It is cruel and nonsensical to deport people, not back to their countries of origin, but to third countries without proper notice or any way to appeal. But that’s what the Trump administration wants to do and that’s what the Supreme Court this week wrongly OKed in a one-paragraph order.

One of these cases involved a group of men the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — After nearly 25 years of writing about campaigns, I should know better than to take press releases too seriously.

In a profession that rewards speed over quality analysis, I know press secretaries and communications directors have jobs to do and often rely on pithy one-liners to try to win the day. We’re supposed to look away ...Read more

On June 10, the Northwestern University community received an alarming email from university President Michael Schill and his team. The email stated that “rising costs related to compliance requirements, health care expenses, litigation, labor contracts, employee benefits, and other forces have put an increasing strain on Northwestern’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — When Suhas Subramanyam was a teenager, he got competing invitations. One group of friends wanted to drive to Florida to volunteer for John Kerry’s campaign. The other wanted to drive there to volunteer for George W. Bush.

“They both asked me if I wanted to come, and I said no to both,” he says.

He didn’t vote in that ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A mainstay conservative candidate on Southern California election ballots for years may have to end his political aspirations for good after striking a deal with federal prosecutors over fraud.

Omar Navarro, a failed four-time congressional candidate accused of funneling thousands of dollars of campaign funds for his personal ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he wants to bring back a long-retired title: secretary of war. Why was it dropped in the first place?

Trump brought up the idea of a name change while introducing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at a June 25 news conference in the Netherlands, which hosted this year’s NATO summit.

“You know, it used to be ...Read more

DENVER — A new, White House-approved portrait of President Donald Trump will soon hang in the Colorado State Capitol.

The new portrait bears a close resemblance to Trump’s official photograph for his second term in office, albeit with him wearing a blue tie in the painting versus a red one in the photo. The painting casts Trump against a ...Read more

President Donald Trump indicated that he might be preparing to ease his “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, potentially undercutting a central policy dating to his first term and provoking consternation among foreign policy hawks who argue that now is the time to escalate — not lessen — pressure on Tehran.

Days after U.S. ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams formally launched his mayoral campaign Thursday with a sharp attack on presumptive Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani as the incumbent deals with strong headwinds ranging from the fallout over his now-dismissed criminal indictment to accusations of being too tight with President Donald Trump.

Despite ...Read more

With less than five months to go before Miami residents were scheduled to head to the polls to vote on a new mayor and city commissioners, the city of Miami has postponed the upcoming November election to 2026 in a move that critics have described as a “power grab.”

On Thursday, the Miami City Commission voted 3-2 to move the city from odd-...Read more

The Trump administration said Thursday that it is opening an investigation into UC, alleging that university goals to increase faculty diversity "may be" illegal sex- and race-based hiring discrimination.

In a brief, 419-word letter to UC President Michael V. Drake, the Justice Department's top civil rights lawyer said it had "reasonable cause"...Read more

LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump’s 2028 election betting odds improved this week after he launched airstrikes against Iran and subsequently saw a U.S. military base attacked by Iran, then announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.

BetOnline.ag reports that wagers on Trump amid the Middle East mayhem caused odds to move in his favor on...Read more

CHICAGO — Weeks after President Donald Trump commuted the federal life sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, a letter arrived at the offices of Gov. JB Pritzker that purported to be Hoover’s final push for freedom: asking for clemency in his state murder case.

At first glance, the petition, which was stamped as received by ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Planned Parenthood and Medicaid patients can’t file a lawsuit to challenge South Carolina’s decision to exclude the health care provider from receiving federal funds because it provides abortions.

The 6-3 decision halts challenges that accuse states of violating the rights of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that states may exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from providing medical screenings and other health care for women on Medicaid.

The court’s conservative majority cast aside the longstanding rule that said Medicaid patients may obtain medical care from any qualified provider.

In a 6-3 vote, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Two controversial allies of New York Eric Mayor Adams with ties to the Chinese government helped drive turnout for his Thursday reelection campaign kickoff rally, according to sources familiar with the matter.

In the days leading up to the rally, Winnie Greco, an ex-senior adviser to Adams whose homes were raided by the FBI last ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A neurosurgeon and longtime Summerlin resident launched his bid for Congress on Thursday in an effort to defeat Democratic Rep. Susie Lee.

Dr. Aury Nagy, a Republican, thinks he has what it takes to defeat Lee — who has withstood Republican challengers since she was first elected in 2018 — by tackling health care.

“I think ...Read more

A cornerstone of conservative philosophy is that policy decisions should generally be left to the states. Apparently, this does not apply when the topic is artificial intelligence (AI).

In the name of promoting innovation, and at the urging of the tech industry, Congress quietly included in a 1,000-page bill a single sentence that has the power...Read more

Critics have lambasted President Donald Trump’s tough-love approach to Europe, but the president secured a major victory this week when NATO members agreed to devote more resources to their own defense.

The turnabout is long overdue.

During his first term, Trump blasted members of the alliance for relying too much on the contributions of the...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he has three or four people in mind to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell when his term expires next year.

“I know within three or four people,” Trump said Wednesday during a press conference at The Hague, where he is attending the NATO summit. “I mean he goes out pretty soon, ...Read more