Politics

WATCH: Vance holds press conference on immigration after touring southern border in Texas

By Will Weissert, Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press

Vice President JD Vance participated in an aerial tour of the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday and met with law enforcement officials as part of a trip meant to highlight tougher immigration policies that the White House says has led to…

'We're going to get' Greenland, Trump said in his address. Prime minister says island isn't for sale

By Danica Kirka, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press

Múte Bourup Egede has a message for President Donald Trump: “Greenland is ours.”…

Fact-checking Trump's 2025 address to Congress

By PolitiFact staff

President Donald Trump recapped six weeks of aggressive efforts to cut the federal workforce, reorganize the economy and reorient foreign policy in his first address to a joint session of Congress.

Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to AP report

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

The VA's chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top level officials at the agency that it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000.

U.S. Rep. and former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner dies at 70

Turner had been in Washington on Tuesday and attended President Donald Trump's address before Congress.

WATCH: White House holds news briefing following Trump's first major address to Congress

By Zeke Miller, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Trump delivered an unyielding address Tuesday night to Congress and the nation. Democratic legislators registered their dissent with stone faces, placards calling out "lies," and one legislator's ejection.

Trump grants 30-day exemption for U.S. automakers from tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada

By Josh Boak, Rob Gillies, Associated Press

The pause comes after Trump spoke with leaders of the “big 3” automakers, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, on Wednesday, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Read the full text of Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress

By Associated Press

A transcript of President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, May 4, 2025, as transcribed by The Associated Press.

WATCH: Boston, Chicago, Denver and NYC mayors testify before Congress on 'sanctuary cities'

By Rebecca Santana, Tim Sullivan, Associated Press

Democratic mayors of four major cities said Wednesday that Congress and the Trump administration are exaggerating crime committed by immigrants and attacking so-called sanctuary cities simply to score political points, as Republicans hammered the policies for shielding criminals and threatened…

WATCH: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for NIH director

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

Bhattacharya, a health economist at Stanford University who was an outspoken critic of government COVID-19 shutdowns and vaccine policies, faced questions from senators from both parties Wednesday about drastic funding cuts and research priorities at the National Institutes of Health.