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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Sunday said she will become the president of the Latin American nation “when the time comes.” Her comments follow the January capture of regime leader Nicolás Maduro by the Trump administration and weeks of uncertainty regarding Caracas’ political future.  “I will be president when the time comes. But…

President Trump responded to former CNN anchor Don Lemon’s arrest by federal authorities last week, telling reporters it was probably “the best thing that could have happened to him”  “No, I don’t know anything about the Don Lemon thing,” Trump said when asked by The Hill on Air Force One Saturday whether he had any…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday warned the U.S. against attacking Tehran, threatening “regional war” if President Trump decides to strike. “The Americans should know if they start a war, this time it will be a regional war,” Khamenei wrote in a post on the social media platform X. His comments follow weeks of…

President Trump on Saturday said he wants the proposed arc in Washington, D.C., to be the “biggest” in the world. The president told reporters that he’s considering building “an arc that’s like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.” “We’re setting up a committee ,and the committee is going to be going over it, but it’ll…

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is joining several other Republican lawmakers in calling to lower the national temperature amid escalating tensions over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics in Minnesota. Trump’s hardline immigration stance helped deliver him to victory in the 2024 presidential election, but as public support for his administration’s widespread crackdown wanes, more Republicans…

The child care industry is struggling to convince parents that its facilities are safe. Providers are in a tough spot after months of immigration operations that have included parents taken in by authorities while dropping off or picking up their kids — as well as fraud allegations that have led to harassment at facilities around…
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Maryland Democrats are barreling toward a standoff over a redistricting proposal that could hand the party all of the state’s eight congressional seats. Democrats in the state House could pass a map recommended by Gov. Wes Moore’s (D) redistricting advisory commission as soon as this week. It’s the latest push from a Democratic governor to…

President Trump is warning of a possible Democratic victory in November’s midterm elections, seemingly lowering expectations for Republican wins well ahead of any voters heading to the ballot box. Trump regularly notes that the party in control of the White House historically tends to lose the midterms, attributing it a “psychological factor” in voters. The…

President Trump said Saturday that he expects his pick for Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, to easily make it through the Senate confirmation process. “He’s very high-quality person. He should have no trouble getting through,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, suggesting Warsh could pick up some Democratic support. “I think he might get…
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This past week, Trump signed an executive order to impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba.

President Trump said Saturday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will not intervene in protests in Democratic-led cities unless local leaders “ask us for help,” while still pledging to guard federal buildings but “only as a back up.” “I have instructed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that under no circumstances are we going…

(The Associated Press) — The German soccer federation has ruled out a boycott of the World Cup despite calls from within to send a message to President Trump. “We believe in the unifying power of sport and the global impact that a FIFA World Cup can have, the federation said in a statement issued late Friday. “Our…

One year into the second term of President Donald Trump, his administration’s focus on undocumented immigrants has intensified, drawing outrage in recent weeks following shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Protests have broken out across the country, including in Texas, where local law enforcement agencies have hurried to sign up as force multipliers to help ICE achieve its stated mission “to…
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New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) has accused the Trump administration of using an FBI raid at a Georgia election office to instill “terror” and undermine trust in the country’s democratic institutions. The search for records related to the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., this week has raised eyebrows, with local officials questioning…

Boasberg, an appointee of Democratic former President Barack Obama, declined to comment.

The former congresswoman was a guest on “Real Time With Bill Maher” and contended that Lemon “violated the FACE Act.”

The federal government is under a partial shutdown after the Senate passed a five-bill funding package and a two-week stopgap measure, but the House will not vote on it until returns on Monday. Senate Democrats vowed to block what previously was a six-bill funding package that would channel money to several federal department, including the…

Venezuela and the United States broke off diplomatic relations in February 2019.

The Trump administration had sent 3,000 federal officers to the Minneapolis area as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration.

Minnesota’s standoff with the Trump administration amid its immigration crackdown in the state has made a political tinderbox of the Twin Cities, as devolving clashes between protesters and federal agents stoke fears of a bigger brewing conflict.   Local officials have deemed the surge of immigration enforcement officers a “federal invasion,” doubling down in the courts…

President Trump said Saturday that he hopes “enough people will use their heads” to bring a swift end to the partial government shutdown that began this weekend. “I think it’s going fine,” Trump told Fox News’s Jacqui Heinrich regarding government funding. “We had a big GDP…I lost a point and a half because of the…

A federal judge in Texas on Saturday ordered the release of the 5-year-old boy and father who were transported to a detention center in the state amid the Trump administration’s immigration operations in Minnesota. In a Saturday opinion, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery admonished the administration’s removal of Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian…

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon ripped media corporations that “bend the knee” to President Trump and his administration on Friday, a day after federal authorities arrested him following his coverage of a protest at a Minnesota church earlier this month. “The way to stand up to a bully, to a tyrant, is not to bend…

The first reviews for the exorbitant $75 million project are in, and critics didn’t hold back.

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen on Friday made a surprise appearance at an anti-Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) benefit concert for the families of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two U.S. citizens killed in shootings during federal immigration operations in Minneapolis. Video taken of the concert showed Springsteen, guitar in hand, recalling when he wrote his new…