In the first hours of his second term, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly everyone convicted of crimes associated with the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol – including former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio – and commuted the sentences of 14 more, including Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes.

CNN reported that ...Read more

Gov. Wes Moore and other top Black Maryland officials reflected on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy Monday night as they vowed to fight for civil rights in President Donald Trump’s second term.

“I know today — because I’ve had a lot of conversations with folks — about the complexity of having this inauguration on Martin Luther King ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An executive order signed by President Donald Trump in the first hours of his second term reversed Biden administration orders that restricted oil and gas development in Alaska.

Trump signed several executive orders during an inauguration day event at the Capitol One Arena. One of Trump’s orders rescinded dozens of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump revoked the security clearances of 50 former U.S. intelligence officials who had cast doubt on conservative attacks on former President Joe Biden’s son, delivering on a campaign promise to exact retribution against what he sees as a “deep state” conspiracy against him.

The former intelligence ...Read more

A Democratic lawmaker from Allegheny County died over the weekend, leaving the state House of Representatives evenly split at 101-101 seats between the two parties.

Rep. Matt Gergely, 45, who won a special election in 2023 and was re-elected in November, died Sunday.

Gergely's cause of death was not immediately disclosed, but he had suffered a...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he planned to enact previously threatened tariffs of as much as 25% on Mexico and Canada by Feb. 1, reiterating his contention that America’s two immediate neighbors are allowing the flow of undocumented migrants and drugs into the country.

“We’re thinking in terms of 25% on Mexico and Canada, ...Read more

President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization, a decision that would cut off one of the international aid and disease response group’s largest funding sources.

The order, which was among a flurry of executive actions Trump signed Monday in the Oval Office, says the “WHO ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took steps Monday to fundamentally and drastically change how the nation handles immigration, saying he would sign executive orders to ramp up deportations, declare a national emergency at the southern border and deploy military troops there.

Trump said he would immediately halt all illegal entry at the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. to withdraw from the landmark Paris Agreement, launching another retreat in the global fight against climate change by the world’s wealthiest nation.

The move was widely expected since Trump pulled the U.S. from the emissions-cutting pact during his first term and had vowed do to it ...Read more

President Donald Trump quickly flexed the sweeping powers of the presidency following his second inauguration at the Capitol on Monday, signing a slate of executive orders that would radically alter U.S. policy if allowed to stand.

He also pardoned or commuted the sentences of all of his loyalists — more than 1,500 people — who stormed the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday said he was pardoning nearly all of the people charged or convicted with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, fulfilling one of his campaign promises hours after he was sworn in as president.

Trump announced mass clemency for roughly 1,500 people to reporters gathered at the White House. He...Read more

In one of the first acts of his second term in the White House, President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday evening cracking down on immigration and declaring a national emergency at the southern border.

One of the orders aims to end birthright citizenship, a right protected under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Legal experts ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump temporarily halted a ban on TikTok in the US, granting the company and its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. more time to reach a deal for the popular app that would resolve long-standing U.S. national security concerns.

TikTok’s lifeline came via an executive order signed by Trump on Monday in one of his ...Read more

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., shot down rumors he plans to jump to the Republican Party after meeting with President Donald Trump.

“It’s not going to happen,” Fetterman told Semafor on Monday night. “And even if I wanted to do that, that is a rocket sled to Palookaville to try to switch. I would make a pretty bad Republican.”

Rumors ...Read more

WASHINGTON — An executive order signed by President Donald Trump attempting to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants who are born in the United States is likely to face immediate legal challenges — but, if enacted, could have dramatic consequences in places like South Florida.

The order says the federal government will ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he will reinstate all military members who were dismissed for refusing to comply with orders to receive the COVID-19 vaccine during the pandemic.

“This week, I will reinstate any service members who were unjustly expelled from our military for objecting to the COVID vaccine mandate with full back pay,” the newly ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — All of the 17 deaths confirmed so far in the Eaton fire occurred in areas of western Altadena that received emergency evacuation orders many hours after the fire started.

The fire roared out of Eaton Canyon around 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 7, pushed west by intense Santa Ana winds. Many neighborhoods in eastern Altadena and surrounding ...Read more

On the day he took his oath of office, President Trump promised to sign numerous executive orders that stand to undercut California’s aggressive auto emission standards, undo Biden-era environmental protections and boost U.S. fossil fuel production. To raucous applause — first inside the Capitol Rotunda and inside the Capital One Arena ...Read more

President Donald Trump vowed Monday to revert the name of Alaska’s 20,310-foot Denali, the tallest peak in North America, to Mount McKinley, reigniting a long-running dispute.

“We will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs,” Trump said Monday after he was sworn ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee on Monday evening advanced the nomination of Kristi Noem to become the next secretary of Homeland Security, sending her nomination to the floor on a bipartisan basis with little fanfare.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 13-2 to approve President Donald Trump’s selection of...Read more