The Trump administration is dismissing asylum applications from immigrants who entered the U.S. between 2019 and 2022, citing a lack of mandatory "credible fear" interviews at the border due to staffing shortages. Dozens have received dismissal letters, forcing them to restart the process and potentially face detention. Attorneys...
A federal appeals court unanimously ordered the Trump administration to reinstate a public database of federal spending by August 15th. The court rejected the administration's claim that the database threatened presidential authority over spending, deeming it an affront to Congress's power of the purse and the principle of transparency....
Senior Chinese diplomat Liu Jianchao, a potential future foreign minister, has been detained by authorities for questioning, according to the Wall Street Journal. Liu, 61, returned to Beijing in late July after an overseas trip. His detention follows the removal of former Foreign Minister Qin Gang earlier this...
President Trump is considering reclassifying marijuana to a less severe drug category. This follows substantial donations from cannabis companies to his political action committee. While Trump personally disapproves of marijuana use, his administration is reportedly exploring the reclassification due to widespread public support for legalization. A reclassification would...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared and endorsed a video featuring Pastor Doug Wilson, who advocates against women's suffrage and holds controversial views on slavery and homosexuality. Wilson, whose church promotes household-unit voting with the husband deciding, is affiliated with Hegseth's church. A Pentagon spokesman confirmed Hegseth's appreciation for...
The Trump administration threatened to seize Harvard University's patents due to alleged breaches of federally funded research agreements. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick demanded a patent inventory and details on licensing, potentially initiating a process to claim ownership. Simultaneously, other news includes Trump's nomination of Tammy Bruce as US deputy...
IRS Commissioner Billy Long was fired after only two months, reportedly due to his refusal to share confidential taxpayer data with DHS to identify undocumented immigrants. The White House, seeking to locate millions of unauthorized individuals, clashed with the IRS over data sharing, citing a prior agreement. Long's...
President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after a negative jobs report. He and economist Stephen Moore subsequently used BLS data to claim the Biden administration overestimated job creation by 1.5 million jobs. However, this argument relies on downward revisions to existing data,...
Vice President JD Vance participated in high-stakes diplomatic talks in the UK on Saturday, yielding significant progress towards ending the Ukraine war. These talks, involving European allies and Ukrainian officials, occurred ahead of a planned summit between President Trump and Russian President Putin on August 15th in Alaska. ...
Donald Trump announced the nomination of Tammy Bruce, current State Department spokesperson, as the next US deputy representative to the UN. Bruce, a former Fox News commentator and bestselling author, has no prior foreign policy experience. Trump praised her as a "Great Patriot." Her nomination is notable given...
