United States Politics and Government
- Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country - President Trump has a history of insulting people from African countries, but the outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry. Vice President JD Vance banged the table in encouragement.
- Matt Van Epps Wins Tennessee House Race After a Trump-Led Rescue Mission - Matt Van Epps fended off a Democrat to protect Republicans’ slim House majority, but the relatively close margin in a red district sent the party a warning shot before the 2026 midterms.
- Trump Appears to Fight Sleep During Cabinet Meeting - President Trump began the meeting by criticizing media coverage about him showing signs of fatigue. Last month, he appeared to doze off during a meeting in the Oval Office.
- Immigration Officials Target Afghans for Deportation in Wake of D.C. Shooting - The stepped-up enforcement comes as the Trump administration has also moved to reassess the vetting of Afghans who came to the country under the Biden administration.
- U.S. Pauses Immigration Applications From Nations on Travel Ban List - The pause, which will halt green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people, deepens a remarkable crackdown on legal immigration pathways in recent days.
- Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’ as His Edge on the Economy Slips - President Trump is growing frustrated as Americans struggle with higher prices and pessimism over the state of the economy.
- New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul - The move comes as President Trump has attacked Somalis with increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in recent days.
- Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon - Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of flooding the United States with cocaine and had been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
- The Election That Has Republicans on Edge, and How One College Student Was Deported - Plus, Ozempic for cats?
- Olivia Nuzzi Isn’t Telling All - Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t seem to recognize that her collaboration with Robert Kennedy was a grave professional betrayal.