Trump's Sweeping Tariffs Invalidated by Appeals Court  —  The decision is a big blow to President Trump's trade policies, but the judges left the duties in place for now to allow time for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court.  —  A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that many of President Trump's …

Kennedy Must Resign  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future.  He must resign.  —  Mr. Kennedy and the rest of the Trump administration tell us, over and over, that they want to Make America Healthy Again.

Burying the Bruises … On Monday, press photographers gathered in the Oval Office to capture President Donald Trump meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung when one unusual detail stood out.  A large bruise on the back of Trump's right hand.  —  It wasn't the first time the 79 …

Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military  —  ON JULY 1, 1971, I STOOD ON THE PLAIN at the United States Military Academy and raised my right hand for the first time.  Along with hundreds of other new cadets, I swore an oath every service member takes: “to support and defend the Constitution …

Social Security whistleblower quits after saying Americans' data was compromised  —  The agency's chief data officer said the U.S. DOGE Service had uploaded personal information for more than 300 million people to the digital cloud.  —  Just now  —  A Social Security Administration official responsible …

Judge blocks Trump's broad expansion of expedited removal of migrants  —  The ruling says the administration's policy violated due process rights as it sought to speed up the president's mass deportation agenda.  —  Just now  —  A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration …

The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled  —  President Trump's repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.  And that was only the beginning.  —  Eric Lee/The New York Times

CHP to protect ex-VP Kamala Harris after Trump pulls Secret Service detail, sources say  —  Former Vice President Kamala Harris will receive protection from the California Highway Patrol after President Donald Trump revoked her Secret Service protection, law enforcement sources said Friday.

With newly approved maps in Texas, GOP puts its gains with Latinos to the test  —  SEGUIN, Texas - Under a broiling sun, there's a popular, frozen drinks stop here in the seat of Guadalupe County known as Milly's where locals cool off in the summer.  —  But business owner Tomas Hernandez Jr …

Angry constituents confront Congress on immigration, Medicaid cuts and Gaza  —  The few lawmakers who held town halls this summer faced voters furious with Republicans about Trump's agenda and with Democrats for not doing enough to fight back.  —  With political tensions running high …

Bonfire of expertise: Trump drives scientists, spies and soldiers out of government  —  Centuries' worth of experience walked out of key government agencies this summer, including high-level departures from the CDC, Pentagon and intelligence community just in the past week.

Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode  —  Trump's dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it.  But now it's time to call it what it is  —  If this were happening somewhere else - in Latin America, say - how might it be reported?

He Plagiarized and Promoted Falsehoods.  The White House Embraces Him.  —  Benny Johnson, a right-wing podcaster, has enjoyed rare access and promotion from the Trump administration.  —  The day after President Trump announced the federal takeover of law enforcement in Washington …

RFK Jr. is forcing doctors to make a tough choice … “On Monday, we might have something to say, 'We disagree.  They shouldn't be doing this,' and on Tuesday, ‘We love this and congratulations,’” Mukkamala said in an interview with POLITICO.  “That's what I think the year is going to be like.”

Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects  —  The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.

Vance goes after NYC mayoral hopeful Mamdani: ‘He should show more gratitude to the United States’  —  'I don't know the guy but my sense is that he has had a very good life in this country,' said Vance on Zohran Mamdani  —  JD Vance has lashed out at New York City mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani …

Trump Is Starting to Turn on the People He Handpicked  —  Multiple Senate-confirmed Trump officials face ouster while longtime aides come under scrutiny  —  After months of pushing out career government officials and Democratic holdovers, President Trump is starting to turn on some of his own picks.

Trump Officials Move to Fire Most Voice of America Journalists  —  The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency.  —  The Trump administration on Friday moved to lay off nearly …

Colleges face financial struggles as Trump policies send international enrollment plummeting  —  One international student after another told the University of Central Missouri this summer that they couldn't get a visa, and many struggled to even land an interview for one.

Mother of boy, 15, held at gunpoint by US immigration agents files $1m claim  —  Trump officials accused of false imprisonment and ‘unconstitutional racial profiling’ over incident in LA  —  The mother of a 15-year-old boy who was detained at gunpoint by federal immigration agents is seeking $1m …