Politics
Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government
Elon Musk said Wednesday that he is leaving his role as a special government employee for the Trump administration, a move that was expected. Mr. Musk was the head...
Judge blocks Trump from halting ‘parole’ for some illegal immigrants, military families
A federal judge ruled Wednesday against the Trump administration’s attempts to curtail Biden-era “parole” programs that had offered tentative legal status to some illegal immigrants. Judge Indira Talwani, an...
U.S. trade court rules against Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs
The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday that President Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed his “Liberation Day” tariffs. A three-judge panel said the Constitution grants Congress...
Trump liberally doles out pardons and commutations in clemency spree, signals possibly more to come
President Trump embarked on a pardoning spree Wednesday, granting clemency to nine individuals, including a former congressman and three-term Connecticut governor, and commuted the sentence of three more people,...
Judge rules Rubio likely overstepped in revoking Palestinian protester’s residency status
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio abused his authority to revoke the residency status of noncitizens for disrupting U.S. foreign policy when he did...
Trump pardons former NY Rep. Michael Grimm after tax fraud conviction
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has pardoned former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud conviction. The pardon was...
Big, beautiful bomb-throwers: GOP spending hawks threaten to sink Trump’s tax cut bill
A group of Senate Republicans, led by fiscal stalwart Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, are prepared to torpedo President Trump’s signature tax cut bill without more cuts to federal spending,...
Trump pardons Julie and Todd Chrisley, reality TV stars convicted in 2022 of fraud and tax evasion
PENSACOLA, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed pardons for reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, who have been serving federal prison sentences since being convicted three...
Illegal immigrant threatened to kill Trump for ‘messing with us Mexicans’
The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that it had arrested an illegal immigrant who delivered a racially tinged threat to kill President Trump over his aggressive border and...
Trump says he told Netanyahu to back off military strikes in Iran
President Trump said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off striking Iran while his administration attempts to work out a nuclear deal. Mr. Trump said in...
Republicans’ ‘big beautiful bill’ would cement Trump’s executive orders in federal law
Tucked inside the House Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act are more than 15 of President Trump’s executive orders. The bill could give his major policy shifts the full...
Vance urges crypto industry to stay involved in politics as he touts Trump administration’s record
Vice President JD Vance praised the cryptocurrency industry Wednesday and urged it to remain active in U.S. politics and policymaking, highlighting the Trump administration’s close ties to a deep-pocketed...