Under the second Trump administration, the United States has seen mass deportations and a sharp escalation in immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security says the crackdown pushed nearly 3 million people out of the country in Trump’s first year back in office.

For the first time since the 1960s, the number of ...Read more

President Donald Trump Monday accused “vandals” of wrecking his botched $16 million paint job and rehab of the reflecting pool in Washington D.C, but there is scant evidence that any criminal activity is responsible for the unsightly green algae bloom and peeling paint.

He blamed tourists for allegedly grabbing pieces of peeling “American...Read more

President Donald Trump is rolling out new tools with the same protectionist goals after the Supreme Court ruled his sweeping global tariffs to be illegal. His administration wants the rebuilt wall of import taxes to mirror those Trump put on every major trading partner at the beginning of his second term.

But not all is as it was on April 2, ...Read more

NEW YORK — NYC’s unusually contentious Democratic congressional primary campaigns headed down to the wire ahead of election day Tuesday with some analysts suggesting relatively low turnout during early voting could be a red flag for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s leftist allies in three races.

Candidates in hard-fought races in Manhattan and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Monday to block an excessive force lawsuit against a former Los Angeles Police Department officer who shot and killed a knife-wielding man whose speeding truck had slammed into several cars near downtown Los Angeles.

The court turned down an appeal petition from the Los Angeles city attorney's office, ...Read more

The fast-spreading national debate over the effects of AI data centers on the environment has reached Southern Nevada, this time taking over Henderson City Hall.

At a meeting Tuesday, officials said they would explore a 180-day pause on data center permit approvals while city staff studies ways city codes could be changed to address concerns ...Read more

In congressional races across the country, a new crop of super PACs is taking to the air with millions of dollars worth of advertisements to sway voters.

"President Trump said it best, 'Celeste Maloy will never let you down,'" says one advertisement supporting the Utah Republican representative in her upcoming primary election.

"Standing up to...Read more

Abelardo de la Espriella, a far-right populist backed by Donald Trump, will be Colombia’s next president after narrowly defeating leftist Iván Cepeda in a runoff election on Sunday.

The criminal defense lawyer who cast himself as a political “outsider” promised to take an “iron fist” to crime during elections in which security was a ...Read more

Conservative lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella narrowly won the preliminary vote count in Colombia’s presidential election, likely sweeping aside Gustavo Petro’s leftist movement and realigning Bogota with the US.

De la Espriella received 49.7% of the vote with 99.8% of polling stations reporting on Sunday, according to the electoral ...Read more

Conservative attorney Abelardo de la Espriella led Colombia’s presidential runoff as early results came in Sunday, putting him in a strong position to sweep aside Gustavo Petro’s leftist movement and align Bogota with the Trump administration.

De la Espriella received 50.6% of the vote with 65% of polling stations reporting, according to ...Read more

Donald Trump has long avoided political damage for his own party from repeated allegations of graft and conflicts of interest. In this year’s midterm elections, Democrats are betting that they can finally exact a price.

Combined with the rising cost of living, corruption is shaping up to be a major campaign battlefront in races that will ...Read more

Colombians are voting in one of the most polarized elections in the nation’s history, with the economic model, the war on drugs and relations with the US all hanging in the balance.

Conservative lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella is seeking to extend his lead over leftist Senator Iván Cepeda, after unexpectedly beating him in the first round ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Questions over their records on immigration, accepting corporate PAC money and fraud dominated the first Democratic debate in the U.S. Senate race between Rep. Angie Craig and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan on Friday night.

The debate came at a pivotal moment in the race to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, giving voters one of ...Read more

Colombia’s outgoing leftist leader criticized Donald Trump a day before a runoff election in the Andean nation that pits his preferred successor against a security hardliner endorsed by the U.S. president.

Gustavo Petro called on Trump to reveal where a Colombian immigrant who criticized far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella is being ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Congressional candidate Luther Campbell offered a new explanation on Friday for why he wasn’t at this week’s candidate forum featuring all the other Democrats running in the 20th Congressional District primary.

On Wednesday, shortly after the forum concluded, Campbell posted a video on social media asserting that ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C.— Hedging his bet in the South Carolina governor’s race, President Donald Trump has now endorsed Attorney General Alan Wilson along with Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette.

After originally backing Evette on May 29, the dual endorsement comes after polling ahead of Tuesday’s Republican runoff for governor has shown Wilson leading, and ...Read more

A federal judge in Washington denied former President Joe Biden’s request to block the Justice Department from turning over tapes and transcripts of interviews he privately recorded almost a decade ago to a conservative advocacy group, but will temporarily bar the release while he appeals.

The Justice Department is poised to produce the ...Read more

A federal judge in Washington denied former President Joe Biden’s request to block the Justice Department from turning over tapes and transcripts of interviews he privately recorded almost a decade ago to a conservative advocacy group.

The Justice Department is poised to produce the materials to the Heritage Foundation. U.S. District Judge ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Iran may have halted their conflict for now, but the messaging war has only just begun.

Both countries have cast the memorandum of understanding — signed by the two countries’ leaders on June 17 — as a victory for their side. Analysts suggest that Iran came out on top by securing new sanctions relief and funds ...Read more