US Politics

Trump arrives in Texas to survey flood damage as questions over response swirl

"It's a horrible thing," Trump told reporters as he departed the White House. "Nobody can even believe it, such a thing - that much water that fast."

 U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump shake hands with Kerrville police officers, as they visit a scene of devastation along the banks of the Guadalupe River, after catastrophic floods, in Kerr County, Texas, U.S., July 11, 2025.

US State Department to fire over 1,300 employees as Trump admin. aims to shrink federal gov't

 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes part in a media briefing during the 58th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 10, 2025.

Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20 million from Trump administration over immigration arrest

Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil gestures as he is released from immigration custody in Jena, Louisiana, U.S. June 20, 2025.

Jewish schools, families poised for windfall under new federal tax-credit program

Orthodox Jewish children get off a Yeshiva school bus, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency in parts of Brooklyn in response to a measles outbreak, in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, US, April 9, 2019.

Jewish Democrats in Congress raise concerns about Zohran Mamdani’s anti-Israel positions

Prominent Jewish figures in Congress from the Democratic Party, including Debbie Wasserman Schultz, are concerned about Zohran Mamdani's anti-Israel rhetoric.

 US Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat, speaks during a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing in the US Capitol on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Former CIA, FBI directors under FBI criminal investigation over Trump-Russia probe conduct

CIA Director John Ratcliffe informed FBI Director Kash Patel of evidence linking Brennan to some wrongdoing for a potential prosecution, the sources said.

 An FBI logo is pictured on an agent's shirt.

Trump’s DOJ shuts down Epstein theories, declares death suicide

The US Justice Department is struggling to answer questions after determining that there was no evidence to support theories surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's death or his client list.

 US financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.

Rubio impersonator uses AI to contact US gov't officials, attempts to steal information

At least five individuals outside the State Department were targeted, including three foreign ministers, a US governor, and a member of Congress.

 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reacts as he testifies at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on US President Donald Trump's State Department budget request for the Department of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, May 20, 2025.

Rare trial to begin in challenge to Trump-backed deportations of pro-Palestinian campus activists

Judges have ordered the release of students detained by immigration authorities after they argued the administration retaliated against them for their pro-Palestinian advocacy

 Students rally at the Columbia University campus in New York City, US, April 17, 2025

Trump calls Musk's formation of new party 'ridiculous' and confusing

"Third parties have never worked, so he can have fun with it, but I think it's ridiculous," Trump told reporters.

 Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump stand before the White House covered in cracks in an illustrative picture.

Elon Musk forms new US political party, calls it 'America Party'

Elon Musk said that the "American Party is formed," a day after asking his followers on X whether a new US political party should be created.

 Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla, seen at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 16, 2023

Most NYers deterred by Zohran Mamdani’s BDS support, but 1 in 3 see it as a boon, poll shows

Support for the positions was highest among younger voters ages 18 to 44 — aligning with recent polling on Israel issues unrelated to the mayor’s race — and among men.

 New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, now a NYC mayoral candidate, speaks during a news conference outside the White House to announce a hunger strike to demand that President Joe Biden "call for a permanent ceasefire and no military aid to Israel, on November 27, 2023.

Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill wins congressional approval

"This one big, ugly bill—this reckless Republican budget—this disgusting abomination is not about improving the quality of life of the American people," said Hakeem Jeffries.

 Fellow House Democratic members applaud as U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks on the steps of the U.S. Capitol ahead of a vote in House of Representatives on final passage of President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 2, 2025.

US lawmakers propose bill to give Israel B-2 bombers, bunker busters against future Iran threat

The bipartisan bill gives Trump the power to give Israel the power to protect itself against "all contingencies if Iran seeks to develop a nuclear weapon." 

US Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber performs a fly-over during the Speed of Sound Airshow in 2024