Trump administration

Arts

Trump administration takes mail-in ballot fight to US Supreme Court

President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a new U.S.

September 04, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science

The Trump administration halted a Great Lakes project. Then Whitmer called Trump

The Trump administration is allowing construction of a state-federal project aimed at preventing invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes to move forward

September 04, 2026

Environment|Political

Judge declares she’s ‘not the Lorax’ during hearing on Trump’s DC golf course renovation

September 04, 2026

Fact check: Vance repeats Trump’s fictional ‘$19 trillion’ investment figure

September 04, 2026

Arts

Excavation work on Trump's arch in Washington to begin over next 2 weeks, administration says

The Trump administration has announced that it is planning to start excavation work on a memorial arch in Washington over the next two weeks

September 04, 2026

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Iran buries victims of reported US wedding attack, fires on Kuwait

Iranian mourners carried caskets at a funeral on Thursday for victims of a U.S. airstrike said to have struck a wedding party, and Tehran launched missiles and drones

September 03, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science

Trump administration ratchets up its fight to get more oil flowing from California

The Trump administration has been fighting with California officials over offshore oil projects and the state's coastal commission, which works to protect the state's shores

September 03, 2026

Arts|Political

Trump administration says agencies may stop working with the Smithsonian

September 03, 2026

Arts|Education|Finance|Health|Travel

Is dumping a Cuban person in Africa ‘deportation’?

September 03, 2026

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With diplomacy stalled, Trump returns to floating regime change in Iran

September 03, 2026

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Trump appointees hear opposition to Lafayette Square fencing and gates in front of the White House

President Donald Trump's plans for permanent fencing around Lafayette Square near the White House have moved closer to approval

September 03, 2026

Environment

US judge bars EPA effort to send California vehicle emissions rules to Congress

A judge in Washington on Wednesday blocked the U.S.

September 03, 2026

Asia|Environment|Science|US

The Trump administration cut funds for natural hazards monitoring in Nepal

September 03, 2026

Business

US oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela

Oil giant Chevron is confirming that it is expanding its operations in Venezuela, just days after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation’s oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits

September 02, 2026

Political

Trump's DOJ threatens to cut aid to states unless they report migrants without legal status

The U.S.

September 03, 2026

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Immigrant rights group seeks to block use of federal databases it says could purge legal voters

An immigrant rights group has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to block the Department of Homeland Security from using federal databases that the group alleges are being used to target naturalized citizens who are eligible to register to vote

September 03, 2026

Arts

US judge blocks Trump's newest order limiting birthright citizenship

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new executive order limiting the number of people eligible for birthright citizenship

September 03, 2026

Business|Economy

The Latest: Chevron expanding in Venezuela as Trump deal claims more oil reserves

Oil giant Chevron is expanding its operations in Venezuela as some details emerge about President Donald Trump's separate deal for a U.S.-controlled joint venture to develop more of the nation's proven reserves

September 02, 2026

Arts|Business|Economy|Environment

Yosemite, again in corporate crosshairs, embodies the long war over US national park privatization

Debate over turning public national park land into private profit dates back more than a century.

September 03, 2026

Crime|Education|Sports

An Ohio college student died in an apparent suicide. His family says he felt ‘humiliated’ by his ICE ankle monitor

September 03, 2026

Arts|Education

Kennedy Center disassembles Blue sculpture from its grounds

The Kennedy Center removed a sculpture known as Blue, a tall, blue stick figure designed by Joel Shapiro and installed in 2019

September 02, 2026

Business|Finance|Sports|Technology

First challenge to prediction markets reaches Supreme Court

September 02, 2026

Chevron pledges to double its Venezuelan oil production

September 02, 2026

Economy|Political|US

Trump pledged fiscal restraint. Instead, debt tops $40 trillion as borrowing costs rise

Donald Trump returned to the White House promising to get the United States' financial house in order by slashing the scope of the federal government,

September 02, 2026

Arts

Bessent says 19 finance ministers agreed 'cheap exports' are unsustainable, but China dissented

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says 19 of the members of the G20 agreed to address streams of “cheap exports” that cause global economic imbalances, but China dissented

September 02, 2026

Economy|Political|World

Carney tells Trump ‘Stop trying to be tough'

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Trump administration needs to “stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough.”

September 01, 2026

Election

Postal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends

A whistleblower for the U.S. Postal Service is warning that a new mail ballot system being hastily built to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order restricting that method of voting could lead to the rejection of huge numbers of mail ballots

September 01, 2026

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The Latest: US and Iran exchange fire after abrupt end to month without military action

The U.S. military has struck targets in Iran, leading Tehran to respond with missile and drone fire as hostilities ignited once again

September 01, 2026

Business|Economy|Political|World

Oil giant Chevron is expected to announce it will expand operations in Venezuela, US official says

Oil giant Chevron is expected to soon announce it will expand operations in Venezuela, a U.S. official said

September 01, 2026

Honduran court drops charges against former president pardoned by Trump

A Honduran court has dropped charges against former President Juan Orlando Hernandez over fraud and money laundering, judiciary

September 02, 2026

Business|Economy|Political|World

Venezuela's assembly backs oil deal announced with U.S

Venezuela's ruling party-dominated National Assembly backed the country's oil deal with the Trump administration in a vote on Tuesday, ahead of a visit to Caracas by the

September 02, 2026

Arts|Education|Health|Science|Technology

US sues Kansas school district for aiding transgender students' transitions

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday filed what it said was the first lawsuit of its kind seeking to block public schools in Kansas City, Kansas,

September 02, 2026

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Congress votes to avert government shutdown ahead of midterm elections

September 02, 2026

Political|US|World

Trump says latest strikes on Iran are 'justified,' warns Tehran against retaliation

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the latest U.S. attack on Iran was "justified," and threatened bigger strikes if Tehran retaliated.

September 01, 2026

Whistleblower says USPS mail-in voting restrictions could discard thousands of legal ballots

A whistleblower told Congress that the U.S.

September 01, 2026

Crime

He moved to Mexico after decades of being undocumented in the US. Then he got a $1.8 million fine from DHS

September 01, 2026

Science|Technology|World

China is shaping the future of open-source technology – including AI

Nations that lead the development of open-source technology will have a strategic edge for decades to come.

August 12, 2026

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, White House says

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job

September 01, 2026

Uncategorized

Vance casts El-Sayed as ‘evil’ and tells him to ‘keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth’

September 01, 2026

Economy|Environment

US to announce sharply lower vehicle fuel economy requirements

The Trump administration will soon announce sharply lower vehicle fuel-economy standards, reversing a push by the prior administration to force

September 01, 2026

Crime

DEA tactic that let fentanyl flood the streets is being investigated by House Republicans

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have launched an investigation into a controversial DEA strategy that allowed large fentanyl shipments to reach the streets

August 31, 2026

Economy|Political|World

US plans to sanction another bank in effort to clamp down on Iran transactions, Bessent tells AP

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week in effort to clamp down on Iran transactions

August 31, 2026

Business|Economy

US Treasury blocks certain journalists from G20 meeting in North Carolina

The U.S. Treasury Department is preventing certain journalists from covering a finance meeting among the world’s most powerful countries

August 31, 2026

Trump is staking out extreme positions on White House secrecy, legal experts say

August 29, 2026

Uncategorized

CFTC fines former White House aide $172,000 for trading on Trump speech information

The U.S.

August 29, 2026

Election|Political|US

Trump administration appeals latest ruling blocking his mail voting order from taking effect

The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s decision that blocked an executive order limiting mail voting before the midterm elections

August 29, 2026

Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold military’s ban on transgender service members

August 29, 2026

Arts|Economy|Environment

California sues Trump administration over offshore wind lease cancelation

California on Friday sued the Trump administration and an offshore wind developer over a deal that canceled a planned project off the state's Central Coast in exchange for a $120

August 29, 2026

Arts|Environment

States can regulate prediction markets as gambling, federal appeals court rules

August 29, 2026

Arts|Economy|Environment|Finance|Technology

Trump administration appeals $16 billion Hudson Tunnel funding order

The Trump administration on Friday appealed a court order requiring it to make payments for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel project after losing its

August 28, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance

US targets Egyptian bank's UAE branches under new push for Iran's economic isolation

The Trump administration is limiting an Egyptian bank's operations in the United Arab Emirates and accusing the financial institution of supporting Iran's leadership

August 28, 2026

Business|Economy

Trump says he’ll make it easier for ranchers to process their own food after blowback over his beef policies

August 28, 2026

Economy

Trump to meet refiners, fuel retailers as Iran war boosts gas prices ahead of midterms, sources say

(This Aug 27 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)

August 28, 2026

Uncategorized

Lake Ontario to Lake America – who gets to decide what goes on maps?

A geographer explains the politics and procedures behind renaming American places.

August 28, 2026

UN refugee agency scales back posts and budget for 2027, documents show

The U.N. refugee agency has scaled back its budget by 16% and lowered its official headcount by around 3,500 as it adapts to new financial constraints at a

August 28, 2026

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