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
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
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
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
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
Attorneys for New York Attorney General Letitia James took aim at the Trump-appointed prosecutor overseeing her bank fraud case Thursday, accusing interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan of an improper conversation with a journalist and vowing to seek dismissal of the indictment on the grounds that Halligan was unlawfully named to the job. The pair of
President Trump announced Thursday that he has called off a plan to deploy federal agents to San Francisco, following a conversation with Mayor Daniel Lurie. In a statement on Truth Social, Mr. Trump said prominent tech company bosses had also contacted him Wednesday, urging him not to go forward with a so-called “surge” operation set