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The U.S. State Department has ordered embassies and consulates worldwide to resume issuing student and exchange visas to individuals attending Harvard University, following a federal court’s decision to block the Trump administration’s latest travel restrictions. The directive, issued Friday and signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, came in response …

A new travel ban signed by President Donald Trump took effect Monday, targeting citizens from 12 African and Middle Eastern countries and escalating tensions over the administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement. The proclamation, signed last week, blocks visa applications from citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, …

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to file a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump for the unauthorized deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, calling the move “illegal and immoral” as protests erupted over a wave of immigration raids across the region. “Commandeering a state’s National Guard without …

Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday issued a forceful condemnation of President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to her home city, calling it a “dangerous escalation” and voicing strong support for immigrant rights protesters. “Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos,” Harris …

President Donald Trump on Saturday issued a pointed warning to tech billionaire Elon Musk, saying there would be “serious consequences” if Musk financially supports Democratic challengers to Republican lawmakers who back the administration’s sweeping new budget plan. “If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told …

President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles on Saturday, overruling strong objections from Gov. Gavin Newsom, after a second day of volatile protests and violent clashes between demonstrators and federal immigration officers. The federalized deployment, carried out under Title 10 authority, comes …

When Thomas Fugate graduated from college last year with a degree in politics, he celebrated in a social media post about the exciting opportunities that lay beyond campus life in Texas. “Onward and upward!” he wrote, with an emoji of a rocket shooting into space. His career blastoff came quickly. …

A group of 13 House Republicans who cast decisive votes for President Donald Trump’s signature spending bill are now calling on Senate GOP leaders to scale back its deep cuts to clean energy incentives, signaling regret over provisions that could disrupt energy projects and investment nationwide. In a letter sent …

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man wrongly deported to his native El Salvador three months ago, was brought back to the U.S. on Friday and will face federal charges, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said. Abrego Garcia’s case had become a flashpoint in a debate over what due process rights …

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday escalated his attacks on Joe Biden by ordering a Justice Department investigation into Biden’s final actions as president, alleging that aides concealed Biden’s cognitive decline and improperly used a mechanical signature device, known as the autopen, to authorize legislation, pardons, and executive orders. The …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously dismissed a landmark lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against American gun manufacturers, dealing a significant blow to efforts to hold gun makers accountable for cross-border violence fueled by illicit firearms. In an opinion authored by Justice Elena Kagan, the court ruled that …

In a stinging rebuke of the Trump administration’s immigration tactics, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to allow hundreds of migrants deported under the Alien Enemies Act to challenge their detentions and removals in court, ruling that their constitutional right to due process was denied. The migrants …

The once-powerful alliance between President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk unraveled spectacularly Thursday in a torrent of public insults, political threats, and personal allegations, marking one of the most dramatic fallouts between a sitting president and a high-profile business leader in recent memory. What began as criticism over …

Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, long a prominent Democratic voice and the public face of the Biden administration, is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an independent, according to a press release from her publisher, Hachette, announcing her forthcoming book. Jean-Pierre’s decision, revealed in the announcement for …

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will deny visas to international students seeking to attend Harvard University, in what legal experts and Harvard officials are calling an unprecedented escalation in his ongoing conflict with the Ivy League institution. In a presidential proclamation issued alongside a broader travel ban affecting …