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Modi praises ties with Trump that are now being tested by tariff threats
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lavished praise on Donald Trump as a man of courage, underscoring strong personal bonds now being tested by the U.S. president’s tariff plans, which also include the South Asian nation.
Modi said he gets along well with Trump because they both put their nations first. He made the comments in a rare ...Read more
Syria strikes Lebanon after blaming Hezbollah for killing troops
Syria’s military fired rockets and shells at Lebanon on Sunday after accusing Iran-backed Hezbollah of executing three Syrian army personnel, sparking unusual tensions between the two war-ravaged neighbors.
The Lebanese militant group abducted the army personnel in an ambush on the joint border west of Syria’s Homs before killing them in ...Read more

Republicans praise Donald Trump, Elon Musk at convention: 'Make California great again'
California Republicans were triumphant, still riding high from the results of the 2024 presidential election, at their spring organizing convention this weekend in Sacramento.
Although Democrat Kamala Harris won California with 58% of the vote, GOP delegates and officials saw statewide swings toward President Donald Trump as a sign of Democrats...Read more

Haiti media under siege as armed gangs target news outlets in Port-au-Prince
Armed groups in Haiti have targeted another local media, making it the third outlet to be attacked by gangs in a week marked by the burning of schools, the looting of businesses and escalating panic in the streets of Port-au-Prince.
On Sunday, the editorial staff of Télé Pluriel in the Delmas 19 neighborhood, said heavily armed gang members ...Read more

Trump expels hundreds under Enemies Act as court rebukes law
The Trump administration said it arrested and expelled hundreds of alleged members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador for imprisonment, even as a federal judge ordered a halt to some deportations.
“This weekend, at the President’s direction, the Department of Homeland Security successfully arrested nearly 300 Tren De Aragua...Read more

US attacks on Houthis will be 'unrelenting,' Hegseth says
U.S. military strikes on Yemen’s Houthi militants will be “unrelenting” until the group stops shooting at civilian and military vessels in the Red Sea, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump ordered new operations in the Middle East.
“This campaign is about freedom of navigation and restoring ...Read more

Philadelphia will kick off America's 250th birthday with a birthday bash for the Navy and the Marine Corps
When George Leone began thinking about America’s 250th birthday in 2026, the retired New Jersey Superior Court judge and former Philadelphia assistant district attorney did not want to see Philly blow its chance in the spotlight.
So, the South Jersey native and son of a World War II Naval officer started planning a party of his own. One that ...Read more

'Have you seen this politician?' Public seeks town halls with Idaho's 'missing' federal delegates
People in Idaho are searching for the state’s four federal lawmakers, according to missing politician posters circulating on social media and gaining momentum.
The last known whereabouts of three-term Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were in Washington, D.C., one flyer posted to Facebook ...Read more

GOP Minnesota Senators introduce bill that defines 'Trump derangement syndrome' as mental illness
Five Minnesota Senate Republicans are seeking to dub “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS), a term coined to describe a form of criticism of President Donald Trump, as an official mental illness recognized under state statute.
Eric Lucero, R-St. Michael; Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa; Nathan Wesenberg, R-Little Falls; Justin D. Eichorn, R-Grand ...Read more

US attacks on Houthis will be 'unrelenting,' Hegseth says
U.S. military strikes on Yemen’s Houthi militants will be “unrelenting” until the group stops shooting at civilian and military vessels in the Red Sea, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump ordered new operations in the Middle East.
“This campaign is about freedom of navigation and restoring ...Read more

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says 'disastrous' impact coming to Port of Baltimore, farmers, state economy from Trump tariffs
Gov. Wes Moore has been leveraging his opportunities on national news to draw attention to what he called the “disastrous” impact to Maryland’s economy in the first two months of the Trump administration.
Moore was asked Sunday morning on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” about President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods from Canada ...Read more

Newly tied Minnesota House will test legislators' ability to work together
Republican control of the Minnesota House will come to an end Monday when a newly elected Democrat is sworn in, bringing the chamber to a rare 67-67 tie that will test the parties' ability to work together.
Everything will be subject to negotiation now, as 68 votes are needed to pass bills in the House. The party caucuses will have to put ...Read more

Trump deports hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members. Did he defy a court order?
One day after a judge blocked the federal government from using wartime powers to quickly expel accused Venezuelan gang members from the country, the Trump administration announced Sunday that it had flown hundreds of alleged members of Tren de Aragua to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador — raising the question of whether the president ...Read more

Trump expels hundreds under Enemies Act as judge blocks plan
The Trump administration said it arrested and expelled hundreds of alleged members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador for imprisonment, even as a federal judge ordered a halt to some deportations.
“This weekend, at the President’s direction, the Department of Homeland Security successfully arrested nearly 300 Tren De Aragua...Read more

Trump may speak to Putin on Ukraine this week, US envoy says
President Donald Trump may speak to Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week, White House special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday, as the U.S. pushes for a quick ceasefire to end the war in Ukraine.
“I expect that there’ll be a call with both presidents this week,” Witkoff said on CNN’s "State of the Union." “And we’re also ...Read more

Amid arrest of pro-Palestinian student organizer, what rights do visa holders and others have?
The federal government's move to revoke a Columbia University graduate student's green card and deport him for his involvement in a pro-Palestinian student encampment last year is raising fresh questions about the risks associated with political activism for non-United States citizens.
Mahmoud Khalil was a prominent negotiator representing ...Read more
NBC poll shows US voters upbeat yet souring on state of economy
Voters are starting to sour on the state of the U.S. economy even as the start of President Donald Trump’s second term has boosted positivity about the nation as a whole, an NBC News poll shows.
More registered voters see the U.S. headed in the right direction than at any point since early 2004, at 44%, although a majority still say the ...Read more

Deaf women fought for the right to vote
If Susan B. Anthony had a deaf sister, everyone would know that deaf suffragists fought tirelessly for expanding women’s right to vote, right alongside Anthony herself. Everyone would know deaf suffragists contributed to women’s emancipation in the United States and Britain and that they lived bold lives.
As a researcher of deaf ...Read more

California, Arizona and Nevada all agree: The Trump administration needs to fix a key Colorado River dam
LOS ANGELES — Representatives of California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to take a different approach in confronting the problems of the water-starved Colorado River.
As Trump’s appointees inherit the task of writing new rules for dealing with the river’s chronic water shortages, the three states are raising ...Read more

Colorado backslides to 43rd in national road condition rankings
DENVER — Colorado is falling behind other states in road conditions, a new study has found, ranking 43rd, while neighboring Utah ranked 8th.
The study done by the Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank that analyzes transportation issues, ranked the states across 13 categories including spending, pavement condition, fatalities, deficient ...Read more
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