Politics

WATCH: Trump calls Iran war 'small potatoes' and 'very intermittent'

By Bryan Gallion

President Donald Trump said Friday that he calls the Iran war a “military conflict” because he thinks it’s “small potatoes” for the United States.

Trump says skilled foreign workers take jobs away from Americans. It's not that simple, experts say

By Hannah Grabenstein

Economists have studied the impacts H-1B employees have within individual companies and at the local labor market level and reached similar conclusions about foreign workers' impacts on American jobs.

EPA seeks more public comments as it struggles to devise water rule that limits scope on wetlands

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The request, announced Friday, comes nearly a year after the agency proposed a rule defining "waters of the United States," or WOTUS, based on a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that removed federal protections for vast areas.

Trump administration pushes to remove tax exemption for private colleges with DEI policies

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The rule is broadly aimed at ending any policies or programs that help students because of their race, and it specifically says such benefits in admissions, scholarships and facilities “would be incompatible” with the rule.

Missouri court blocks Trump-backed U.S. House map and orders it to be put to a vote

By David A. Lieb, Associated Press

Republicans had hoped Missouri’s new congressional boundaries could help them win an additional seat and hold onto their slim House majority in the midterms.

U.S. issues sanctions on Turkish bank that it calls a 'critical financial lifeline' for Iran

By Farnoush Amiri, Andrew Wilks, Associated Press

The Treasury Department accused the Turkish bank and its entities of being established to enable Iran's efforts to transfer oil revenues from China to Turkey, where they could then be converted to cash and gold.

'Toxic, intimidating and humiliating': Ex-labor secretary oversaw hostile work environment, watchdog finds

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

A new report from Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General includes allegations that former Secretary Chavez-DeRemer “engaged in an inappropriate relationship” with a member of her security detail, and violated travel regulations and the department’s alcohol policies.

Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail voting restrictions as midterms loom

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Michael Casey, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject an order by a federal judge that halts it from implementing a new rule regulating mail ballots, hours after being unable to tell that judge whether the computer system…

Trump appointees advance plans for Lafayette Square fencing and White House gates

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Pieces of President Donald Trump's wide-ranging Washington makeover made their next step toward approval Thursday, but not without substantial critiques of plans for permanent fencing and gates around Lafayette Square in front of the White House.

Democrats promise a big agenda if they win control of Congress, but their unity is being tested

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Beginning on Day One, House Democrats plan to "hold the crooks accountable." That's the promise House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has made, previewing an ambitious agenda if Democrats seize majority control from Republicans in the midterm elections.