POLITICS
Canadian Prime Minister Carney will meet with President Trump, hoping to ease trade war tensions
Read full article: Canadian Prime Minister Carney will meet with President Trump, hoping to ease trade war tensionsCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Washington for a high-stakes meeting with President Donald Trump.
A model employer no more? Disabled workers question the federal government's commitment to inclusion
Read full article: A model employer no more? Disabled workers question the federal government's commitment to inclusionLayoffs of disabled workers across the federal government are raising questions about its commitment to inclusion.
Trump critics launch new group to highlight rising costs
Read full article: Trump critics launch new group to highlight rising costsA bipartisan group of President Donald Trump’s critics is launching a new organization, dubbed the Cost Coalition, to highlight Trump’s struggle to control rising costs in the early months of his new presidency.
Michigan governor candidate says miscarriage prompted her to prioritize reproductive health access
Read full article: Michigan governor candidate says miscarriage prompted her to prioritize reproductive health accessMichigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor in 2026 and sharing new anecdotes in her upcoming political memoir, “The Purposeful Warrior,” including her experience with miscarriage.
What's in Trump's big bill? Money for migrant clampdown but tax breaks and program cuts hit 'bumps'
Read full article: What's in Trump's big bill? Money for migrant clampdown but tax breaks and program cuts hit 'bumps'Congress is drafting President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security and deportation funds.
Threatened by Trump tariffs, Japan walks a delicate tightrope between US and China
Read full article: Threatened by Trump tariffs, Japan walks a delicate tightrope between US and ChinaAmong all U.S. allies being wooed by Beijing in its tariff stare-down with Washington, Japan stands out as a peculiar case.
Trump administration asks judge to toss suit restricting access to abortion medication
Read full article: Trump administration asks judge to toss suit restricting access to abortion medicationPresident Donald Trump's administration has asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three Republican-led states seeking to cut off telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone.
Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demands
Read full article: Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demandsHarvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Donald Trump’s administration, the Education Department announced Monday.
Ann Telnaes, who quit Washington Post in protest, wins Pulitzer for 'fearlessness' in commentary
Read full article: Ann Telnaes, who quit Washington Post in protest, wins Pulitzer for 'fearlessness' in commentaryA longtime editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post who quit in protest after editors killed her sketch of the newspaper’s owner and other media executives bowing before President Donald Trump, has won the Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and commentary.
Washington lawyer sues Trump administration over revocation of security clearance
Read full article: Washington lawyer sues Trump administration over revocation of security clearanceA prominent Washington attorney has sued the Trump administration over the revocation of his security clearance, calling it an act of “improper political retribution” that jeopardizes his ability to continue representing clients in sensitive national security cases.
Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US. Here's what we know
Read full article: Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US. Here's what we knowPresident Donald Trump is threatening to levy all films made outside the U.S. at a steep rate of 100%.
National Endowment for the Arts cuts off funding, pushes for staff resignations
Read full article: National Endowment for the Arts cuts off funding, pushes for staff resignationsPresident Donald Trump’s proposed budget calls for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts, which provides hundreds of millions of dollars each year to individuals and institutions around the country.
Trump’s meme coin business racks up fees as buyers jump at the chance for access to the president
Read full article: Trump’s meme coin business racks up fees as buyers jump at the chance for access to the presidentPresident Donald Trump on Monday promoted a dinner he’s set to attend later this month that’s open to almost anyone who buys enough of his meme coin.
Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close calls
Read full article: Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close callsThe Army is pausing helicopter flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon.
AFGE president says downsizing after Trump's order threatens the union's survival
Read full article: AFGE president says downsizing after Trump's order threatens the union's survivalThe president of the nation’s largest union for federal workers says the organization’s ongoing staff downsizing will devastate the services it provides members and threatens the group’s survival.
Milwaukee prosecutor clears Ohio police of wrongdoing in fatal shooting near GOP convention
Read full article: Milwaukee prosecutor clears Ohio police of wrongdoing in fatal shooting near GOP conventionA Wisconsin prosecutor has cleared police officers from Ohio of criminal liability in a fatal shooting near the Republican National Convention last summer.
Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage to run for Congress in Trump-friendly district held by Democrat Golden
Read full article: Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage to run for Congress in Trump-friendly district held by Democrat GoldenFormer Maine Gov. Paul LePage, an early supporter of President Donald Trump’s first successful White House bid and a polarizing figure in state politics, says he is running for Congress in a competitive district.
Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the country
Read full article: Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the US illegally $1,000 to leave the countryPresident Donald Trump’s administration says it’s going to pay $1,000 to immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally and return to their home country voluntarily as it pushes forward with its mass deportation agenda.
Trump is swiftly undoing transgender protections in HUD’s housing policies
Read full article: Trump is swiftly undoing transgender protections in HUD’s housing policiesThe Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development retreats from long-established fair-housing protections for transgender people.
The Latest: Trump administration offers to pay immigrants in the US illegally for 'self-deportation'
Read full article: The Latest: Trump administration offers to pay immigrants in the US illegally for 'self-deportation'The Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 plus travel costs if they leave voluntarily as it accelerates its mass deportation agenda.
Balancing Trump criticism and bipartisanship, Democrat Jon Ossoff walks a fine line in Georgia
Read full article: Balancing Trump criticism and bipartisanship, Democrat Jon Ossoff walks a fine line in GeorgiaGeorgia Sen. Jon Ossoff is among many Democrats looking to find the right path to challenge President Donald Trump and Republicans after the GOP won the White House and congressional majorities in 2024.
Europe launches a drive to attract scientists and researchers after Trump freezes US funding
Read full article: Europe launches a drive to attract scientists and researchers after Trump freezes US fundingThe European Union is launching a drive to attract scientists and researchers with offers of grants and new policy plans.
South Dakota students weigh protest against university honors for homeland security chief Noem
Read full article: South Dakota students weigh protest against university honors for homeland security chief NoemStudents and faculty at Dakota State University are facing free speech concerns for the first time now that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is set to deliver the commencement speech May 10.
Trump threatens a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, saying the movie industry in the US is dying
Read full article: Trump threatens a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, saying the movie industry in the US is dyingThe White House says no final decisions have been made on President Donald Trump's call for tariffs targeting films made outside the United States.
Trump blasts Mexico's Sheinbaum for rejecting offer to send US troops into Mexico to fight cartels
Read full article: Trump blasts Mexico's Sheinbaum for rejecting offer to send US troops into Mexico to fight cartelsPresident Donald Trump said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected his proposal to send U.S. troops to Mexico to help thwart the illegal drug trade because she is fearful of the country’s powerful cartels.
Trump says he's going to reopen Alcatraz prison. Doing so would be difficult and costly
Read full article: Trump says he's going to reopen Alcatraz prison. Doing so would be difficult and costlyPresident Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island that's been closed for more than 60 years.
Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn't know if he backs due process rights
Read full article: Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn't know if he backs due process rightsPresident Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution, saying in a new interview that he doesn't know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve that guarantee.
How the stock market made back all its losses after Trump escalated the trade war
Read full article: How the stock market made back all its losses after Trump escalated the trade warIt felt much longer, but the U_S_ stock market needed just a few weeks to roar all the way back to where it was on President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day.”.
Pritzker and Ocasio-Cortez: A billionaire and a former bartender emerge as Trump resistance leaders
Read full article: Pritzker and Ocasio-Cortez: A billionaire and a former bartender emerge as Trump resistance leadersDemocrats are looking for the right message and messengers to lead the opposition to President Donald Trump in his second term.