The ruling was a blow to both President Trump, who had voluntarily dismissed the suit last week, and to the Justice Department, which used the suit to establish a fund likely intended for Trump allies.In a stern order on Friday, a judge said that she wanted to investigate the circumstances surroundi
A judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring money in or out of the fund until the court could hear arguments in June.The order came from the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Alexandria, in a case brought by a group of people who s
Plus, the Kennedy Center must remove Trump’s name. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.E. Jean Carroll in 2024 after a hearing on one of her lawsuits.
Her remarks, delivered during a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee, were a candid admission of her own powerlessness.Former Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives for the House Oversight Committee closed hearing on Friday.
But details remained scant after officials said last week that, with “extraordinary” exceptions, people seeking permanent residency must first leave the country.The Department of Homeland Security appeared to make a partial walk-back of a change announced last Friday.
Clashes between protesters and armed federal agents have erupted at the parking lot of Delaney Hall in Newark since the Memorial Day weekend.Federal agents and demonstrators who were protesting conditions inside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark have faced off for nearly a week.
A political fight is playing out in Iran, where the small but loud faction of hard-liners has used rallies, state media and private and public statements to try to undermine negotiations.A billboard of the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a cer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli ground forces had crossed Lebanon’s Litani River, as military officials from the two countries were set to meet for U.S.-brokered talks.An apartment building in Tyre, Lebanon, on Tuesday, in the aftermath of an Israeli strike.
A Supreme Court court ruling last month rejected the state’s previous congressional map as an illegal racial gerrymander and set off a redistricting race across the South.State Representative Edmond Jordan of Louisiana speaks with fellow lawmakers before a Louisiana House vote on a redistricting pla
Ms. Whitmer, the Michigan governor and one of the country’s most prominent Democrats, has been conciliatory with Mr. Trump. As she mulls the future, her party is split on that approach.Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan stood beside President Donald Trump at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michi
Pamela Evette had been among the most vocal proponents of redrawing the state’s congressional map to help Republicans in the midterms.President Trump on Friday endorsed South Carolina’s lieutenant governor, Pamela Evette, to be the state’s next governor.
Andrew S. Boutros, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, is said to be overseeing the criminal investigation.Andrew S. Boutros, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, in Chicago in April.
The Trump administration ejected a Chinese journalist amid fresh concerns about Beijing’s growing pressure on foreign correspondents.U.S. and Chinese flags flying over Tiananmen Square during President Trump’s visit to Beijing this month.
In a speech to military leaders from the region, To Lam said that distrust and a lack of respect for established rules had created a culture of “the big fish swallowing the small fish.”Vietnam’s leader, To Lam, in Singapore, giving the keynote address on Friday to an annual Asian security conference
Jeff Bezos was gaining ground on Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Starlink. Thursday’s rocket explosion on a launchpad creates a major setback.Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on its launchpad during a test.
In the foothills of the Ecuadorean Amazon, a 101-year-old farmer and a young scientist turned an amateur collection into a scientific survey of one of the most diverse snake habitats on Earth.Manuel Genaro Peñafiel Flores with some of his collection of snakes at home in Mera, Ecuador.
The Tony-nominated stars of “Fallen Angels” demonstrate how to act drunk onstage and have a hilarious hangover.
The former reality star’s dark visions of Los Angeles are resonating in a heated mayoral race, even if they’re far from the truth.“It’s not a kind of fame that is fun,” Spencer Pratt said of his political turn.
Soccer lovers frustrated by public transportation will have another option to return to Boston, Dallas, Miami and New York from hard-to-reach stadiums.Uber’s shared shuttles will take fans back to Manhattan from MetLife Stadium for $49.
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The president doesn’t seem that concerned that his party could lose control of Congress. Ezra Klein and the Republican strategist Liam Donovan discuss Trump’s midterm strategy and Democratic paths to victory.
Trump administration officials want local health authorities to constantly monitor the 18 passengers for another three weeks, a requirement that far exceeds typical protocols.The passengers who have been housed in the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center were aboard
The president rescinded two executive orders that led to prohibitions on the use of the vehicles in most national parks.A horse crosses a road in Big Bend National Park in Texas in March.
The prices of diesel and gasoline soared after the Iran war started, piling more hardship on people in Ruatahuna, one of New Zealand’s most remote villages.A public bus runs once a week between Ruatahuna and the city of Rotorua. It is a cheaper option for the villagers who cannot afford to drive bec
