An FBI agent and whistleblower who criticized the agency going back to President Trump’s first term was arrested this week at New York’s JFK International Airport and charged with illegally disclosing classified documents. Jonathan Buma, who worked in counterintelligence, was taken into custody Monday…… Read more
The Trump administration Tuesday posted online thousands of previously classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy, fulfilling a top promise to let the public see the long-hidden material. The National Archives and Records Administration began posting 80,000 pages of material on its website shortly after 7 p.m. None of the material is hidden under redactions…… Read more
President Trump on Tuesday singled out an Obama-appointed federal judge as a “troublemaker and agitator” for demanding the return of a deportation flight carrying illegal immigrants to El Salvador. Mr. Trump, posting on Truth Social, did not mention U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg by name, but his target…… Read more
Federal officers are pursuing illegal immigrants, and the illegal immigrants are increasingly fighting back, according to court documents and officials who describe a surge in assaults on law enforcement. Experts said the violence is driven at least in part by immigrant advocates who deliver know-your-rights briefings that seem to encourage defiance. “It’s deliberately intended to fuel…… Read more
TORONTO (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday and will now try to steer his country through a trade war brought by U.S. President Trump, a threat of annexation and an expected federal election. Carney, 59, replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation…… Read more
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to bring back thousands of fired probationary employees, saying their ouster was illegal. U.S. District Judge William Alsup, a Clinton appointee who sits in California, said the Office of Personnel Management had no authority to direct other agencies to fire the…… Read more
Ukraine agreed Tuesday to a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its brutal war with Russia, and the U.S. said it would immediately lift the pause on aid and intelligence to Ukraine, Trump administration officials announced in a sign of diplomatic thawing after a period of intense strain between Washington and Kyiv. Top officials from the two countries met in Saudi Arabia to hash out plans for Ukraine and Russia to end…… Read more
Some 18.6 million illegal immigrants now call the U.S. their home, according to a new study by an immigration control group that says the numbers soared under former President Joseph R. Biden. The Federation for American Immigration Reform said the figure stood at 14.5 million in late 2020, meaning a rise of 4.1 million people over the four years of Mr. Biden’s tenure. “Americans have seen…… Read more
Hunter Biden has fallen on tough financial times amid his legal woes and his father’s departure from the White House. The former president’s son, in a filing with a federal court this week, said he’s struggling to sell his artwork and his book sales have plummeted as well. He also lost his rental home in the California wildfires and can’t find a place to live. He told the judge he’s in such financial straits that he has to drop a lawsuit he’d filed against a former Trump aide…… Read more
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District will remove the huge “Black Lives Matter” mural on 16th Street NW and replace it with street art designed by schoolchildren to mark the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Ms. Bowser, a Democrat, announced the move Tuesday after Rep. Andrew Clyde, Georgia Republican…… Read more
An FBI agent and whistleblower who criticized the agency going back to President Trump’s first term was arrested this week at New York’s JFK International Airport and charged with illegally disclosing classified documents. Jonathan Buma, who worked in counterintelligence, was taken into custody Monday…… Continue Reading
The Trump administration Tuesday posted online thousands of previously classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy, fulfilling a top promise to let the public see the long-hidden material. The National Archives and Records Administration began posting 80,000 pages of material on its website shortly after 7 p.m. None of the material is hidden under redactions…… Continue Reading
President Trump on Tuesday singled out an Obama-appointed federal judge as a “troublemaker and agitator” for demanding the return of a deportation flight carrying illegal immigrants to El Salvador. Mr. Trump, posting on Truth Social, did not mention U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg by name, but his target…… Continue Reading
Federal officers are pursuing illegal immigrants, and the illegal immigrants are increasingly fighting back, according to court documents and officials who describe a surge in assaults on law enforcement. Experts said the violence is driven at least in part by immigrant advocates who deliver know-your-rights briefings that seem to encourage defiance. “It’s deliberately intended to fuel…… Continue Reading
TORONTO (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday and will now try to steer his country through a trade war brought by U.S. President Trump, a threat of annexation and an expected federal election. Carney, 59, replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation…… Continue Reading
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to bring back thousands of fired probationary employees, saying their ouster was illegal. U.S. District Judge William Alsup, a Clinton appointee who sits in California, said the Office of Personnel Management had no authority to direct other agencies to fire the…… Continue Reading
Ukraine agreed Tuesday to a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its brutal war with Russia, and the U.S. said it would immediately lift the pause on aid and intelligence to Ukraine, Trump administration officials announced in a sign of diplomatic thawing after a period of intense strain between Washington and Kyiv. Top officials from the two countries met in Saudi Arabia to hash out plans for Ukraine and Russia to end…… Continue Reading
Some 18.6 million illegal immigrants now call the U.S. their home, according to a new study by an immigration control group that says the numbers soared under former President Joseph R. Biden. The Federation for American Immigration Reform said the figure stood at 14.5 million in late 2020, meaning a rise of 4.1 million people over the four years of Mr. Biden’s tenure. “Americans have seen…… Continue Reading
Hunter Biden has fallen on tough financial times amid his legal woes and his father’s departure from the White House. The former president’s son, in a filing with a federal court this week, said he’s struggling to sell his artwork and his book sales have plummeted as well. He also lost his rental home in the California wildfires and can’t find a place to live. He told the judge he’s in such financial straits that he has to drop a lawsuit he’d filed against a former Trump aide…… Continue Reading
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District will remove the huge “Black Lives Matter” mural on 16th Street NW and replace it with street art designed by schoolchildren to mark the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Ms. Bowser, a Democrat, announced the move Tuesday after Rep. Andrew Clyde, Georgia Republican…… Continue Reading