Nicholas Riccardi

FILE – Harmeet Dhillon walks through a hallway after talking to reporters at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump’s elections order, memo says

May 3, 2025 at 2:34 p.m.

A new mission statement for the Justice Department unit that upholds voting rights shows it's being redirected toward prioritizing President Donald Trump's executive order on elections.

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order establishing the Religious Liberty Commission, during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Americans see more overreach from the president than from judges, an AP-NORC poll finds

May 2, 2025 at 7:51 a.m.

As President Donald Trump faces significant pushback from federal judges, a new poll shows U.S. adults are more likely to believe the president is the one overstepping his power rather...

President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under 18th-century wartime law

May 1, 2025 at 11:35 a.m.

A federal judge barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.

FILE – President Joe Biden hands a pen to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland as he signs a proclamation on the North Lawn at the White House in Washington, Oct. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

President Donald Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day

April 27, 2025 at 4:32 p.m.

President Donald Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor’s practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October.

From left; Phil Rucker, Wolf Blitzer, Pamela Brown, Dana Bash, Kaitlan Collins and Jeff Zeleny pose for photographers as they arrive at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

White House journalists use annual press dinner to celebrate First Amendment

April 27, 2025 at 11:31 a.m.

There was no president. There was no comedian. What remained at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner on Saturday night were the journalists and the First Amendment.

Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law

April 19, 2025 at 6:05 p.m.

In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in Northern Texas “until further order of this court.”

Demonstrators rally against President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk in San Jose, Calif., as part of a national day of action on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Emily Steinberger)

Some top tech leaders have embraced President Donald Trump. That’s created a political divide in Silicon Valley

April 13, 2025 at 3:05 p.m.

As some in the upper echelons of Silicon Valley began shifting to the right politically, many of the tech industry’s everyday workers have remained liberal — but also increasingly nervous...

Elon Musk speaks at a town hall Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk

April 1, 2025 at 10:50 p.m.

Judge Susan Crawford preserved liberals’ narrow majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday by defeating conservative Brad Schimel, but in a way the real loser of the election was billionaire...

FILE – Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks along the southern border with Mexico, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped

March 16, 2025 at 1:06 p.m.

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting...

FILE – Henry Carmona, 48, right, who fled Venezuela after receiving death threats for refusing to participate in demonstrations in support of the government, stands with friends and a reporter following a press conference by Venezuelan community leaders to denounce changes to the protections that shielded hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, including Carmona, from deportation, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Donald Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later

March 15, 2025 at 6:52 p.m.

Claiming the United States was being invaded by a Venezuelan gang, President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a sweeping war time authority that allows...

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