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US scraps migrant status under Biden CBP One app, plans $998 daily fines
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is revoking legal status for migrants who entered the U.S. through a Biden-era app called CBP One and signaling plans to impose daily fines of $998 on people with deportation orders who don’t leave the country.
The Department of Homeland Security sent formal email notifications to people covered by CBP...Read more

Trump schedules tariff talks but plans 104% hit on China
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump spent the final hours before his tariffs were set for full implementation lining up negotiations with U.S. allies, but his insistence on pushing forward with sweeping 104% tariffs on many Chinese goods dimmed optimism that a brutal trade war would be avoided.
Trump and top administration officials on ...Read more

How racism fueled the Eaton Fire’s destruction in Altadena − a scholar explains why discrimination can raise fire risk for Black Californians
The damage from the Eaton Fire wasn’t indiscriminate. The blaze that ravaged the city of Altadena, California, in January 2025, killing 17 people and consuming over 9,000 buildings, destroyed Black Altadenans’ homes in greatest proportion.
About 48% of Black-owned homes sustained major damage or total destruction, compared with 37...Read more

Democrats are already planning for 2026 and think they can flip these four Pa. congressional seats
House Democrats have their eyes on four Pennsylvania congressional districts in 2026 — two they hope to regain and two they’ve been trying to win for years.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee told The Inquirer it is focusing its midterm attention on longtime U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Bucks County and Scott Perry of York ...Read more

NYC Mayor Adams refrains from criticizing Trump tariffs: 'I still don't understand them'
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s hardline tariffs are rattling New York’s economy and have drawn widespread condemnation from local elected leaders, but Mayor Eric Adams refrained Tuesday from criticizing them and said he actually doesn’t “understand them” despite spending last weekend researching the issue.
“I must have spent,...Read more

Elon Musk trashes Trump adviser Peter Navarro in tariff feud
Elon Musk Tuesday called White House economic adviser Peter Navarro a “moron” as rifts deepen among President Donald Trump’s supporters over his sweeping plan for tariffs.
The world’s richest man also used the R-word to insult the intelligence of Navarro, an economic populist who is one of the most outspoken advocates for higher import ...Read more

Supreme Court halts lower court order to rehire at 6 agencies
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused an order from a federal judge in California that had required the Trump administration to reinstate 16,000 fired probationary federal workers at six agencies.
In an unsigned 7-2 order, the justices wrote that the national nonprofits who brought the case — and served as the basis of the ...Read more

Iran says it will start nuclear talks with US this weekend
Iran said it will start high-level talks with the U.S. in Oman this weekend, confirming Donald Trump’s announcement that they’ll discuss a standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program.
“The talks will be held on Saturday in Oman,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday, adding that sanctions relief was Iran’s main goal. �...Read more

Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump tried to buy rocket launcher from Ukraine, DOJ says
The man charged with trying to kill President Trump, lying in wait with a gun as he enjoyed a round of golf in Florida, attempted to purchase a rocket launcher and other military-grade weapons before the thwarted assassination attempt, according to the Department of Justice.
Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested on Sept. 15 as he fled from his sniper�...Read more

Rep. Nancy Mace says 1 of 4 men she accused has been charged with harassment, stalking in separate case
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina said that one of the four men she accused of taking part in sexual assaults and voyeurism was arrested Tuesday morning on multiple charges in a separate matter.
Eric Bernard Bowman, 45, was charged with harassment and stalking, Charleston County jail records show.
Bowman is one of the men Mace named in an...Read more

Supreme Court OKs Trump's mass firing of new federal workers, blocking judge's rehire order
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected challenges to the Trump administration‘s mass firing of new federal workers.
By a 7-2 vote, the justices set aside a ruling by U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, who ordered the administration to “immediately” rehire 16,000 probationary employees across six departments...Read more

Supreme Court OKs Trump's mass firing of new federal workers, blocking judge's rehire order
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected challenges to the Trump administration‘s mass firing of new federal workers.
By a 7-2 vote, the justices set aside a ruling by U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, who ordered the administration to “immediately” rehire 16,000 probationary employees across six departments...Read more

Trump schedules tariff talks but plans 104% hit on China
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump spent the final hours before his sweeping tariffs were set for full implementation lining up negotiations with key U.S. allies, but hopes for striking a last-minute deal with China appeared distant.
Trump on Tuesday heralded planned trade talks as markets rebounded on optimism that he would reduce or ...Read more

F-16 fighter jet escorted plane out of Mar-a-Lago airspace
An F-16 military jet was dispatched to chase a plane out of the airspace over Mar-a-Lago, where President Donald Trump spent the weekend.
The fighter pilot executed a “headbutt” maneuver to get the attention of the person flying the other aircraft Friday, according to local station WPBF. That technique typically involves a military jet ...Read more

Iran says it will start nuclear talks with US this weekend
Iran said it will start high-level talks with the U.S. in Oman this weekend, confirming Donald Trump’s announcement that they’re planning to meet to resolve a standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program.
“The talks will be held on Saturday in Oman. They will take place in an indirect format, and we don’t accept any other method of ...Read more
F-16 fighter jet escorted plane out of Mar-a-lago airspace
An F-16 military jet was dispatched to chase a plane out of the airspace over Mar-a-Lago, where President Donald Trump spent the weekend.
The fighter pilot executed a “headbutt” maneuver to get the attention of the person flying the other aircraft Friday, according to local station WPBF. That technique typically involves a military jet ...Read more

House Democrats unveil 35 Republican targets for 2026 midterms
WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Tuesday rolled out an initial list of 35 Republican-held seats they are targeting next year as the party looks to win control of the chamber.
The list from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee includes traditional swing seats but also districts that Donald Trump carried by up to 18 points in November...Read more

Pregnant Tiffany Trump steps out for dinner in Miami. So, is she having a boy or girl?
MIAMI — The countdown to another Trump baby has begun.
As her due date nears (thought to be sometime this month), Tiffany Trump stepped out in South Beach over the weekend.
Paparazzi caught President Donald Trump’s youngest daughter (mom is Marla Maples) arriving to Call Me Gaby with her husband Michael Boulos for dinner. The Daily Mail ...Read more

Commentary: 10 questions Congress must ask Elon Musk
No American is above the law. When congressional Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee tried to subpoena Elon Musk earlier this year, Republicans blocked the effort. What are they trying to hide from us?
Elon Musk is the wealthiest individual in the world. The Department of Government Efficiency and Musk are taking ...Read more

Pa. Sen. Dave McCormick cautions 'give it a little time' as the stock market swings
As the stock market swung wildly in response to President Donald Trump's trade war, Republican U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Monday tried to offer reassurance that the uncertainty people were feeling would be "eliminated" in the "coming days and weeks."
"I don't want to be in the business of predicting stock markets," ...Read more
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