WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge didn’t have the authority to order the Trump administration to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to a notorious El Salvador prison, government attorneys argued Saturday as they urged an appeals court to suspend the ruling. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on Friday ordered the administration to […]
The Rev. Al Sharpton is giving PepsiCo three weeks to meet with him — or suffer a boycott — to discuss reversing the company’s recent move to do away with its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, according to a letter shared with The Associated Press. On Friday, Sharpton wrote to PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta expressing his “profound disappointment” that […]
A district court judge has awarded more than $6 million combined to four whistleblowers in their lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who were fired shortly after they reported him to the FBI. “By a preponderance of the evidence,” Travis County Judge Catherine Mauzy says in her judgment, the plaintiffs proved liability, damages and attorney’s fees […]
Several members of the House Freedom Caucus have already lined up their opposition to the House Republican leadership-endorsed Senate budget resolution. The Senate budget resolution would only need a few Republican detractors to tank it altogether. A few Freedom Caucus members cited House Budget Committee Chair Rep. Jodey Arrington’s assessment of the budget resolution to […]
Elon Musk took a swipe at top trade adviser Peter Navarro in a post on his social media platform X on Saturday over his his Harvard University degree. Navarro is one of President Donald Trump‘s senior counselors for trade and manufacturing. “A PhD in Econ from Harvard is a bad thing, not a good thing,” […]
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 3,354, state media said on Saturday, as U.N. agencies and foreign aid donors continued to ramp up their emergency relief efforts. The 7.7 magnitude quake hit a wide swath of the country, causing significant damage to six regions and […]
HOPKINSVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — Another round of torrential rain and flash flooding was coming Saturday for parts of the South and Midwest already heavily waterlogged by days of severe storms that also spawned some deadly tornadoes. Round after round of heavy rains have pounded the central U.S., rapidly swelling waterways and prompting a series of flash flood […]
Former New York Rep. George Santos is facing an 87-month prison sentence for his part in a fraud scheme. The Justice Department detailed its case against Santos in a 26-page letter to United States District Judge Joanna Seybert. Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney John J. Durham, who was appointed by the Trump administration, […]
In his short 10 weeks in office, this week was the most impactful and extraordinary of President Donald Trump’s second administration. Between his stunning reciprocal tariff plan and dismantling of elements of the federal bureaucracy he sees little need for, the president made the swamp and political elites crazy and tested the depth of support […]
Former President Barack Obama‘s marriage to Michelle Obama suffered during his presidency, he admitted in a talk at Hamilton College on Thursday. There was some speculation about the pair’s marriage after the former president attended Jimmy Carter’s funeral and President Donald Trump‘s inauguration solo. Rumors even stooped to Barack having an affair with actress Jennifer […]
