Feb 06 U.S. seizes a Maduro plane held in Dominican Republic during Rubio’s visit By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Secretary of State Marco Rubio watched as American officials affixed the seizure warrant to the plane during a visit to Santo Domingo, the last stop of his five-nation tour of Latin America. Continue reading
Feb 06 How Trump’s rescission request draws on the centuries-old concept of impoundment By Hannah Grabenstein It's a concept that’s normally dry, esoteric and distanced from Americans' everyday lives, yet the heart of the matter is a key question of American democracy. Continue reading
Feb 06 Another federal judge blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship By Gene Johnson, Mike Catalini, Associated Press A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally. Continue reading
Feb 06 Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan to push out federal employees by offering financial incentives By Chris Megerian, Collin Binkley, Byron Tau, Associated Press A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives. Continue reading
Feb 06 Trump administration plans to pressure the IOC to come up with a uniform transgender athlete ban By Will Graves, Associated Press President Donald Trump is ready to take his fight against transgender athletes to the International Olympic Committee. Continue reading
Feb 06 After Trump’s funding threat, South African president phones influential billionaire Musk By Gerald Imray, Associated Press South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Elon Musk a day after U.S. President Donald Trump promised to cut the country's funding over a land expropriation law. Continue reading
Feb 06 Elon Musk uses his X ownership to be a mouthpiece for Trump narratives and his White House position to push his priorities By Ali Swenson, Chris Megerian, Associated Press The emergence of X owner Elon Musk as the most influential figure around President Donald Trump has created an extraordinary dynamic — a White House adviser who's using one of the world's most powerful information platforms to sell the government's… Continue reading
Feb 06 Trump blames ‘obsolete’ U.S. air traffic control system for the plane and chopper collision near DC By Josh Funk, Associated Press President Donald Trump says he thinks last week's deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter wouldn't have happened if the U.S. had a more modern air traffic control computer system. Continue reading
Feb 06 WATCH: Trump says he wants to root out ‘anti-Christian bias’ from U.S. at the National Prayer Breakfast By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Thursday he was forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the "targeting" of Christians. Continue reading
Feb 05 Watch 10:42 Middle East leaders condemn Trump’s idea to remove Palestinians and take control of Gaza By William Brangham, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi Shockwaves continue to reverberate around the world following President Trump’s remarks about seizing control of Gaza and turning the war-ravaged area into a "Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump repeated his idea that two million Palestinians from Gaza should relocate… Continue watching