Some U.S. lawmakers criticized the Trump administration’s proposed 28-point peace plan designed to end the Ukraine-Russia war on Saturday, saying the framework appears to favor Moscow. The deal would require Ukraine to give up its eastern Donbas region and Crimea, and swear off NATO membership, according to a draft shared publicly by a Ukrainian opposition
As New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani wrapped up his high-stakes meeting with President Trump Friday, the president said the two had a great conversation centered on the future of New York City. The two leaders spent half an hour answering questions from reporters in the Oval Office and highlighting some surprising areas of agreement. Here are
President Trump on Friday said he is ending deportation protections for Somali immigrants in Minnesota. The president wrote on his Truth Social platform that he was “terminating effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota.” Mr. Trump said, without providing evidence, that “Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great
Washington — Kennedy Center president Ric Grenell and Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island are clashing over the center’s spending and operations records, after Trump allies were appointed to key roles at the Kennedy Center earlier this year, and President Trump was elected chairman of the board. In a letter to Grenell, Whitehouse said
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who has been a leading critic of the Trump administration, says he is running for governor of California in the 2026 election. He made the announcement on his official campaign website, which went live Thursday night ahead of a scheduled appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Swalwell got a standing ovation from
President Trump’s meeting with incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday was not expected to be warm and congenial. The two politicians agree on very little, and they’ve lobbed attacks at each other for months, with Mr. Trump calling Mamdani a “100% communist lunatic” and Mamdani describing himself as “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare.”
Washington — Former FBI Director James Comey is seeking to dismiss the criminal case against him because of what he claims were “fundamental errors” in the grand-jury process and interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s handling of the indictment. Comey’s filing, submitted to the federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Friday, reflects information revealed during a