• Fraud scandals and Trump’s rhetoric escalate fears in Minnesota’s Somali community

    Fraud scandals and Trump’s rhetoric escalate fears in Minnesota’s Somali community

    Dec 05, 2025 11:40 PM EST

    ... are definitely pointing where there has been known fraud, and that's what needs to stop. Fred de Sam Lazaro: We asked Demuth about President Trump's recent comments about Somalis. What's your message to the Somali community when they hear rhetoric like that? State Rep. Lisa Demuth: My ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on the political fallout over Trump's boat strikes

    Brooks and Capehart on the political fallout over Trump's boat strikes

    Dec 05, 2025 11:35 PM EST

    Geoff Bennett: What's to be done about it? I mean, the suspect in the January 6 pipe bomber case reportedly said that he believed the conspiracy and the false claims that Trump didn't win the election. There are clear consequences to this misinformation and these conspiracy theories. Jonathan ...

  • WATCH: National Guard is not Trump's 'private army,' California AG Bonta says after federal hearing

    WATCH: National Guard is not Trump's 'private army,' California AG Bonta says after federal hearing

    Dec 05, 2025 10:32 PM EST

    Trump initially called up more than 4,000 California National Guard troops in response to the protests over his stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws, but that number had dropped to several hundred by late October, with only a 100 or so troops remaining in the Los Angeles area. The ...

  • Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution

    Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution

    Dec 05, 2025 07:25 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices will hear Trump's appeal of a lower ...

  • WATCH: Trump awarded new FIFA peace prize

    WATCH: Trump awarded new FIFA peace prize

    Dec 05, 2025 05:42 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the soccer spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial tournament even more of a Trumpian flair. WATCH LIVE: Trump attends final 2026 World Cup draw, where FIFA Peace Prize ...

  • Renewed fighting in eastern Congo threatens 'historic' peace deal brokered by Trump

    Renewed fighting in eastern Congo threatens 'historic' peace deal brokered by Trump

    Dec 05, 2025 05:31 PM EST

    GOMA, Congo (AP) — Residents of eastern Congo said fighting has intensified despite a peace agreement that was signed by the Congolese and Rwandan presidents in Washingtion, D.C., with U.S. President Donald Trump in attendance. Presidents Felix Tshisekedi of Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda met with Trump on ...

  • Trump's security strategy slams European allies and asserts U.S. power in Western Hemisphere

    Trump's security strategy slams European allies and asserts U.S. power in Western Hemisphere

    Dec 05, 2025 02:49 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America's dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The document released Friday by the White House is sure to roil long-standing U.S. allies in Europe ...

  • WATCH: Donald and Melania Trump attend National Christmas Tree lighting

    WATCH: Donald and Melania Trump attend National Christmas Tree lighting

    Dec 05, 2025 12:31 AM EST

    ... in the video player above. “The first lady is going to do the honors,” Trump said. He counted down from five to zero, and Melania Trump stepped forward and pressed a button that made the tree behind them sparkle with gold-toned lights. “It’s a beauty,” Trump said. In ...

  • WATCH: Trump attends final 2026 World Cup draw, awarded FIFA Peace Prize

    WATCH: Trump attends final 2026 World Cup draw, awarded FIFA Peace Prize

    Dec 04, 2025 09:47 PM EST

    The president of the United States danced to the Village People, Wayne Gretzky struggled to pronounce the names of underdog soccer nations from Europe and the Caribbean — and the head of FIFA declared his governing body to be humanity's official provider of happiness.

  • Trump's immigration message collides with his welcome to World Cup fans

    Trump's immigration message collides with his welcome to World Cup fans

    Dec 04, 2025 07:54 PM EST

    The visa denials came despite assurances earlier this year by Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president who has close ties to Trump and is a frequent White House visitor. In October, he told reporters at a European Football Clubs assembly in Rome that "there will be no issues with regard to ...