Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files. Why Doesn’t He?
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 01:48:49 +0000 The president has reversed himself and encouraged lawmakers to vote for compelling the Justice Department to turn over investigation documents, but he never really needed their approval.: Heritage Foundation Board Member Resigns Over Video Defending Tucker Carlson
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:44:02 +0000 The member, Robert P. George, said the think tank’s president had refused to retract his video defending Tucker Carlson’s friendly interview with an openly antisemitic white supremacist.: Trump Gives Mixed Messages About Military Action Against Venezuela
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 01:10:54 +0000 President Trump said that he was open to talking with President Nicolás Maduro but that the United States has “to take care of Venezuela” as the U.S. builds a military force in the Caribbean.: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hits a Battleground State
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:21:56 +0000 The Charlotte raids pose a new political test of a top Trump priority.: Trump Administration Asks Court to Block California Ban on Masked Agents
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:16:14 +0000 The U.S. government says the new law threatens the safety of its agents and argues that states cannot regulate federal agencies.: MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 23:25:59 +0000 The donations to over a dozen schools come as the Trump administration is directing more funds to the historically Black institutions, too.: Trump Bows to Reality on Epstein Files Vote, in a Rare Retreat
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:44:03 +0000 Faced with a mass defection on a bill to demand the release of the Epstein files, the president rushed to avoid an embarrassing loss, suggesting a slip in his iron grip on the G.O.P.: France Steps Up Fight Against Disinformation as U.S. Pulls Back, Official Says
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:26:31 +0000 The French government is trying to make the case that governments can call out foreign malign influence campaigns and protect speech.: Trump Says U.S. Will Sell F-35s to Saudis, Despite Pentagon Concerns
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 23:56:57 +0000 The president told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that he planned to sell the advanced fighter jets to Riyadh.: High Beef Prices? Trump Official Blames Biden and Migrants.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:48:33 +0000 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said migrants were bringing sick cows across the border, snarling beef supply chains.: Indiana Homeowner Charged in Shooting of Cleaning Woman Who Arrived at Wrong House
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:33:57 +0000 A man was charged with manslaughter after a woman was shot through the front door of a home before dawn this month in suburban Indianapolis.: Trump Project in Maldives Opens More Doors for Cryptocurrency Investors
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 21:59:47 +0000 The Trump Organization and its Middle East development partner have announced a project in the Maldives that marries two of the family’s most successful moneymaking enterprises.: Is Your Community Becoming More Divided?
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:40:07 +0000 We want to hear about the ways in which the country’s politics are effecting your neighborhood, in ways big or small.: Southern California House Explosion Injures 8
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:56:58 +0000 Officials said crews stopped a gas leak at the house but they were investigating the cause of the explosion, which prompted the evacuations of 16 nearby houses.: Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct in Comey Case
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 01:50:42 +0000 The magistrate judge raised the question of whether “government misconduct” in the case might require dismissing the charges against the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, altogether.: As Trump Looks for Distraction on Epstein, Justice Dept. Rushes to His Aid
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 22:55:41 +0000 The department was deployed, in effect, as an arm of the president’s rapid-response operation to help him muscle through a damaging news cycle over Jeffrey Epstein, former and current officials said.: Hegseth Assigns Deputy to Oversee U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:29:54 +0000 The attack killed 17 American sailors in 2000. The new assignment was the latest change to oversight in the dysfunctional military commission system.: After Marshawn Kneeland’s Death, Cowboys Prepare to Take the Field Again
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:50:38 +0000 Marshawn Kneeland spent nearly all of his 24 years working to get to the N.F.L. He died two days after scoring his first touchdown.: Trump Administration Releases Thousands of Amelia Earhart Files
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:32:29 +0000 More than 4,000 documents related to Earhart were posted online, but scholars were not impressed. The release coincides with a period of intensified interest in the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his connection to the president.: Lubbock Will Remove Buddy Holly-Themed Crosswalk After Federal Crackdown
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:15:52 +0000 A Trump administration directive targeting political road markings has left places like Lubbock, Texas, helpless to challenge broad new policies.: Hurricane Melissa Evacuees Return to Guantánamo Base
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:30:56 +0000 The storm and the government shutdown halted court sessions and deportation operations at the outpost in Cuba for weeks.: New Passport Rule Sends Blunt and Sweeping Message to Trans Americans
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 21:01:41 +0000 The Trump administration has said that the U.S. passports of transgender people must now reflect the sex on their original birth certificate, reversing a decades-old policy.: Officer in Small New York County Bungled a Teen Rape Case and Faced Little Punishment
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:57:50 +0000 The investigator, who did not believe the teen, faced little punishment, illustrating the different ways that officers in New York State are disciplined for misconduct.: A Councilwoman Intervened During an ICE Arrest. Then She Faced the Voters.
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:00:14 +0000 Months before the election, Etel Haxhiaj, a councilwoman in Worcester, Mass., was charged with assaulting an officer when she stood between the police and an immigrant family.: Trump Administration Escalates Pressure on Venezuela
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:11:53 +0000 The Trump administration on Sunday placed an aircraft carrier in the Caribbean and announced it would designate a Venezuelan group as a foreign terrorist organization.: New International Student Enrollment Plummeted This Fall, Survey Finds
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:08:12 +0000 The overall number of international students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities, including those who enrolled in prior years or who are working after graduation, fell only slightly.: Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:52:42 +0000 President Trump defended Mr. Carlson’s friendly interview with Nick Fuentes, an openly antisemitic white supremacist. Hours later, Mr. Fuentes wrote “Thank you Mr. President!”: Trump Says House Republicans Should Vote to Release Epstein Files
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:21:07 +0000 President Trump reversed himself as he faced the prospect that dozens of Republicans could vote this week to compel his administration to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein.