Articles filed under Politics
-
Videos show deadly Minneapolis shooting and political leaders reach different conclusionsJan 24, 2026 7:42 pm - Videos quickly emerged Saturday showing the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a Border Patrol agent, with Democratic leaders in Minnesota saying the footage showed the deadly encounter was the result of untrained federal officers overreacting and the Trump administration saying the man provoked the violence.
-
Trump threatens Canada with a 100% tariff over its China trade deal and escalates feud with CarneyJan 24, 2026 1:57 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with its China trade deal, intensifying a feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney, a rising voice in the West's pushback to Trump's new world order.
-
Man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activatedJan 24, 2026 12:28 pm - Federal officers shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, according to a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press.
-
Vance touts the Trump administration’s record against abortion at a Washington rallyJan 23, 2026 7:34 pm - Vice President JD Vance on Friday encouraged anti-abortion activists to “take heart in how far we’ve come” on the quest to limit the practice, listing the Trump administration's accomplishments including an expansion of a ban on U.S. foreign aid for groups supporting abortion services.
-
Judge rules Trump administration must keep funding child care subsidies in Illinois, 4 other states for nowJan 23, 2026 6:57 pm - A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must keep federal funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at least for now.
-
Philadelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical ParkJan 23, 2026 4:17 pm - Outraged critics accused President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” on Friday after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park in response to his executive order “restoring truth and sanity to American history” at the nation's museums, parks and landmarks.
-
Thousands rally against immigration enforcement in subzero Minnesota temperaturesJan 23, 2026 4:05 pm - Police arrested about 100 clergy demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota's largest airport Friday, and thousands gathered in downtown Minneapolis despite Arctic temperatures to protest the Trump administration's crackdown.
-
FCC targets talk shows by revisiting ‘equal time’ rule for political candidatesJan 22, 2026 9:07 pm - The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday that network talk shows are required to give equal airtime to all candidates intending to run for the same public office, changing course on a decades-old ruling and again raising free-speech concerns over the Trump administration’s approach to media regulation.
-
Trump administration halts use of human fetal tissue in NIH-funded researchJan 22, 2026 9:01 pm - The Trump administration announced Thursday that human fetal tissue derived from abortions can no longer be used in research funded by the National Institutes of Health. The policy, long urged by anti-abortion groups, expands restrictions issued during President Donald Trump’s first term.
-
Smith defends his Trump investigations at a House hearing. ‘No one should be above the law,’ he saysJan 22, 2026 5:33 pm - Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith defended his investigations of President Donald Trump at a congressional hearing Thursday in which he insisted that he had acted without regard to politics and had no second thoughts about the criminal charges he brought.