advertisement

Log Out

Nation and World Politics

Ex-prosecutor and other Trump critics sue to block payouts from $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' fund

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
May 22, 2026 4:20 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of President Donald Trump's critics, including a fired prosecutor and a college professor acquitted of assaulting federal agents at a protes...
Trump administration rule to force foreigners in the US to apply for a green card abroad

By REBECCA SANTANA and GISELA SALOMON
May 22, 2026 4:14 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreigners in the U.S. who want a green card will need to leave and apply in their home country, the Trump administration announced Friday, in a surpris...
Judge dismisses human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported

By TRAVIS LOLLER
May 22, 2026 3:18 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump's immigratio...
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband's health

By MEG KINNARD, WILL WEISSERT and DAVID KLEPPER
May 22, 2026 12:43 pm - Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet official to depart during Trump’s second term.
Paxton makes his final pitch in Texas US Senate race against Cornyn, buoyed by Trump's endorsement

By JESSE BEDAYN and THOMAS BEAUMONT
May 22, 2026 7:37 am - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is riding high as he heads into the final days of his Republican primary runoff against Sen. John Cornyn, now with the weight of the president’s backing behind him.
Taiwan's government says US hasn't notified it of any pause in a planned $14 billion arms sale

May 22, 2026 7:31 am - Taiwan hasn't been notified of any pause in a planned $14 billion U.S. arms sale to the self-governing island, a government official said Friday, after the acting U.S. Navy secretary told a Senate committee in Washington that some foreign military sales were being delayed to ensure the American military has enough munitions for the Iran war.
US says ‘slight progress’ in Iran talks amid uncertainty on whether war will resume

By SAMY MAGDY and SAM MEDNICK
May 22, 2026 7:15 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday there was “slight progress” during talks with Iran amid uncertainty as to whether a deal will be reache...
Pushed to the limit, Republicans show rare defiance to Trump's demands

By LISA MASCARO and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
May 22, 2026 7:12 am - President Donald Trump’s political revenge tour met its potential match this week as angry Republican senators finally said no, even if temporarily.
NATO allies bewildered by Trump's about-face on US troop moves in Europe

By MARK CARLSON and LORNE COOK
May 22, 2026 7:09 am - NATO allies and defense officials expressed bewilderment on Friday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland just weeks after he ordered the same number of forces pulled out of Europe.
Judge rejects request for special prosecutor to investigate ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ agents

By Hannah Meisel
May 21, 2026 7:23 pm - A Cook County judge on Thursday denied a petition to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute alleged abuses by federal immigration agents during the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” mass deportation campaign last fall.

Showing 1-10 of 5,255 next