Trump’s claim that he can fire any official is unfounded
Less than a month into Donald Trump’s second term, a case involving his extreme claims of presidential power has already made it to the Supreme…
Venezuelans sue Trump administration for ending legal protections
WASHINGTON — Venezuelans with temporary legal protections have sued the Trump administration over its decision to strip about 350,000 immigrants of their status by April 7. Temporary…
Trump administration labels Latin American cartels ‘terrorist organizations’
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is formally designating eight Latin American crime organizations as “foreign terrorist organizations,” upping its pressure on cartels operating in the U.S. and…
Federal judge won’t immediately block Elon Musk or DOGE
A federal judge refused Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in…
Trump administration, Russia hold talks on ending Ukraine war, reopening ties
WASHINGTON — The United States formally brought Russia in from the cold Tuesday with high-level talks aimed at ending Moscow’s war with Ukraine and reestablishing long-frozen diplomatic…
Hundreds rally in Long Beach to protest President Trump and Elon Musk
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Long Beach for a “Not My President” rally on Presidents Day to protest the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s…
Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs, in an…
California officials detail Trump funding freeze ‘chaos,’ warn another could cripple state
Maricela Ramirez was at an education conference in Washington, D.C., at the end of January when she and other attendees heard the startling news: Federal…
Trump Justice Department fires 20 immigration judges
SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration fired 20 immigration judges without explanation, a union official said Saturday amid sweeping moves to shrink the size of the federal…
Trump moves with speed and brute force on to-do list in first month
WASHINGTON — As President Trump approaches the first-month mark in his second term, he has moved with dizzying speed and blunt force to reorder American social and…
Second judge pauses Trump order against gender-affirming care for youth
SEATTLE — A second federal judge has paused President Trump’s executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19.U.S. District Court Judge Lauren…
L.A.’s Asian immigrant communities prep for raids, brace for deportations
Los Angeles County’s sizable Asian immigrant communities are bracing for disruption and heartache as rumors swirl of mass deportations to be carried out under sweeping…
Sending migrants to Gitmo will be a fiasco for Trump and everyone else
Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where the Trump administration has started sending people…
Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs, warns of larger cuts
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the federal workforce, the nation’s largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all…
In Germany, Vance lectures European leaders on free speech, migration
MUNICH — Vice President JD Vance lectured European officials on free speech and illegal migration on the continent during his remarks Friday before the Munich Security Conference,…
U.S. Park Service erases ‘transgender’ from Stonewall riot website
References to transgender people were removed Thursday from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument, a park and visitor center in New…
California, other states sue over Elon Musk’s virtually ‘unchecked’ power
California joined more than a dozen other states Thursday in suing the Trump administration over Elon Musk’s informal role as the president’s personal budget advisor,…
Solutions: Here’s how the Trump administration can curb housing costs
One reason American voters handed the country’s reins back to President Trump was the extreme inflation in housing prices that took place under his predecessor.…
Immigrants may be sent to shuttered ‘rape club’ prison, email says
The Trump administration appears to be considering a plan to send immigrants facing deportation to a recently shuttered federal prison so plagued by sexual abuse…
As DOGE hammers away at government, Republicans begin to stir
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Katie Britt has been working to make sure the Trump administration efforts to cut government spending doesn’t hit what she called “life-saving, groundbreaking…