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  • Trump's immigration crackdown led to drop in U.S. population growth rate last year

    Trump's immigration crackdown led to drop in U.S. population growth rate last year

    Jan 27, 2026 04:59 PM EST

    ... from 207,000 people to 95,600 people. Tuesday's data release comes as researchers have been trying to determine the effects of the second Trump administration's immigration crackdown after the Republican president returned to the White House in January 2025. Trump made a surge of migrants at the ...

  • WATCH: Trump gives speech on energy and the economy as Minnesota shooting fallout continues

    WATCH: Trump gives speech on energy and the economy as Minnesota shooting fallout continues

    Jan 27, 2026 02:59 PM EST

    Trump was last in Iowa ahead of the July 4 holiday to kick off the United States’ upcoming 250th anniversary, which morphed largely into a celebration of his major spending and tax cut package hours after Congress had approved it. Trump, speaking Tuesday in Clive, a suburb of Des Moines ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump losing support over his immigration crackdown

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump losing support over his immigration crackdown

    Jan 26, 2026 11:15 PM EST

    ... Times poll that came out last week, this -- again, before what happened this weekend -- I'm sorry -- it came out last week. Do you support Trump's deportation of immigrants living here illegally? Fifty percent of Americans say, yes, they do. But then you ask the question, do you think ...

  • France honors soldiers who died in Afghanistan after Trump's false claim about NATO troops

    France honors soldiers who died in Afghanistan after Trump's false claim about NATO troops

    Jan 26, 2026 09:26 PM EST

    PARIS (AP) — A senior French government official said Monday the memory of the French soldiers who died in Afghanistan should not be tarnished following U.S. President Donald Trump's false assertion that troops from non-U.S. NATO countries avoided the front line during that war. Alice Rufo, the ...

  • Treasury Department ends Booz Allen Hamilton contracts after leak of Trump's tax returns

    Treasury Department ends Booz Allen Hamilton contracts after leak of Trump's tax returns

    Jan 26, 2026 07:45 PM EST

    ... leaking tax information to news outlets about thousands of the country’s wealthiest people, including President Donald Trump. The latest move is in line with Trump administration efforts to exact retribution on perceived enemies of the president and his allies — despite Booz Allen's recent contributions to Trump's ballroom ...

  • Trump says U.S. used secret 'discombobulator' on Venezuelan equipment during Maduro raid

    Trump says U.S. used secret 'discombobulator' on Venezuelan equipment during Maduro raid

    Jan 26, 2026 07:11 PM EST

    When asked if the strikes could occur in Central America or Mexico, Trump said: “Could be anywhere." WATCH: Brooks and Capehart on Trump forcing allies to reevaluate ties with U.S. The U.S. on Friday carried out a strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific ...

  • Trump says he talked with Minnesota Gov. Walz after weekend shooting of Alex Pretti

    Trump says he talked with Minnesota Gov. Walz after weekend shooting of Alex Pretti

    Jan 26, 2026 06:04 PM EST

    ... that they have in their possession” and Walz “very respectfully, understood that.” “He was happy that Tom Homan was going to Minnesota, and so am I!” Trump wrote in a social media post which was notable for its warm and collaborative tone toward Minnesota’s governor, whom Trump frequently derides.

  • Videos of deadly Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti contradict Trump administration statements

    Videos of deadly Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti contradict Trump administration statements

    Jan 26, 2026 02:36 PM EST

    Several government officials had essentially convicted Pretti on social media before the crime scene had been processed.

  • Trump softens stance on Minnesota crackdown as some federal agents prepare to leave

    Trump softens stance on Minnesota crackdown as some federal agents prepare to leave

    Jan 26, 2026 01:55 PM EST

    ... A three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals said that ruling was unlikely to hold up on appeal. Border czar to Minnesota Trump posted Monday on social media that Homan would report directly to him. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Homan would be “the main ...

  • Carney says Canada not pursuing free trade deal with China as Trump threatens tariffs

    Carney says Canada not pursuing free trade deal with China as Trump threatens tariffs

    Jan 25, 2026 09:44 PM EST

    ... act together because if you are not at the table, you are on the menu” and he warned about coercion by great powers — without mentioning Trump’s name. The prime minister received widespread praise and attention for his remarks, upstaging Trump at the World Economic Forum.Trump’s push to ...

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