The banks of the Rio Grande bristle with concertina wire. At intervals, Texas National Guardsmen and other troops sent by President Trump stand guard over the border. And several times a week, the sheriff of Maverick County, Texas, drives back and forth over an international bridge — to do his dry cleaning. “I get my … Read more
The Trump administration filed suit in a Chicago federal court on Thursday, alleging that sanctuary laws in Illinois, Chicago and Cook County are obstructing the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration policies. The lawsuit names Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago and Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, both Democrats, along with Superintendent Larry Snelling of the … Read more
Jamieson Greer, President Trump’s nominee to be the next U.S. trade representative, defended the president’s plan to impose sweeping tariffs on all imported products and told senators he would work to restructure international trading relationships during his confirmation hearing on Thursday. Mr. Greer, a trade lawyer and former Trump administration official, told the Senate Finance … Read more
President Trump has nominated Anthony J. Tata, a retired brigadier general with a history of Islamophobic and other inflammatory comments, to a senior Pentagon post in charge of jobs and deployments. This is the second time Mr. Trump has nominated Mr. Tata, who once called former President Barack Obama a “terrorist leader,” to a senior … Read more
Susan F. Wood, a women’s health expert who resigned in protest from the Food and Drug Administration in 2005, accusing the agency of knuckling under to politics by not approving over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill known as Plan B, died on Jan. 17 at her home in London. She was 66. The cause was … Read more
The Senate has approved each of President Trump’s selections for cabinet posts that it has voted on to this point. Number of votes against each nominee Ten votes not yet held Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Tulsi Gabbard, Jamieson Greer, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kelly Loeffler, Howard Lutnick, Linda McMahon, Brooke Rollins, Elise Stefanik, Russell T. Vought Note: … Read more
When Gwynne A. Wilcox sued President Trump on Wednesday over her firing from the National Labor Relations Board, her lawsuit included an unusually candid statement. Ms. Wilcox knew, she said, that Mr. Trump was hoping she would take him to court. “The president’s action against Ms. Wilcox is part of a string of openly illegal … Read more
Republican congressional leaders are scheduled on Thursday to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at the Capitol, a show of support that comes after President Trump proposed that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and displace the millions of Palestinians living there. Mr. Netanyahu had a morning meeting with Senator John … Read more
The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it would not bring charges against anyone affiliated with the group Project Veritas over their role in trying to publish the contents of a diary that had been stolen from Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s daughter in the final weeks of the 2020 election campaign. The prosecutors, who made … Read more
There was no nursery rhyme reciting nor phone book reading. No cots wheeled out for senators to catch naps in between speechifying. But one by one on Wednesday night and into Thursday, Senate Democrats flocked to the floor for an all-night talkathon to protest the confirmation of Russell T. Vought, President Trump’s nominee to lead … Read more