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Gov. Tim Walz to call special session on gun laws after Minneapolis school shooting

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz plans to call a special legislative session to consider tougher gun laws following a shooting last week at a Catholic school in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 21 people injured. The Democrat told reporters Tuesday, after welcoming children back to a public school in the Minneapolis […]
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the Lech Walesa Solidarity Prize Awards ceremony, Tuesday,...

Tariffs, migration and cartels will top Rubio’s talks in Mexico and Ecuador this week

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Security, sovereignty, tariffs, trade, drugs and migration — all hot-button issues for the Trump administration and its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere — will top Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s agenda thisla week on his third trip to Latin America since becoming the chief U.S. diplomat. In talks with leaders in […]
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The 150-year-old law that governs military’s role in local law enforcement

The Posse Comitatus Act is a nearly 150-year-old federal law that limits the U.S. military’s role in enforcing domestic laws. At its core, experts say the law reflects America’s long-standing belief that law enforcement should remain in civilian hands, separate from military power. President Donald Trump has tested the law’s limits in the first few […]
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Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa confirms she will not run for reelection in 2026

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday that she will not seek reelection next year, confirming in a video post on social media that she will retire after months of speculation about her plans. Ernst’s departure opens up a Senate seat in the state known for its long-serving incumbents. Ernst was […]
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EPA should not have been blocked from terminating ‘green bank’ funds, court says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration was handed a win by a federal appeals court on Tuesday in its effort to freeze billions of dollars and terminate contracts for nonprofits to run a “green bank” aimed at financing climate-friendly projects. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency had blasted the Biden-era program as a waste […]
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3 men deported by US are being held in an African prison without charge, lawyers say

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge and with no access to legal counsel despite completing criminal sentences in the U.S., their lawyers said Tuesday. The New York-based Legal […]
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Trump will announce Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, AP source says

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration will announce Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado, according to a person familiar with the announcement. Trump is expected to speak Tuesday afternoon, and he will give the new location, according […]
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FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, at the White...

Trump’s use of National Guard during Los Angeles immigration protests is illegal, a judge rules

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge in Washington ruled Monday that President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard during Los Angeles immigration protests is illegal.
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The Latest: Congress returns as government shutdown looms

Congressional Republicans scored a massive victory this summer when they passed President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts without a single Democratic vote. But as they return to Washington this week after a monthlong August recess, they will have to find a way to work with Democrats — or around them — as a government […]
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ICE is showing up to interview parents hoping to reunite with their children who entered US alone

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has started requiring parents looking to reunite with their children who crossed into the U.S. alone to show up for interviews where immigration officers may question them, according to a policy memo obtained by The Associated Press. Legal advocacy groups say the shift has led to the […]
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