• WATCH: Schumer holds briefing after reports DOJ withheld Epstein files with Trump allegations

    WATCH: Schumer holds briefing after reports DOJ withheld Epstein files with Trump allegations

    Feb 26, 2026 05:02 PM EDT

    ... that the FBI conducted with an unidentified woman who came forward after Epstein's 2019 arrest and claimed to have been sexually assaulted by both Trump and Epstein when she was a minor in the 1980s. WATCH: Investigation reveals DOJ withheld Epstein files mentioning Trump “Several individuals and news outlets ...

  • Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks U.S. judge to dismiss criminal charges, saying Trump administration's case is vindictive

    Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks U.S. judge to dismiss criminal charges, saying Trump administration's case is vindictive

    Feb 26, 2026 03:57 PM EDT

    ... Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has galvanized both sides of the immigration debate, claims that the criminal prosecution is vindictive, pushed by officials from President Donald Trump's administration to punish him after they were forced to bring him back to the United States. While Abrego Garcia is a Salvadoran citizen ...

  • Fact-checking Trump’s claims in his State of the Union address

    Fact-checking Trump’s claims in his State of the Union address

    Feb 25, 2026 11:55 PM EDT

    Amna Nawaz: We also heard the president continue to make false statements about the elections, including this claim we'll play for people here that many undocumented immigrants are voting in federal elections. Take a listen. President Donald Trump: We stop illegal aliens and others who are unpermitted persons from ...

  • WATCH: Markey asks Dr. Means if Trump's order promoting glyphosate production puts health at risk

    WATCH: Markey asks Dr. Means if Trump's order promoting glyphosate production puts health at risk

    Feb 25, 2026 10:22 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, faced questions on Wednesday about the president's recent executive order promoting more domestic production of glyphosate, an ingredient in weedkiller, and how that might conflict with her own beliefs about the potential effects of the chemical. Watch the ...

  • Ukrainian officials will meet Trump envoys in Geneva for talks

    Ukrainian officials will meet Trump envoys in Geneva for talks

    Feb 25, 2026 09:38 PM EDT

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian delegation will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys in the run-up to another round of trilateral talks with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday. Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, is due to hold talks ...

  • Trump's pick to lead new Justice Department unit scrutinized as president declares 'war on fraud'

    Trump's pick to lead new Justice Department unit scrutinized as president declares 'war on fraud'

    Feb 25, 2026 09:33 PM EDT

    ... new division's work. Colin McDonald's nomination to serve as the first assistant attorney general in charge of the new division comes as the Trump administration has put fresh attention on allegations of widespread fraud in Minnesota. During his State of the Union speech Tuesday, Trump announced that Vice ...

  • Trump's portrayal of 'golden age' is out of sync with how Americans see economy

    Trump's portrayal of 'golden age' is out of sync with how Americans see economy

    Feb 25, 2026 09:01 PM EDT

    ... have likely seen little benefit. “Moving forward, factories, jobs, investment and trillions and trillions of dollars will continue pouring into the United States of America,” Trump said. Trump once again made his tariffs sound painless, insisting that they are paid by foreign countries. In fact, they are paid by U ...

  • Iran accuses Trump of 'big lies' in the face of major U.S. military buildup and upcoming talks

    Iran accuses Trump of 'big lies' in the face of major U.S. military buildup and upcoming talks

    Feb 25, 2026 08:36 PM EDT

    ... afternoon for Geneva, where they will meet American officials led by special U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff. U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Trump has been clear that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. "That would be the ultimate military objective if that’s the route that he ...

  • Trump's post-State of the Union sales job begins now

    Trump's post-State of the Union sales job begins now

    Feb 25, 2026 07:26 PM EDT

    “I do think a lot of the success outlined in the State of the Union will be a part of the Republican message in the fall,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., another close Trump ally, told the AP, pointing to the GOP's achievements on tax policy and border ...

  • Fact-checking Democrats’ responses to Trump's 2026 State of the Union address

    Fact-checking Democrats’ responses to Trump's 2026 State of the Union address

    Feb 25, 2026 05:53 PM EDT

    ... $2,048 to U.S. households’ tax burden. Spanberger: 'Rural health clinics in Virginia and across the country are already closing their doors' because of Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  This is accurate. On Sept. 4, 2025, two months after Trump signed the bill into law, Virginia ...