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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 …

The Trump administration has formally accused Columbia University of violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, threatening the Ivy League school’s accreditation status following a federal investigation into allegations that Columbia failed to protect Jewish students from harassment. In a joint statement released Wednesday, the U.S. Department …

President Donald Trump on Wednesday reinstated and significantly expanded one of his most controversial policies from his first term, announcing a sweeping new travel ban that will bar entry to citizens of 12 countries and impose restrictions on visitors from seven more. Set to take effect Monday at 12:01 a.m., …

Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to retaliate against Ukraine following a major drone assault on Russian airfields, casting doubt on the possibility of an imminent peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine. In a post on Truth Social, Trump disclosed details of …

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released detailed analysis Wednesday showing Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” would increase federal deficits by $2.4 trillion during the next decade. CBO projects that if enacted as written, the legislation would result in 10.9 million people losing access to health insurance by 2034, a number that …