Politics

Vice President J.D. Vance attacked the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which came out against some executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, including ones that would allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enter churches and schools. Vance accused the church of helping immigrants to help “their bottom line.” Archbishop …

On any given day over the last two-and-a-half years, outgoing White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would show up to work with no idea how that day might unfold. She might get to announce from the lectern that President Joe Biden had just protected millions of acres of Arctic wilderness, …

The Trump administration is working on an asylum agreement with El Salvador. The deal would allow the United States to deport migrants who are not from El Salvador — including possibly Venezuelan gang members — to the small Central American nation to seek asylum, CBS News reported, citing two sources …

Consumers in the United States are about to pay the price for Donald Trump seeking revenge. The president announced “emergency tariffs” of 25 percent on all Colombian goods to the United States, along with other “retaliatory measures,” because President Gustavo Petro refused to accept two U.S. military flights of deported …

Pete Hegseth —a former Fox News personality who has been accused of sexual assault, alcohol abuse, mismanaging two nonprofits he helmed, and a litany of other indiscretions — has been confirmed as the United States Secretary of Defense. Hegseth, who promised senators he would stop drinking if given the keys …

Last year, Donald Trump and his 2024 staff were worried about U.S. intel suggesting there could be an Iranian plot to assassinate the former and now current American president. Yet, in the waning months of that election, Trump — who survived a separate attempt on his life just before his …

At the dawn of a second Donald Trump era, Mark Zuckerberg has been busy sucking up to a president who last year threatened him with life in prison. The Meta CEO and Facebook co-founder reportedly promised the administration he won’t stand in the way of Trump’s immigration crackdowns, which the …

Donald Trump has a history of conditioning his response to natural disasters to the politics of an affected state. He’s been accused of slow walking relief, giving preferential treatment to Republican controlled areas, and delaying disaster relief funds until being convinced the people in an affected area were actually his …

UPDATE 1/27: Judge Amit Mehta, responding to a motion by the Trump Department of Justice, has removed all post-release restrictions on Stewart Rodes and the other Oath Keepers whose sentences were commuted. Mehta’s order rules that DOJ’s expansive reading on Trump’s vaguely written commutation, to include not only the prison …

President Donald Trump called the Jan. 6, 2021, assault of police officers by rioters “minor incidents” when speaking to Sean Hannity on Wednesday. During his first interview with the Fox News host since he was inaugurated, Trump was asked why hepardonedpeople who “were violent with police” during the insurrection at …