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President Trump’s name will soon be attached to several miles of Sunshine Boulevard in Palm Beach, Fla. The president will participate in the renaming ceremony Friday after commissioners voted last summer to designate 4 miles of the stretch running from Palm Beach International Airport to his Mar-a-Lago resort as President Donald J. Trump Boulevard, with…

In the week and a half since Renee Good’s killing, the Trump administration has committed itself to a sinister new philosophy in Minneapolis.

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 6.06% this week — down from 7.04% a year ago.

The conservative commentator delivered what critics called an “unfathomably” dumb misreading of Gov. Tim Walz’s clear call for peace in Minnesota.

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran, on Friday called for the U.S. to take decisive action against the “instrument of repression” in Tehran to stop the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests and warned against any deals with the country’s autocratic leaders. “The United States has a choice,” Pahlavi said during an event at…

Tens of thousands gathered Friday in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana to protest the deaths of Cuban officers killed during the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.  The protesters also called for the release of Maduro, a close ally of Cuba who now faces trial on drug trafficking charges in a…

President Trump said Friday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney should be making a trade deal with China, an economic U.S. adversary the president has been going after during his second term. “That’s OK. That’s what he should be doing. I mean, it’s a good thing for him to sign a trade deal. If you…

Norwegian Labour Party lawmaker Raymond Johansen on Thursday ripped President Trump for accepting the Nobel Peace Prize from Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Machado presented Trump with the prize on Thursday during a White House meeting after months of lauding the president in his push to oust regime leader Nicolas Maduro and war on…

President Trump said Friday there is no reason for him to invoke the Insurrection Act, one day after he threatened to use the law in the wake of demonstrations in Minneapolis.  “I don’t think there’s any reason right now to use it, but if I needed it, I’d use it,” Trump told reporters at the…

President Trump on Friday touted a targeted $50 billion rural health fund as evidence of his administration’s commitment to helping rural communities improve health care costs and access, part of a White House push to focus on affordability ahead of November’s midterm elections.  The fund was added as a last-minute sweetener to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and as a backstop for…

As anti-ICE protests erupt, the new requirement shows how rapidly the mission is changing at an agency traditionally focused on terrorism, drug smuggling and border security.

Wanda Vázquez, an attorney, was the U.S. territory’s first former governor to plead guilty to a crime.

President Trump will pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced (R), a White House official confirmed to The Hill.  Vázquez Garced, who was governor of the U.S. territory from 2019 to 2021, was arrested in 2022 for allegedly bribing people to finance her 2020 campaign.  In August, Vázquez Garced pleaded guilty to accepting a…

Right now, Minnesota feels like a pressure cooker — what’s happening there is bigger than one city, one governor or one president. It’s a snapshot of what happens when immigration becomes a political weapon instead of a policy problem that demands grown-up solutions.   Gov. Tim Walz tried to lower the temperature as tensions escalated in Minneapolis, urging protesters to remain…
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President Trump’s economic adviser said Friday that the administration has been in touch with major banks regarding the administration’s proposal to temporarily cap credit card interest rates amid concerns about its long-term economic impact. Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, said the administration expects banks to voluntarily provide “Trump cards” to…

President Trump said Friday he was hesitant to nominate his top White House economic adviser to chair the Federal Reserve, suggesting he might be going in a different direction. During remarks at a White House health care event, Trump praised Kevin Hassett — director of the National Economic Council and a finalist for the Fed…

Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a hard-line cleric in Iran, on Friday called for the execution of protesters across Tehran as the government seeks to stifle demonstrations in the capital. “Armed hypocrites should be put to death!” Khatami said in a sermon carried across state radio, according to The Associated Press. Khatami also offered pointed words for…

President Trump on Friday floated slapping potential tariffs on countries that oppose the U.S. acquiring the Danish territory of Greenland. Trump made the remarks after describing threatening European allies, including France and Germany, with 25 percent tariffs if they did not pay more for prescription drugs. “I went through country after country,” Trump said at…

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday in Caracas, the same day President Trump met with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at the White House.  Ratcliffe, the most senior administration official to visit Venezuela since U.S. Special Forces captured Nicolás Maduro, traveled to the Latin American country at…

He had not previously mentioned using tariffs to try to force the issue.

Tyler Robinson, the alleged gunman who fatally shot conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year, is seeking to disqualify the attorneys prosecuting him in Utah. Robinson’s defense team has raised concerns with one of the deputy county attorneys whose child attended the campus event at Utah Valley University where Kirk was shot, according to The Associated…

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration, accusing federal agencies of using racial profiling to conduct illegal stops in Minnesota.  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are named among the agencies in the complaint. The North Star State has been home to…

New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman said people should take President Trump seriously when he talks about invoking the Insurrection Act, this time in response to unrest in Minnesota following two separate shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. “The president has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act before. Do you think he’s…

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will speak with reporters Friday morning, a day after meeting with President Trump at the White House. Machado, following the visit, said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump. The meeting came more than a week after the U.S. ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and vowed to run…

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith warned Thursday that the Trump administration’s policies could cause Republicans to lose this year’s midterms.  “To all the Republicans out there, to all the conservatives out there: You’re about to lose the midterms,” Smith said during an episode of his SiriusXM show. “You’re going to lose, and you might lose…