Nation and World Politics
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An emboldened anti-abortion faction wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges
Apr 12, 2025 9:41 pm - WASHINGTON — As Kristan Hawkins, president of the national anti-abortion group Students for Life, tours college campuses, she has grown accustomed to counterprotests from...
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Lawyers for wrongly deported man ask judge for U.S. contempt hearing
Apr 12, 2025 7:32 pm - Lawyers for a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador asked a federal judge on Saturday to order the Justice Department to show by 10 a.m. Monday...
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Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead
Apr 12, 2025 6:47 pm - Two days after the Social Security Administration purposely and falsely labeled 6,100 living immigrants as dead, security guards arrived at the office of a well-regarded ...
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America’s news TV channel for the Mideast fires its staff and goes off the air after funding cuts
Apr 12, 2025 6:18 pm - CAIRO — The head of a U.S.-funded Arabic-language television and online news outlet that claims a 30 million-strong audience in the Middle East and North Africa terminate...
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Layoffs and funding delays could slow fight against lead, experts say
Apr 12, 2025 6:14 pm - The entire staff of the lead poisoning office at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was included in layoffs at the agency last week. And in recent weeks, stat...
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Trump administration says it will exclude some electronics from reciprocal tariffs
Apr 12, 2025 2:53 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Trump administration late Friday said they would exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from reciprocal tariffs, a move that could help k...
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Tariffs could cost them. They’re still standing by Trump.
Apr 12, 2025 6:00 am - Kathy McConnell vented about inflation last fall as she waited in line to attend one of Donald Trump’s final rallies in Pennsylvania. Grocery store prices were ridiculous...
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Cars to gadgets: What US consumers are losing to Trump tariffs
Apr 12, 2025 6:00 am - While Americans doling out more money for groceries and consumer goods will be the most probable outcome of President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes, it’s not the only one. ...
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Trump announces deals with more law firms for a combined $600 million
Apr 11, 2025 8:38 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he had reached agreements with five more law firms pledging to provide a combined $600 million in legal services for cause...
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Trump orders Justice Dept. to probe officials who opposed him in first term
Apr 11, 2025 8:07 pm - President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed sweeping presidential memorandums targeting two former government officials who opposed his actions in his first term — his lat...