Trump says he had “very good” call with Zelenskyy

Washington — President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke on the phone Wednesday morning in a call that lasted roughly an hour, Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social.  “Just completed a very good telephone call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine,” the president wrote. “It lasted approximately one hour. Much of the discussion was

Lawsuit argues Trump’s use of war authority for deportation could be limitless

Plaintiffs suing the Trump administration over use of a war authority to deport alleged gang members warned that failing to block the president from its use would mean anyone could be treated as an enemy alien. The lawyers for Venezuelan migrants suing the government said Tuesday in an appellate court filing: “The implications of the

Judge blocks Trump order barring transgender people from military

Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked enforcement of a new Defense Department policy barring transgender people from serving in the U.S. military. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes granted a request for a preliminary injunction sought by transgender active-duty service members and transgender people who are in the process of enlisting. The judge’s order

Trump administration releases new trove of JFK assassination files

Washington — The Trump administration on Tuesday evening released tens of thousands of pages of government documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy Jr., weeks after President Trump ordered government agencies to unveil their JFK files to the public. The documents were uploaded by the National Archives and Records Administration, the

Documents related to question over Prince Harry’s immigration released

London – Some court documents related to a freedom of information request to access Prince Harry’s U.S. immigration files were released on Tuesday, under an order issued by a Washington D.C. district court, after the conservative Heritage Foundation alleged that the British royal may have concealed past drug use when he applied for his visa. Harry

Judge finds Musk and DOGE’s shutdown of USAID likely unconstitutional

Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday found that Elon Musk and the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency likely violated the Constitution when they unilaterally acted to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled in favor of a group of more than two dozen unnamed current and

IRS agents who investigated Hunter Biden promoted by Trump administration

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has promoted two agents with the Internal Revenue Service who said they faced retaliation after blowing the whistle to Congress and speaking out to CBS News about political interference into their investigation of Hunter Biden’s tax crimes.  IRS special agents Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler were assigned to Bessent’s office as