Trump administration ending deportation protections for Somalis

The U.S. government is revoking the legal status of more than 1,000 immigrants from Somalia, raising the specter of deportation for a community often assailed by President Trump. A Department of Homeland Security official said the Trump administration had decided to terminate Somalia’s Temporary Protected Status program, which allows beneficiaries to live and work in

Trump boosts his economic strategy in Michigan speech: “Tariff’s my favorite word”

President Trump spoke Tuesday at the Detroit Economic Club after he toured a Ford truck plant in nearby Dearborn. It comes as the president tries to focus on economic issues amid myriad international and domestic events that have gripped his administration since the start of the year.  As Mr. Trump took to the stage, he

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson resigns with other senior prosecutors

At least six career prosecutors in the Minneapolis U.S. Attorney’s office — including Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson — have resigned after the office was tasked with investigating the shooting of Renee Good, according to three sources familiar with the situation. Thompson also previously served as the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota; he was appointed

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state transgender athlete bans

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to uphold state laws that ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports, wading for the first time into the contentious issue.  The justices heard more than three hours of arguments in a pair of cases challenging laws from West Virginia and Idaho that require public

Greenland’s prime minister says “we choose Denmark” over the U.S.

Greenland‘s prime minister said “we choose Denmark” over the U.S., on the eve of Wednesday’s meeting between the foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials. “If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark,” Greenlandic Prime

Clintons won’t testify in Epstein probe as House Oversight GOP threatens contempt

Washington — Bill and Hillary Clinton refused to appear before the House Oversight Committee to testify as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, setting up a legal confrontation as the Republican-led panel threatens to hold them in contempt of Congress.  Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, the committee’s chairman, said the panel will move

Mass resignations at DOJ Civil Rights Division, sources say

Several career prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced their resignations this week shortly after they learned there would be no civil rights probe into the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal immigration agent, according to six sources briefed on the matter. At least six prosecutors, most of whom are