WASHINGTON — It’s rare for President Donald Trump to sit out a political horse race. But his lack of an endorsement so far in the bitter Republican Senate primary in Texas has created ripples from the Lone Star State all the way up to Washington.

Polls have shown longtime incumbent Sen. John Cornyn trailing state Attorney General Ken Paxton...Read more

WASHINGTON — Following the Supreme Court’s decision last week to strike down many of President Donald Trump’s worldwide tariffs, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer has made a vow: His conference will “block” attempts to extend those new tariffs past their expiration date this summer.

Friday’s 6-3 ruling found that Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is likely to face legal obstacles if it argues against refunds for the tariffs struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court — thanks to statements by Justice Department lawyers.

In a 6-3 decision last week, the justices declared President Donald Trump’s use of an economic emergency powers law illegal. The ...Read more

More than a month after U.S. forces removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power, and amid a tighter U.S. embargo on Cuba and heightened boat strikes in the region, Caribbean leaders are preparing to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week.

Rubio is scheduled to attend the 50th annual meeting of the heads of governments ...Read more

WASHINGTON — New whistleblower documents detail substantial cuts by the Trump administration to the training requirements for new immigration officers.

Among the cuts are the elimination of practical exams, use of force and legal training courses, and an overall reduction in training time, contrary to an official’s testimony to Congress ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A former ICE teacher at a Georgia training center told congressional Democrats on Monday, Feb. 23, that new agents are trained to run roughshod over constitutional rights, including the right against a home invasion, and that the federal agency is “broken.”

Ryan Schwank, who resigned from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (...Read more

WASHINGTON — A former ICE teacher at a Georgia training center will tell a forum called by congressional Democrats on Monday that new agents are trained to run roughshod over constitutional rights, including the right against a home invasion, and that the federal agency is “broken.”

Ryan Schwank, who resigned from Immigration and Customs ...Read more

World Liberty Financial, the digital-asset venture backed by the Trump family, said that it defeated an unspecified “coordinated attack” against its flagship cryptocurrency product.

USD1, the dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by World Liberty, briefly traded below $1 on Monday before climbing back to par, according to crypto data tracker ...Read more

WASHINGTON — New whistleblower documents detail substantial cuts by the Trump administration to the training requirements for new immigration officers.

Among the cuts are the elimination of practical exams, use of force and legal training courses, and an overall reduction in training time, contrary to an official’s testimony to Congress ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department is prohibited from releasing details about the investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left the White House in 2021, a federal judge ruled Monday.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida is another victory for Trump and a blow to ...Read more

The Supreme Court’s decision invalidating President Donald Trump’s tariffs sends a clear and crucial message: The justices will not be a simple rubber stamp approving presidential actions. In the first year of Trump’s new term, 24 challenges to presidential actions came to the court, almost all on its emergency docket. In 22, the justices ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Monday named a dozen challengers running in Republican-held districts to its inaugural list of candidates slated to receive extra attention and resources.

The “Red to Blue” list provides a glimpse into how Democrats view the House battleground and the candidates the party ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide on shielding energy producers from dozens of lawsuits seeking to hold them liable for costs of global climate change.

In the past decade, dozens of cities, counties and states, including California, have joined state-based lawsuits that seek billions of dollars in damages, and they have ...Read more

Not surprisingly, the Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff agenda, ruling that the White House doesn’t have the authority to act unilaterally under the statute cited. The justices had signaled as much during oral arguments in November, when the solicitor general made the dubious assertion that the ...Read more

President Donald Trump Monday insulted the “supreme court” by refusing to capitalize the name of the nation’s top court and vowed to resume his global trade war after the justices struck down most of the tariffs he imposed in a politically damaging ruling.

Even as Trump claimed the conservative Supreme Court’s ruling actually boosted ...Read more

On the merits, the Supreme Court’s decision last week to invalidate much of the president’s global tariff regime is to be welcomed. Yet the court’s judgment, sound as it might be on constitutional grounds, can’t by itself undo the damage that America’s turn to protectionism has already caused — nor prevent worse to come.

Avoiding ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House and Senate called off Monday evening votes as another snowstorm hit the Northeast, but President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address remains on track for Tuesday evening.

And as Trump prepares to deliver the first official State of the Union address of his second term, the Department of Homeland Security ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reportedly issuing administrative subpoenas to identify anonymous social media accounts that criticize U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Google, Meta and Reddit have complied with at least some of those requests, according to The New York Times.

These subpoenas appear alongside other...Read more

When a coupon suddenly appears on your phone as you approach a store, you might find it convenient and even helpful. But the same AI systems that know where you are and try to influence your purchases can be used to infer what you fear, what you trust and which stories you are likely to believe. AI-fueled marketing algorithms are becoming ...Read more

Can nothing stop President Donald Trump? Despite widespread opposition, Trump continues his blustering, unchecked by the usual guardrails of American politics. He’s attacking Venezuela, then threatening Greenland and sending federal immigration agents into American cities from Minneapolis and Portland to Chicago and Washington. His power seems...Read more