The president announced he had ordered the cessation of U.S. sanctions against Syria, warming diplomatic relations with the country’s de facto new leaders. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—President Donald Trump held a meeting with Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh. The historic meeting took place after the president announced on May 13
The multi-state coalition alleges that the Trump administration overstepped its authority when it linked immigration enforcement conditions to federal grants. Attorneys general from 20 states filed two lawsuits on May 13 alleging that the Trump administration had threatened to withhold federal grants unless their states agreed to cooperate with immigration enforcement efforts. In the first
The proposal, folded into Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill,’ follows a move by the administration to strip Planned Parenthood of Title X funding last month. House Republicans are proposing a cut to Medicaid reimbursements for organizations like Planned Parenthood as part of their sweeping policy bill to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda. Within the Energy and
The Ivy League institution challenged the freezing of funds as a violation of First Amendment Rights. Harvard University expanded its lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s federal funding cuts on May 13 to include the additional $450 million in grants that administration officials announced were being terminated earlier that same day. That grant money, which was
The legislation would allow the Secretary of the Treasury to revoke the tax exemptions of organization that provide ’material support’ to terrorism. WASHINGTON—Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are planning to give the Trump administration powers to revoke the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations that support terrorist groups like Hamas. Hamas, a designated foreign
The judge holds that Tren de Aragua gang was engaging in the type of ‘predatory incursion’ that the Alien Enemies Act mentions. A federal judge in Pennsylvania has said that President Donald Trump validly invoked the Alien Enemies Act in March as part of an effort to deport Venezuelan gang members. More specifically, U.S. District
A group of small businesses challenged the president’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The U.S. Court of International Trade heard arguments on May 13 from the Trump administration and a group of small businesses, which alleged that the president’s tariffs were illegal and inflicted economic harm. It’s unclear how the court will