Nation and World Politics
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US says it needs more time to provide information on mistakenly deported Maryland man
Apr 11, 2025 12:50 pm - Lawyers for the Trump administration on Friday said they're unable to provide information on the location and status of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought stocks hit hard by Trump tariffs during the market meltdown
Apr 11, 2025 9:13 am - NEW YORK (AP) — As stocks tanked on tariff fears, Marjorie Talylor Greene showed her faith in the president not just with words but dollar bills. The Republican congressw...
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US stocks climb but the US dollar sinks as Wall Street closes a chaotic and historic week
Apr 11, 2025 9:09 am - U.S. stocks are climbing Friday in another manic day on Wall Street, while the falling value of the U.S. dollar and other swings in financial markets suggest fear is still high about escalations in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China.
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Trump will undergo his annual physical Friday after years of reluctance to share medical information
Apr 11, 2025 8:10 am - Donald Trump is undergoing his annual physical on Friday, potentially giving the public its first details in years about the health of a man who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president.
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China hits back at US and will raise tariffs on American goods from 84% to 125%Apr 11, 2025 8:05 am - China announced Friday that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% — the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies that has rattled markets and raised fears of a global slowdown.
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Social Security classifies thousands of immigrants as dead, as part of Trump crackdown
Apr 10, 2025 8:43 pm - The Social Security Administration this week entered the names and Social Security numbers of more than 6,000 mostly Latino immigrants into a database it uses to track de...
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FBI, other criminal investigators drafted for welfare checks on migrant children
Apr 10, 2025 8:40 pm - The Department of Homeland Security has enlisted the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in recent weeks to conduct welfare checks on children and young people who cam...
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Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man
Apr 10, 2025 8:01 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must work to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to prison in El Salvador, reje...
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Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
Apr 10, 2025 2:18 pm - Facing a deadline from an immigration judge to turn over evidence for its attempted deportation of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, the federal government has instead submitted a brief memo, signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, citing the Trump administration’s authority to expel noncitizens whose presence in the country damages U.S. foreign policy interests.
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China reaches out to others as Trump layers on tariffs
Apr 10, 2025 10:11 am - China is reaching out to other nations as the U.S. layers on more tariffs in what appears to be an attempt to form a united front to compel Washington to retreat. Days into the effort, it's meeting only partial success with many countries unwilling to ally with the main target of President Donald Trump's trade war.