WASHINGTON (AP) — With virtually no strings attached, Congress is on the verge of providing a sizable infusion of cash to the Department of Homeland Security, powering President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda for the remainder of his term in the White House. The nearly $70 billion package, which cleared the Republican-held Senate in a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says in a new interview that he wants his acting director of national intelligence to start firing national security officials and he wants to see the intelligence community “smaller.” In the interview with The Wall Street Journal, the Republican president says he has already conveyed his view to Bill […]
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday struck down a Trump administration policy enacted after the shooting of two National Guard members that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to stay and enter the country. In a ruling harshly criticizing the administration, U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. said the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury’s financial crimes arm wants banks to help identify payroll schemes tied to people living in the country illegally, as part of the Trump administration’s latest measure to clamp down on immigration. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network — also known a FinCEN — issued an advisory Friday to banks that tells them […]
The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday morning, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill. Also, Trump said Thursday that federal housing finance regulator Bill Pulte, his pick for acting director of national intelligence, would […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Washington, D.C., residents chose a new delegate to Congress and a new mayor in the same election, gas was $1.33 a gallon and George H.W. Bush was president. This fall they will do it again — under starkly different circumstances. As the city heads toward pivotal primaries this month […]
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — Miles from shore, Chris Kemp pumps and reels as he battles a fish 150 feet below. Eventually, it gives up, and the 10-pound red snapper is hauled aboard the Jodie Lynn II. There’s barely time to rejoice. As Kemp raises his trophy for a picture, the charter boat’s captain rushes […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate blocked an extension early Friday of a key surveillance program used by U.S. intelligence agencies as concerns mounted over President Donald Trump’s selection of federal housing finance regulator Bill Pulte to serve as director of national intelligence. Some Republicans joined Democrats in the 47-52 vote against a a procedural motion […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is working overnight to pass legislation that would fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies as Democrats and some Republicans have tried to add language to permanently block Trump from creating a $1.776 billion settlement fund. Earlier in the day, Republicans turned back a Democratic effort to block the fund, […]
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Graham Platner, the insurgent Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, held his first major campaign rally on Friday night as reports continue emerging about his history with women. Last weekend, his campaign wrestled with stories about sexually explicit messages that Platner sent to several women while he was married. […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s only Republican congressional seat is open for the first time in 15 years, and the primary is testing Republican voters’ appetite for a veteran politician or a newcomer with President Donald Trump’s backing. Republican Rep. Mark Amodei announced his retirement earlier this year, creating an opening in the state’s 2nd […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American journalist who has lived in China since 2010 and worked for several state media organizations there pleaded guilty in a U.S. court Thursday to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, the Justice Department said. Thomas Pauken II is set to be sentenced Sept. 1 in a U.S. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, a longtime New York Knicks fan, said he plans to attend an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden next week at the invitation of the team’s owner. Describing himself as a “big fan” of the team and owner James Dolan, Trump said Thursday that he will be in […]
Minnesota residents with loved ones who died at the hands of police spoke out Thursday about the state Republican Party holding a public prayer for Derek Chauvin, the former police officer in prison for murdering George Floyd. “That is the most hurtful thing you can do,” said Valerie Castile, the mother of Philando Castile, a […]
SAN FELIPE PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — As the sun peeked over the Sandia Mountains, Deb Haaland was at a familiar spot, the tribal community where she used to work, waving at motorists and encouraging them to stop and vote in New Mexico’s primary. It was the final day of voting earlier this week, and Haaland […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center is beginning the process of removing references to President Donald Trump a week after a federal judge ruled that his name had been illegally added to the performing arts center. Roma Daravi, the Kennedy Center’s vice president of public relations, said in a statement to The Associated Press that […]
The National Capital Planning Commission has kept alive the triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built at an entrance to the nation’s capital, requesting more information on how it could potentially impact air travel navigation in the area, as well as other specifics on construction and traffic in the area. Most members of the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that federal housing finance regulator Bill Pulte, his pick for acting director of national intelligence, would not be his “permanent” choice for the critical security post. The Republican president’s disclosure that he was ruling out installing Pulte in the position full time came after bipartisan pushback on […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel, along with four other individuals, according to a filing Thursday on the U.S. Treasury Department website. Included in the sanctions are Alejandro Castro Espín, the son of former President Raúl Castro. The sanctions come after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an […]
Days after the state’s primary, California voters are in a familiar position — waiting to find out which candidates will go on to the general election in their most high-profile races, for governor and Los Angeles mayor. It’s not surprising those have yet to be resolved, along with several closely contested congressional races, because the […]
A two-year investigation into immigrants with fake identity documents led to federal officials detaining 48 workers at a South Carolina metal casting business and six people facing state charges, including two top managers at the plant, authorities announced Thursday. Dozens of officials with federal and local law enforcement agencies raided Burnstein von Seelen Precision Castings […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is on course to pass legislation that would aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy despite opposition from Republican leaders who warn the bill will undermine negotiations designed to achieve a comparable but stronger result. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., seeks to cement U.S. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Water began refilling the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Thursday, President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office. Trump showed a video during an unrelated event with water bubbling into the freshly painted basin at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial. “That’s clean, beautiful water,” the president said. Live video […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry, with an announcement expected Thursday to spend nearly $700 million to support coal-fired power plants and coal exports. A White House official said the administration will use authority under a Cold War-era national defense law to support 13 coal […]
