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Trump lawyers urge Supreme Court to block San Francisco judge's order to rehire workers
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's lawyers urged the Supreme Court on Monday to block a judge's order requiring the government to "immediately" rehire 16,000 federal employees.
In an emergency appeal, they argued that U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco had no legal authority to second-guess the administration's personnel ...Read more

Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump make relationship 'Instagram official'
Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump confirmed their relationship together in a Sunday night social media post.
“Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side! We look forward to our journey through life together. At this time we would appreciate privacy for all those close to our hearts,” Woods wrote in an Instagram post.
Woods and ...Read more

Trump imposes 25% tariff on countries buying Venezuelan oil, says regime sent gang to US
The United States will impose a 25% tariff on imports from any country that purchases oil products from Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced Monday, saying that move seeks to penalize Caracas’ socialist regime for deliberately sending tens of thousands of criminals to the U.S.
Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social account, ...Read more
Trump demands his “distorted” portrait in Colorado's Capitol be taken down
DENVER — President Donald Trump took to social media Sunday night to complain about what he called a “distorted” portrait of himself hanging in the Colorado State Capitol’s Gallery of Presidents.
“Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all...Read more

Mia Love, first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, has died at age 49
WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Mia Love of Utah, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday at age 49.
“She was in her home surrounded by family,” family members announced in a social media post. ”In the midst of a celebration of her life and an avalanche of happy memories, Mia quietly slipped the bands of mortality and...Read more

Congress returns for 3-week sprint session
WASHINGTON — Both the House and Senate come back from recess this week to begin a busy three-week period that’s expected to focus on Republicans’ budget reconciliation agenda, including extending and expanding tax cuts and tightening immigration policy.
The top items on the House agenda this week, meanwhile, will include more measures to ...Read more

Commentary: Trump 2.0 -- Navigating the new political landscape
With Trump’s return to the White House, we once again bear daily witness to a spectacle that could be described as entertaining, were it only a TV series. But Trump’s unprecedented assault on our democratic norms and institutions is not only very real but represents the gravest peril our democratic republic has confronted in the last 80 ...Read more

Bay State AG Andrea Campbell to Trump administration: 'Bring it on'
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has a message in response to threats from within the Trump administration to bring “hell” to Boston in pursuit of the president’s mass deportation plans.
“Bring it on,” she said.
Campbell, speaking during an interview aired Sunday by WCVB, said that while the country is facing a ...Read more

Local governments where Trump spends many weekends seek federal reimbursement for security costs
President Donald Trump did something unusual this weekend: he didn’t visit his Mar-a-Lago Club, something he’s done most weekends since returning to the presidency.
That gave a break to local law enforcement, which plays a major role in presidential security when he’s in Palm Beach County — and especially as he moves among his Mar-a-...Read more

Trump consistently frames policy around 'fairness,' trading on American frustration
In a sit-down interview with Fox News last month, President Trump and his billionaire "efficiency" adviser Elon Musk framed new tariffs on foreign trading partners as a simple matter of fairness.
"I said, 'Here's what we're going to do: reciprocal. Whatever you charge, I'm charging,'" Trump said of a conversation he'd had with Indian Prime ...Read more

Emboldened Trump signals long court fight to expand power
President Donald Trump has ramped up his fight with the judiciary as he racks up losses in court over his administration’s efforts to reshape the U.S. government and its approach on everything from immigration to federal spending.
Two months into his term, Trump is already fighting more than 150 lawsuits challenging his executive actions, ...Read more

Carney calls April election in Canada, seeking mandate to face down Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called an election for April 28, with polls showing a close contest between his Liberal Party and the Conservatives as the country faces a trade war and taunts about its sovereignty from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Carney requested the dissolution of Parliament on Sunday in a meeting with Governor General ...Read more

Canada's election hinges on who can fix an economy under US threat
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to plunge Canada into an election campaign on Sunday, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war sharpens the focus on fixing long-standing problems that have hindered the Canadian economy.
Carney and his chief rival, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, each will seek to persuade Canadians he’s the ...Read more

Hundreds rally against Trump, Musk in Westwood
LOS ANGELES — When Jesse Ugalde, who served in the Vietnam War, entered a Department of Veterans Affairs building Friday, he noticed a difference.
“Already, people are leaving,” Ugalde, 74, who relies on the VA for his health care, said of VA employees. “I was told that they’re going to try to provide services, but it’s going to ...Read more

Trump's makeover of US diplomacy leaves many allies at a loss
Before President Donald Trump took office for a second time, European officials thought they had him figured out. He was transactional, they said, a man motivated by a good deal.
Some bragged they knew how to do business with him based on their interactions with the self-proclaimed deal maker in his first term.
They were in for a rude ...Read more

Trump strips security clearance from political foes, including Tish James, Alvin Bragg
President Donald Trump has revoked security clearances and access to classified information from a slew of his political opponents, including New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
“I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information,” ...Read more
Pentagon launches probe including polygraphs after Musk visit
The Pentagon has initiated an investigation incorporating polygraph tests to hunt down leakers after Elon Musk called for the prosecution of any Defense Department officials spreading “maliciously false information” about his dealings with the military.
In response to accusations surrounding Musk’s recent visit to the Pentagon, Defense ...Read more

Trump plans his tariff 'liberation day' with more targeted push
President Donald Trump’s coming wave of tariffs is poised to be more targeted than the barrage he has occasionally threatened, aides and allies say, a potential relief for markets gripped by anxiety about an all-out tariff war.
Trump is preparing a “liberation day” tariff announcement on April 2, unveiling so-called reciprocal tariffs he...Read more

Trump revokes security clearances for Biden, Harris, Blinken
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump revoked security clearances for former President Joe Biden and some key members of his administration, saying it is “no longer in the national interest” for them to continue to have access to classified information.
Those losing access include former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary ...Read more
White House energy adviser departs as Trump reorders US agenda
WASHINGTON — A key energy policy official has departed just two months into President Donald Trump’s second term, even as the White House tries to recruit more experts on the sector.
Oliver McPherson-Smith, who joined the administration as a special assistant to the president for economic policy in January, has left after helping establish...Read more
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