President Trump is pumping the brakes, at least for the moment, on direct U.S. engagement in Israel's assault on Iran.
On Thursday, Trump determined that he would make a "decision on whether or not to go within the next two weeks," according to a statement read by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Trump had also determined there was "a chance for substantial negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future," Leavitt said. |
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is seeing his name rise toward the top of potential 2028 contenders following his fight with President Trump over the unrest in Los Angeles.
In the wake of immigration protests that roiled the city and prompted Trump to send in the National Guard without Newsom's approval, the governor has framed himself as the face of resistance to Trump's second-term moves, energizing Democrats and upping his 2028 primary chances in a recent Morning Consult poll.
But Democrats also acknowledge Newsom faces an uphill climb as he handles the end of his tenure as governor and navigates the nation's polarized political climate. |
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a substantial blow to transgender-rights advocates in upholding a 2023 Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors, a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for the future of transgender health in the U.S. but whose impact won't be felt right away.
"The immediate outcome is that it doesn't change anything," said Kellan Baker, executive director of the Institute for Health Research and Policy at Whitman-Walker, a Washington-based nonprofit. "It doesn't affect the availability or legality of care in states that do not have bans, and it simply says that states that have decided to ban this care can do so if they survive other challenges." |
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Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released from federal immigration detention on Friday following a judge's ruling.
Khalil, a lawful permanent resident and lead negotiator for the encampment at Columbia University while he was a student, was detained more than three months ago as the first case in a wave of crackdowns against foreign students involved in campus protests. |
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Tens of thousands of U.S. troops are within Iran's striking distance should President Trump decide to wade into Israel's conflict with Tehran and directly attack the country.
More than 40,000 American service members and civilians — as well as billions of dollars in military equipment — are in the Middle East, spread out across bases in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. |
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The Trump administration is shortening ObamaCare's annual open enrollment period and ending the law's coverage of immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally as children, according to a final rule announced Friday.
The Biden administration made it easier and more affordable to sign up for Affordable Care Act plans, causing enrollment to swell to an all-time high. The Trump administration claims those moves opened a wave of fraudulent enrollment that's costing taxpayers billions of dollars. |
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A federal judge said Friday it's too late to order the recovery of already-deleted Signal messages from key members of President Trump's Cabinet, largely rejecting a request from an oversight group to get involved.
But U.S. District Judge James Boasberg did order acting National Archivist and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to ask Attorney General Pam Bondi to take steps to preserve Signal chats across the government at risk of being deleted. |
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President Trump on Friday floated the possibility of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as part of his latest round of intense criticism of the leader of the central bank over its decision not to lower interest rates.
Trump, in a lengthy post on Truth Social, railed against Powell, labeling him a "numbskull," "a dumb guy," "and an obvious Trump Hater." Trump appointed Powell to the post in 2017. |
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President Trump on Friday celebrated a newly announced deal to end the conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo but lamented that he may not win a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the deal, or for other international agreements he helped negotiate in office.
The State Department announced Wednesday that Rwanda and Congo will sign a deal to end fighting in eastern Congo, where rebels that Congo has accused Rwanda of backing have seized strategic cities since January. The United States was brought in to assist the peace talks at the request of Congo President Felix Tshekedi. |
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OPINION | Energy has been a highlight of the Trump 2.0 presidency. But the administration needs more cooperation from Lansing and Baton Rouge to bring its ambitious goals to fruition.
Michigan and Louisiana may not have a lot in common, but there are few places in the U.S. more critical to the Trump administration's energy agenda. Michigan, an industrial powerhouse, needs abundant affordable energy to fuel the "manufacturing boom" that the White House is promising. Louisiana, a leading liquid natural gas exporter, is key to Team Trump's goal to make the U.S. the signature supplier of energy to domestic industries and foreign allies. |
OPINION | For most people, home is a place where they can relax and feel safe. But for people like me who have experienced domestic violence, an abusive home can feel more like a prison. Resources that help survivors escape from violent relationships and quickly find a safe place to live can literally be the difference between life and death.
But right now, we are facing a looming crisis. The Emergency Housing Voucher program, a life-saving rental assistance initiative that has helped over 70,000 households experiencing homelessness or fleeing domestic violence, will run out of funding if the federal government doesn't act quickly. |
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Wary of assassination, Iran's supreme leader mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications to make it harder to find him, three Iranian officials familiar with his emergency war plans say.
Ensconced in a bunker, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has picked an array of replacements down his chain of miliary command in case more of his valued lieutenants are killed. |
Republicans are pushing to add Medicaid work requirements to the budget bill they are moving through Congress, saying the provisions are necessary to cut costs and get more low-income Americans back on the job.
State experiments with that approach show its limits.
A short-lived program in Arkansas in 2018 didn't boost employment among targeted residents, research has shown. The bureaucracy and confusion of the program also resulted in thousands of people losing their Medicaid coverage. |
Adam Greenfield was home nursing a cold when his girlfriend raced in to tell him Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles were pulling up in their trendy San Diego neighborhood.
The author and podcast producer grabbed his iPhone and bolted out the door barefoot, joining a handful of neighbors recording masked agents raiding a popular Italian restaurant nearby, as they yelled at the officers to leave. An hour later, the crowd had grown to nearly 75 people, with many in front of the agents' vehicles.
"I couldn't stay silent," Greenfield said. "It was literally outside of my front door." |
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIDT, SARAH BLASKEY AND ARTURO TORRES |
Following the lead of the Trump administration, at least two Latin American governments are discussing sending detainees to El Salvador's notorious prison system.
Weeks after the Trump administration deported hundreds of migrants to El Salvador in March, Ecuadorian officials traveled to the Central American country to visit with the administration of President Nayib Bukele and learn about the Terrorism Confinement Center, the country's megaprison known as CECOT.
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