Aug 25 WATCH: Trump signs executive orders on cashless bail, flag burning By Associated Press Despite the backlash to his crackdown in D.C., President Donald Trump insisted his approach is popular. Continue reading
Aug 24 Trump expands targets for possible military deployment to more Democratic-led cities By Jonathan J. Cooper, Leah Askarinam, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to expand his military deployments to more Democratic-led cities, responding to an offer by Maryland's governor to join him in a tour of Baltimore by saying he might instead “send in the ‘troops.’”… Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 6:18 Does Trump have the power to end mail-in voting? Legal scholar weighs in By John Yang, Harry Zahn With control of Congress at stake in the 2026 midterm elections, Trump is doubling down on efforts to end mail-in voting. In the 2024 election, nearly 30% of Americans who voted cast their ballots by mail. Despite a multimillion-dollar Republican… Continue watching
Aug 22 Carney says Canada will match U.S. tariff exemptions under USMCA trade pact By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Canada is dropping many of its retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch 6:50 FBI raids home of John Bolton, a former Trump adviser turned vocal critic By Amna Nawaz, Doug Adams Early Friday, FBI agents searched the Maryland home of John Bolton, the former national security adviser in President Trump’s first administration. Agents were also seen entering a building in Washington where Bolton has an office. Bolton has become a sharp… Continue watching
Aug 22 Trump’s death penalty push faces setbacks as judges block efforts to reverse prior decisions By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Since taking office in February, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has authorized prosecutors to seek the death penalty against 19 people, including nine defendants in cases in which the Biden administration had sought lesser sentences. But judges have blocked those reversal attempts for… Continue reading
Aug 22 How South Korea is navigating the ‘Trump risk’ at key summits in Japan and U.S. By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung faces a pivotal foreign policy test barely two months after taking office, with back-to-back summits in Tokyo and Washington that reflect the wider struggle of U.S. allies to navigate Donald Trump’s unilateral push to redefine postwar orders on… Continue reading
Aug 22 No Putin-Zelenskyy meeting is planned, Russia’s chief diplomat says By Associated Press Uncertainty has grown in recent days about Moscow's commitment to U.S.-led peace efforts, as Russian officials have raised objections about cornerstones of the nascent proposals. Continue reading
Aug 22 Read and listen to Ghislaine Maxwell’s interviews with the Justice Department By Eric Tucker, Michael R. Sisak, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend repeatedly denied to the Justice Department witnessing any sexually inappropriate interactions with Donald Trump, according to records released Friday meant to distance the Republican president from the disgraced financier. Continue reading
Aug 22 Trump says U.S. has gained 10% stake in Intel for $11.1 billion in government funds By Michelle L. Price, Michael Liedtke, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Friday announced the U.S. government has secured a 10% stake in struggling Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a deal that was completed just a couple weeks after he was depicting the company's CEO as a conflicted… Continue reading