Kansas City has long been a federal hub. The pain from Trump’s cuts is everywhere
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In her 28 years working for the federal government, Shea Giagnorio provided day care for the children of U.S. soldiers, training for employees…
Vatican notes ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants, prisoners in meeting with Vance
VATICAN CITY — Vice President JD Vance met Saturday with the Vatican’s No. 2 official amid tensions over the U.S. crackdown on migrants, with the Holy See…
Judge blocks Trump administration from passport changes affecting some transgender Americans
BOSTON — A federal judge on Friday partially blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of an “X” marker used by many…
Anti-Trump protesters rally again in cities across U.S.
NEW YORK — Opponents of the Trump administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on Saturday, decrying what they see as…
Supreme Court temporarily halts Venezuelan detainee removals under Alien Enemies Act
The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the removal of Venezuelan detainees accused under a wartime law of being foreign gang members early Saturday morning, after…
Despite pressure from courts, Trump vows to keep Abrego Garcia from returning to U.S.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is embracing its legal fight over the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man accused of gang membership who was deported to…
Trump says he’s in ‘no rush’ to end tariffs as he meets with Italy’s Meloni
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Thursday he is in “no rush” to reach any trade deals because he views tariffs as making the United States wealthy. But…
Trump administration sues Maine over participation of transgender athletes in girls sports
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Wednesday it is suing Maine’s education department for not complying with the government’s push to ban transgender athletes in girls sports,…
Defying courts in deportation case, Trump risks a tipping point, experts say
WASHINGTON — It was just the latest example of President Trump, still in the infancy of his second term, appearing to plow through direct orders from a…
NYC council sues to bar mayor from allowing ICE office on Rikers Island
NEW YORK — New York City lawmakers are suing to block Mayor Eric Adams from allowing federal immigration agents to operate within the Rikers Island jail complex.The…
Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion to Harvard over activism
BOSTON — The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday…
A look at the universities with federal funding targeted by the Trump administration
Harvard University is the latest in a growing list of higher education institutions that had its federal funding targeted by the government in order to…
South Africa’s new U.S. envoy in 2020 called Trump racist, homophobic
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa’s new special envoy to the United States is already under scrutiny for calling President Trump a racist, homophobic and narcissistic…
Salvadoran president says he won’t return man deported by mistake
WASHINGTON — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said he would not return to the United States a man who was wrongly deported by the Trump administration, despite…
U.S. won’t say if it’s facilitating return of mistakenly deported man
The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison…
Kennedy says he wants to target chronic disease in U.S. tribes. A key program to do it was gutted
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent time in tribal communities in Arizona and New Mexico this week highlighting ways they are trying to…
Trump ordered to unfreeze funding in transgender dispute with Maine
PORTLAND, Maine — A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze Agriculture Department aid to Maine to comply with requirements under a law aimed…
IRS plan to give data to ICE could wallop California, where many immigrants pay taxes
One after another in recent weeks, Maria’s accounting clients raised the same fear: immigration agents finding and detaining them using information from their tax filings.“I…
Federal judge sides with Trump in allowing immigration enforcement in houses of worship
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday sided with the Trump administration in allowing immigration agents to conduct enforcement operations at houses of worship despite a lawsuit…
Supreme Court says government should seek return of wrongly deported Maryland man
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday the Trump administration should seek the return of the Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, but stopped…