Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies arrested an armed 38-year-old California man outside the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes. The suspect, identified as Jeanine John Taele of Downey, was detained on Sunday afternoon. The arrest occurred two days before President Donald Trump arrived at the golf club for...
The US federal government entered a shutdown early Wednesday after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to reach an agreement on a budget. Negotiations broke down over Democratic demands for health care funding. Government operations began shutting down at 12:01 AM (0401 GMT) after Senate attempts to approve a short-term...
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a major split ruling on Tuesday afternoon, dealing a significant legal blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle key environmental initiatives. The federal appeals court ruled that the administration acted unlawfully when it moved to permanently terminate...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche cleared a critical hurdle Tuesday in his bid to be confirmed to the post after swaying Republican holdouts on a Senate committee to advance his nomination for a floor vote. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines in support of the...
More than 20 US states have filed a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of using a forced labour investigation as a cover to impose another round of tariffs on dozens of trading partners. The legal challenge targets duties announced last month on imports from more than 60 countries, arguing that...
President Donald Trump said he halted what he called the biggest U.S. military strike since World War II against Iran after Gulf allies warned of unintended consequences and urged diplomacy. Speaking from the Oval Office, he framed this as Iran’s last chance to reach a deal requiring immediate reopening of...
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump sharply criticized U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro on Monday for dropping a case of alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, saying she had "choked" under pressure from a judge and "folded like an umbrella." "Instead of going after the people...
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday formally rescinded the Trump-era $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” ending weeks of negotiations with Republican senators over his permanent nomination. The fund, created under a May 18, 2026 IRS lawsuit settlement to compensate alleged federal targeting victims, drew bipartisan criticism because broad eligibility...
President Donald Trump announced that negotiations between the United States and Iran were scheduled to begin on Monday, following his decision to halt what he described as a plan to launch the largest military strike since World War II against Iranian targets. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while...
Senate Republican leaders unveiled a stopgap spending bill that includes a legislative provision to block a White House rule change granting political appointees sweeping authority over hundreds of billions of dollars in federal science and discretionary grants. The measure, negotiated by Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins and Democratic...
