U.S. tariffs on copper imports could be coming within several weeks, months earlier than the deadline for a decision, according to people familiar with the matter.

U.S. President Donald Trump in February directed the Commerce Department to open an investigation into potential copper tariffs and submit a report within 270 days, though it’s now...Read more

When Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Jamaica on Wednesday, he will be visiting what the Trump administration’s top envoy to the region describes as “probably our most like-minded partner in the Caribbean.”

Jamaica was once on the verge of bankruptcy, and its financial turnaround is regarded as a bright spot that has helped it ...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia House Democrats blocked a committee vote Tuesday that could clear the way for President Donald Trump and other defendants in the Fulton County election interference case to receive reimbursement for attorney fees.

A group of Democrats walked out of the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee hours into a marathon meeting, ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a GOP-backed bill supporters say will help clarify exceptions to Kentucky’s strict abortion ban.

House Bill 90 “restricts access to medical care, places barriers on doctors and undermines their clinical judgment, and threatens the life of pregnant women in Kentucky,” Beshear, a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that would seek to cut federal grants to states who don’t adopt tougher standards for voter registration, the latest Republican step in the political fight over access to the voter rolls.

The executive order would add a question to the national voter registration form ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to allow challenges to EPA rules on air pollution in local courts across the country, pushing back on an effort from the Trump administration to concentrate the cases in Washington.

The oral arguments are connected to the yearslong fight over a Biden administration effort to create a ...Read more

Is the U.S. angling for a repeat of the Sino-Russian split?

In an Oct. 31, 2024, interview with right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson, President Donald Trump argued that the United States under Joe Biden had, in his mind erroneously, pushed China and Russia together. Separating the two powers would be a priority of his administration. “I...Read more

Heads of state are the symbolic leader of a country. Some of them, like King Charles III of the United Kingdom, carry out largely ceremonial roles these days. Others, like Saudi Arabian King Salman, are absolute monarchs and involved in governing the country’s day-to-day activities and policies. It also means that the Saudi monarch gets to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers are looking to curtail the power of federal district courts as President Donald Trump and his administration push back on rulings that have slowed his actions on immigration, the firing of federal probationary employees and efforts from the Department of Government Efficiency.

House Majority Leader Steve ...Read more

CHICAGO — The administration of President Donald Trump forged ahead this month with plans to shrink the federal government’s national real estate footprint, canceling hundreds of office leases across the country and proposing to sell off many properties.

In the Chicago area, as of this week nearly 200,000 square feet of leased federal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a pair of cases Wednesday over how much power Congress can give to executive agencies without running afoul of the Constitution, which could end up shaping how legislation is written.

The arguments center on whether Congress handed over too much power to the Federal Communications ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado lawmakers are poised to permit the use of public funding to cover abortions after voters removed that restriction last fall — and proponents argue it will actually save the state money.

That’s because the annual cost of covering abortion through Medicaid and another plan — projected at nearly $5.9 million — would be ...Read more

From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Big Tech to Republican members of Congress to universities to law firms, President Trump is using bullying intimidation tactics to get his way. His targets can push back or give in, but capitulation to a bully only brings more bullying.

Zelenskyy now agrees to what Trump offers (although that ...Read more

Even before President Donald Trump started his trade wars, McDonald’s Corp. top brass knew this year would start sluggishly.

Prices are up for food, paper goods and labor, while many of the Chicago-based burger chain’s core customers are finding the menu unaffordable. As a result, CEO Chris Kempczinski told investors last month, “The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As court orders against his administration mount, President Donald Trump has ramped up his attacks on federal judges in recent days, railing against their authority and calling for their impeachment.

In particular, the president seems to have zeroed in on the idea of limiting federal district judges’ ability to issue ...Read more

We all learned long ago, perhaps on the playground, that giving in to a bully only makes things worse. That is why it is shocking to see capitulation on the part of those being illegally bullied by President Trump. This will only embolden him.

On Thursday and Friday, a law firm and Columbia University surrendered.

Trump said Thursday that the ...Read more

President Donald Trump wants Ukraine to repay the United States for helping to defend the country against Russia’s invasion.

Since 2022, Congress has provided about US$174 billion to Ukraine and neighboring countries to assist its war effort. Trump inflated this figure to $350 billion in a March 2025 White House meeting with French ...Read more

Dick Harpootlian, the South Carolina attorney who represented convicted killer Alex Murdaugh in his six-week 2023 murder trial, has a new high-profile client: Hunter Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden.

Harpootlian will be representing Hunter Biden in a federal libel lawsuit that Biden brought against Patrick Byrne, an outspoken ...Read more