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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration aims to significantly reduce or eliminate FEMA’s role in natural disaster response, arguing that states are better equipped to handle emergencies like hurricanes, wildfires, and tornadoes. “We want to wean off of FEMA and bring it down to the state level,” Trump …

A confidential memo obtained by NBC News reveals that the Trump administration has quietly instructed immigration judges to dismiss pending immigration cases without standard procedural delays, allowing ICE to immediately arrest and detain individuals — often without giving them a chance to make their case for asylum. Dated May 30, …

The Republican-led House is moving swiftly to roll back key Washington, D.C. laws on immigration, voting, and policing, even as it continues to delay action on a $1.1 billion budget shortfall that has left the capital city in financial limbo. On Tuesday, House Republicans passed two bills targeting local D.C. …

In a surprise bipartisan move, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation Tuesday to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, starting in 2026, a significant departure from traditional conservative economic policy. The bill, dubbed the “Higher Wages for American Workers Act,” will also include annual adjustments for inflation …

In a fiery speech ahead of this weekend’s planned military parade in the nation’s capital, President Donald Trumpescalated his rhetoric against protesters in Los Angeles, threatened demonstrators with “very big force,” and promised to restore the names of Confederate commanders to U.S. military bases. Speaking to troops during a patriotic …

Federal prosecutors on Monday detailed legal arguments for the detention until trial of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man mistakenly deported by the Trump administration. Abrego Garcia was returned to Nashville from El Salvador on Friday to face two criminal human smuggling charges tied to a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop. …

Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, announced Monday that he plans to resign from Congress following a final vote on President Trump’s reconciliation budget package, which includes key border security provisions championed by the GOP. Green, who has represented Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District since 2019, …

The Trump administration has mobilized 700 U.S. Marines from Twentynine Palms, California, to support National Guard operations in Los Angeles, where mass protests have erupted in response to aggressive immigration enforcement and raids. The move marks a significant escalation in the federal response to civil unrest in California, where tensions …

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. …