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The Trump administration cannot proceed with plans to rescind $602 million in public health grants from four Democratic-led states, a federal judge in Illinois ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Manish S. Shah determined the four states — Colorado, Illinois, California and Minnesota — were likely to succeed in their claim that the government’s desired termination…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday moved to end deportation protections for people from Yemen, the 13th country from which the Trump administration has struck the status. The move leaves just four countries that the administration has not sought to end what is known as temporary protected status (TPS), which bars immigration agencies…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday that the U.S.’s role as a leader on the world stage is “lost” and urged President Trump to repair the transatlantic relationship to challenge threats from China and Russia.  “The United States’s claim to leadership has been challenged and possibly lost,” Merz told a crowd of foreign heads of…

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced a reshuffling of top staffers in his department as the Trump administration looks to shore up health wins that can boost GOP success in the upcoming midterms. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Deputy Administrator Chris Klomp will be chief counselor…

President Trump endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s reelection bid on Friday. Trump called Orbán “a truly strong and powerful Leader” in a lengthy Truth Social post announcing support for his longtime political ally, crediting the prime minister with “delivering phenomenal results” for Hungary.  “He fights tirelessly for, and loves, his Great Country and People,…

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said this week that he expects upcoming sales of Venezuelan oil to bring in $5 billion. “Sales today are over a billion dollars and in fact, we have sort of short-term agreements over the next few months that will bring in another $5 billion,” he told NBC News in an interview…
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing a wave of backlash from many in the conservative media ecosystem following her testimony this week before the House Judiciary Committee about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. During a contentious hearing Wednesday, Bondi sparred with lawmakers over the release of the files and…

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is demanding confirmation from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that its investigation into her participation in the “illegal orders” video is over after a grand jury failed to indict her and several other lawmakers earlier this month. In a Thursday letter obtained by Punchbowl News, lawyer Preet Bharara asked Attorney General…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Harvard University on Friday, accusing it of withholding data the Trump administration wants to determine if the school is complying with the Supreme Court decision to ban affirmative action in higher education admissions. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Boston, says Harvard has dodged giving the documents for…
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President Trump’s nomination of Jeremy Carl to oversee the U.S. in international organizations is in doubt over opposition from a key Republican senator, who pointed to Carl’s past statements on Israel and Jews as disqualifying. Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) is signaling he will block Carl’s nomination advancing out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Curtis’s…

HuffPost sits down with former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn to talk about Trump, a new mystery in the Nancy Guthrie case and Chloe Kim just misses a three-peat — just some of the stories HuffPost is following.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) offered a frank assessment in a podcast released Friday about where he believes Democrats’ strengths and challenges lie heading into November’s midterm elections. Fetterman told Politico’s Dasha Burns on “The Conversation” that he expected Democrats to regain control of the House and narrow the Republican majority in the Senate, suggesting his…

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said he will skip the National Governors Association (NGA) meeting at the White House next Friday after President Trump excluded him and another Democrat from a separate dinner for governors and their families the following day.  Moore, the vice chair of the bipartisan NGA, addressed the president’s decision to single…

The U.S. is sending the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East, joining the USS Abraham Lincoln and its strike group already positioned in the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) area, as tensions between Washington and Tehran ratchet up.  The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford and its escort ships, which are currently in the…

The mood in Minneapolis may not be what you would expect.

U.S. businesses and consumers bore about 90 percent of the cost of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, according to a recent report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The study, published Thursday, found that the majority of costs that came from tariffs were passed onto the American public in the first 11 months of…

President Trump has announced on his Truth Social platform that he will block the opening of the $4.7 billion Gordon Howe bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario unless the U.S. “owns one half of this asset.” In response, Canadian Prime Minister Minister Mark Carney has pointed out that the Canadian Government paid for the bridge,…

Donald Trump has been accused of taking advantage of tragedies to promote himself, from falsely blaming Rob Reiner’s murder on “Trump Derangement Syndrome” to refusing to apologize for a racist video of Barack and Michelle Obama, and now attempting to put his name on public landmarks and institutions.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, says he will keep holding up President Trump’s nominees to the Federal Reserve until the criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell is resolved. This poses a significant obstacle to Trump’s plan to appoint Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the nation’s…

The U.S. has reached a reciprocal trade agreement with Taiwan, with Taiwan agreeing to eliminate or reduce nearly all its tariff barriers on U.S. goods, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). The U.S. agreed to lower its tariff rate on most goods from Taiwan to 15 percent in exchange for Taiwan…

President Trump on Thursday issued pardons for five former NFL players. The former players include Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon. President Trump’s pardon czar, Alice Marie Johnson, announced the news on social platform X.  “As football reminds us, excellence is built on grit, grace, and the courage…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is gearing up for a shutdown after Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked bills that would keep the lights on. Senators left Washington without a deal, showing just how far apart Democrats and White House negotiators are on a potential agreement to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after two…

Border czar Tom Homan signaled Thursday that the decision to end President Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement officers to Minnesota does not mean they will be leaving the state entirely. Homan told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that “hundreds of special agents” will continue the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) investigation into fraud allegations tied to…

“The classroom is heavy with rumor and ominous unease.”

Contrary to Trump’s claims, immigrants, even illegal ones, use fewer services and commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans, according to Cato Institute studies.