Senior Justice Department staff tell employees to disregard email promoted by Musk

Some agency heads react to Musk demand Some agency heads push back on demands for federal employees that Musk touted 04:14 Senior Justice Department employees told staff Monday they are not required to reply to an email sent Saturday instructing them to document — at the risk of losing their jobs — five accomplishments from

Watch Live: Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron hold press conference at the White House

Washington — President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, who is the first European leader to visit with the president at the White House since Mr. Trump’s return to office last month, are holding a press conference on Monday afternoon. Mr. Trump and Macron, who have a long-standing relationship after both came to office in 2017,

U.N. rejects U.S. resolution on Ukraine war that downplayed Russian role

In a win for Ukraine as it marks three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the United States on Monday failed to get the U.N. General Assembly to approve its resolution urging an end to the war without mentioning Moscow’s aggression. And the assembly approved a dueling European-backed Ukrainian resolution demanding Russia immediately withdraw from Ukraine. It

Judge blocks immigration arrests at some places of worship

Washington — A federal judge in Maryland blocked the Trump administration on Monday from carrying out immigration enforcement actions at certain places of worship for Quakers, Cooperative Baptists and Sikhs, who filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s unwinding of a Biden-era memo that barred immigration arrests at certain protected locations. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang

Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House

Trump to meet with French and British leaders Trump to hold meetings on Ukraine with French and British leaders 01:53 Washington — President Trump is meeting Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron, who becomes the first European leader to visit with the president at the White House since Mr. Trump’s return to office last month. 

Supreme Court turns away bid to overturn ruling on abortion clinic buffer zones

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away two appeals from abortion rights opponents asking the justices to overrule a 25-year-old decision that allowed for buffer zones around abortion clinics, leaving that ruling in place. In declining to wade into the court fight, the justices will not add a second abortion-related case to their current

As federal funding dries up, states turn to opioid settlement money

At a recent Nevada legislative committee hearing, lawmakers faced off with members of the governor’s administration over how to fill gaping holes in the state’s upcoming budget. At issue: whether opioid settlement money — paid by health care companies that were sued for fueling the opioid crisis and meant to help states abate addiction —