WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said during Tuesday’s State of the Union address that his first year in office has ushered in an American “golden age,” even as he faces the lowest approval ratings of his second term and Americans are increasingly worried about the economy.

The president used his remarks to forcefully defense his ...Read more

Donald Trump announced new agreements with technology companies to bear the energy costs of data centers by building their own power plants during his State of the Union address, delivered as the Florida Legislature advances data center regulations against the president’s wishes.

“Many Americans are also concerned that energy demand from AI...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump offered a defiant defense of his policies and economic record, declaring the nation is “back bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before” in Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

The president staged his version of a pep rally for a beleaguered nation, celebrating athletic victories and ...Read more

President Donald Trump was nearly two hours into his State of the Union speech when Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey delivered a rebuttal that offered a different vision for America “from the neighborhoods of Minneapolis.”

The “State of the Swamp” event at the National Press Club was headlined by left-wing politicians, former journalists ...Read more

President Donald Trump zoomed in on Minnesota’s Somali community during his Tuesday night State of the Union address, calling them “pirates” who have “ransacked Minnesota” and cited an unproven claim that they have carried out $19 billion in fraud.

His remarks prompted sharp rebuke from Somali American Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Trump opened his State of the Union address on Tuesday night with a forceful defense of his administration’s record, casting his first year back in office as a period of renewed economic growth and reinvigorated police forces that have made America the “hottest country anywhere in the world.”

“Our country is ...Read more

The U.S. military has boarded another sanctioned tanker with links to Venezuela after chasing it into the Indian Ocean, as the Trump administration continues to enforce a maritime blockade against the Latin American nation.

The latest operation marks the third vessel halted in the region by U.S. forces and the tenth overall since December, ...Read more

The cold weather didn’t delay SpaceX’s plans to launch another Starlink mission Tuesday, but did delay NASA’s plans to roll back the Artemis II rocket from the launch pad.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying 29 of its internet satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 6:04 p.m. Eastern time.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump offered a defiant defense of his policies and economic record, declaring the nation is “back bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before” in Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

The president staged his version of a pep rally for a beleaguered nation, celebrating athletic victories and ...Read more

NEW YORK — The United States abstained from a U.N. vote supporting a lasting peace in Ukraine, prompting criticism from President Donald Trump’s former Ukraine envoy.

“A UN vote on a lasting peace in Ukraine and we abstained. Go figure,” Keith Kellogg, who served as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia last year, wrote in a social media...Read more

The Justice Department allegedly withheld dozens of files related to Jeffrey Epstein that included an FBI investigation into claims of abuse against President Trump, according to a new report.

Trump was accused of sexually assaulting a teen girl in the 1980s, and the FBI investigated those claims and interviewed the alleged victim, NPR reported...Read more

RANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky state lawmakers issued subpoenas to the Beshear administration for information they deemed necessary for crafting the next two-year state budget.

According to a press release from the House Majority Caucus, subpoenas were issued by the co-chairs of the Legislative Oversight and Investigations Committee to the Kentucky...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. courts are foiling efforts by the Trump administration to keep under wraps information about the Department of Government Efficiency and the role that Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, played in it during his whirlwind stint with the White House last year.

A New York federal judge last week forced the government to ...Read more

There have been no documented instances of federal immigration enforcement taking place on Washington’s public college campuses.

Yet across the state, college leaders say they are actively preparing for the possibility. They are updating policies, retraining staff and reinforcing legal boundaries as student anxiety grows in response to ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A Baltimore County bill that would bar law enforcement officers from wearing masks and require visible identification is drawing legal questions and accusations of political pandering.

Councilman Izzy Patoka, a Pikesville Democrat running for county executive, introduced the legislation last week, citing concerns about U.S. ...Read more

The Pentagon threatened to invoke a Cold War-era law to compel Anthropic PBC to allow the U.S. military to use the artificial intelligence startup’s technology if the company failed to comply with the government’s terms by Friday, according to people familiar with the matter.

During a meeting Tuesday between Chief Executive Officer Dario ...Read more

A five-day series of protests, training and events organized by those opposed to aggressive ICE operations kicks off Wednesday in the Twin Cities and is expected to draw participants from across the country eager to learn strategies for resisting what organizers describe as a federal occupation.

“Bring the Heat, Melt the ICE Week of Action”...Read more

It’s not unusual before the spring planting season to see tanker trucks lurching across eastern South Carolina, on their way to deposit a slurry of industrial and municipal waste on farmland.

The sludge these tankers carry, which often comes from North Carolina chicken processing plants, is supposed to enrich the soil so crops can grow. But ...Read more

Amid a devastating energy and humanitarian crisis in Cuba worsened by U.S. oil supply restrictions, the Trump administration is planning to expand ability of the island’s private sector to import U.S. fuel.

“We want to open the spigot of U.S. fuel exports to Cuba, so long as the ultimate beneficiary is the private sector,” a source with ...Read more