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President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed boosting U.S. military spending to $1.5 trillion in 2027, a dramatic increase he said is necessary amid what he described as “troubled and dangerous times.” The proposal comes days after Trump ordered a U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and bring …

An ICE officer fatally shot a woman driving an SUV through her car window in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. The deadly confrontation immediately ratcheted up the intensity of what was already a brutal crackdown on Minnesota and its immigrants by the Trump administration — and in a community with …

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Trump ally Lindsey Halligan to explain why she continues to identify herself as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia despite a prior court ruling that found her appointment unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge David Novak issued a three-page order demanding that Halligan …

The United States has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic following a dramatic weeks-long pursuit across international waters, sharply escalating tensions with Moscow as the Trump administration intensifies its global blockade of Venezuelan oil. U.S. officials confirmed early Wednesday that American forces boarded and seized the tanker …

Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down laws that included the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills, ruling that the measures violate the state constitution. The justices sided with Wyoming’s only abortion clinic and other plaintiffs who challenged abortion bans enacted …

The federal government is reducing the number of vaccines it formally recommends to all children in the United States, which public health experts say is an abrupt, potentially dangerous change that will sow confusion among families. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the agency now recommends …

The White House on Tuesday unveiled a new website that dramatically rewrites the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, portraying the pro-Trump mob as “peaceful protesters,” blaming law enforcement for the violence and elevating President Donald Trump’s long-debunked claims of a stolen 2020 election to …

On the fifth anniversary of President Donald Trump’s supporters storming the US Capitol over his reelection loss, and nearly a year after he pardoned those insurrectionists, congressional Democrats and other critics condemned the Republican leader’s escalating assault on the country’s Constitution and democracy. “On his first day back in office, …

U.S. California Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa has died and Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Baird was injured in a car accident, President Donald Trump said Tuesday. Speaking to a meeting of House Republicans at the Kennedy Center, Trump said he wanted to express “our tremendous sorrow” following LaMalfa’s death and said …

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that he has formally censured Sen. Mark Kelly and initiated administrative proceedings to review whether the Arizona Democrat’s Navy rank should be reduced in retirement, escalating a weeks-long dispute over the senator’s public criticism of U.S. military operations. Hegseth announced the move on social …

Major European allies warned the United States on Tuesday that they would “not stop defending” the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity following President Donald Trump’s renewed threats to take control of Greenland, a Danish territory and NATO ally. The unusually blunt warning came as Trump and senior aides intensified …

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking and weapons charges, days after they were captured by U.S. military forces and brought to New York in a dramatic overnight operation. Maduro and Flores appeared before U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein …

One day after a U.S. military operation led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a blunt warning to Cuba, signaling that the Trump administration may widen its pressure campaign in Latin America. “I don’t think it’s any mystery that …

Gov. Tim Walz ended his campaign for a historic third-term on Monday amid mounting pressure from members of his own party and intense attacks from Republicans over widespread fraud in state-run social services programs. Walz defended his record in a statement and said he was certain he could win a …

A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed Louisville’s proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over police reforms, after the department withdrew its support for the plan earlier this year. U.S. District Judge Benjamin Beaton ruled Dec. 31 that the responsibility for ensuring the Louisville Metro Police Department complies …