Newsom calls Trump’s consideration of sending troops to San Francisco “laughable”

California Governor Gavin Newsom called President Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops to San Francisco “laughable,” suggesting the president had to reverse course for “obvious reasons” because “there’s nothing happening” in the city. “He couldn’t even make up a pretense for this,” Newsom told Robert Costa in an interview airing on “CBS Sunday Morning” this weekend.

U.S. sending aircraft carrier to Latin America in major buildup

Washington — The Pentagon said Friday that the U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier strike group to the waters off Latin America, an escalation that will dramatically increase the number of service members and ships dedicated to the Trump administration’s campaign to counter narcotics traffickers. Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesman, said on X that Secretary

Government shutdown hits Day 24 with no deal in sight

  1m ago Federal workers hunker down as they go without pay in shutdown: “Protect every penny” Jill Hornick, 59, a service representative at a Social Security Administration, has eliminated all nonessential spending while she works without pay. Courtesy of Jill Hornick Jill Hornick, a 59-year-old service representative at a Social Security Administration field office

Justice Dept. seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia

Washington — The Justice Department said Friday that the Trump administration is seeking to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia and said the West African nation has agreed to accept him. In a filing with a federal judge in Maryland, Justice Department lawyers said that immigration officials expect to formally notify Abrego Garcia later Friday that Liberia has

N.Y. AG Letitia James to plead not guilty to fraud charges in federal court

Norfolk, Virginia — New York Attorney General Letitia James will be appearing in court Friday for her arraignment on federal charges of bank fraud in Norfolk, Virginia, after the Justice Department indicted her earlier this month. U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker, appointed to the federal bench by former President Joe Biden, is presiding over the

Trump says he’s cutting off all trade talks with Canada over anti-tariff ad

President Trump said late Thursday he’s ending trade talks with Canada, citing an anti-tariff ad campaign by the province of Ontario that uses late President Ronald Reagan’s voice. “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED,” the president wrote on Truth Social. The president appeared to be referencing an ad