Washington — President Trump is pressuring Iran to either curtail its nuclear program or face potential military strikes, grappling with an issue that has vexed presidents from both parties for decades. Iran — which denies any nuclear weapons ambitions — has amassed a growing stockpile of uranium that is enriched to near the level of
The Trump administration on Friday formally proposed a regulation that would dramatically restrict work permits for asylum-seekers, confirming a CBS News report about a plan to upend longstanding U.S. immigration policy. Since the 1990s, U.S. law has allowed immigration officials to grant work permits to asylum applicants if their cases have been pending for at
President Trump said in a news briefing Friday that 32,000 people were killed during the recent protests in Iran, a far higher number than has previously been reported. Mr. Trump, who made the remarks while addressing the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down his sweeping tariffs, did not offer a source for the death toll. When asked
Washington — Shawn DeRemer, the husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, has been told not to enter the department headquarters, after two women who work there reported that he had touched them inappropriately, according to sources familiar with the situation. At least one Labor Department staff member filed a police report against DeRemer. According to
1m ago Trump calls Barrett and Gorsuch “an embarrassment to their families” A reporter asked the president if he regrets nominating dissenting justices Barrett and Gorsuch. The president said he didn’t want to say that, but lobbed personal insults at the justices. “I don’t want to say whether or not I regret. I think
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday invalidated President Trump’s most sweeping tariffs, finding in a 6-3 ruling that he does not have the authority to impose the levies using an emergency powers law. The 6-3 decision included three liberals and three conservatives in the majority. The coalition included Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices
A series of exhibits and educational materials on the history of slavery that were removed from the President’s House Site in Philadelphia were reinstalled Thursday, nearly one month after the Trump administration ordered they be taken down. The National Park Service confirmed the pieces of signage restored on Feb. 19 are the same plaques that