WASHINGTON — Union leaders and elected officials who represent tens of thousands of federal workers in Maryland are reviewing what they say are potentially harmful impacts of President Donald Trump’s moves to implement a hiring freeze, end work-from-home policies and, eventually, remove thousands of workers from the federal payroll.

The ...Read more

President Donald Trump aims to upend the immigration system in the United States in his first few days in office. On Jan. 20, 2025, Trump signed various executive orders that temporarily prevent refugees from coming to the U.S. and block immigrants from applying for asylum at a U.S. border, among other measures.

Another executive ...Read more

Donald Trump’s polarizing political rise in the past decade has driven many groups – and some families – apart.

But a long-running pickup basketball game that I play in, made up of people with various political leanings, including Trump supporters, remains intact. I explored the group’s dynamics in my 2020 memoir. In March ...Read more

In some circumstances, a president’s official Farewell Address to the Nation may be an occasion for sunny reflection. President Joe Biden’s, delivered five days before he left office, began that way, with a celebration of America’s promise and of its progress under his tenure.

But midway through, Biden’s tone shifted abruptly,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As Los Angeles rebuilds from a devastating wildfire that destroyed swaths of Pacific Palisades, the city's access to federal money could be imperiled by one of President Trump's first-day immigration actions targeting "sanctuary cities."

An executive order that Trump signed Monday, shortly after he was sworn in, directs federal ...Read more

The U.S. House could approve legislation named for a murdered Georgia nursing student as soon as Wednesday, allowing President Donald Trump to make it the first bill he signs into law since reclaiming the White House.

The Laken Riley Act would give federal immigration agencies broad authority to detain undocumented immigrants accused of a crime...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Leticia Jimenez expects to graduate from Cal State San Bernardino this spring with a degree in business administration.

She came to the country without authorization when she was 2 years old and grew up working the fields of the Coachella Valley with her parents when school was out.

She would be excited about the new ...Read more

Federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles will be placed on paid leave Wednesday as their offices related to those programs are being ordered to shut down after President Donald Trump’s executive orders, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed in a post on X.

Under a memorandum from the Office of Personnel ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that could designate drug cartels in Mexico as foreign terrorist organizations, a move that has some bipartisan support, while experts have expressed caution about that approach and suggested that Congress pass legislation to deal with the issue.

The order directs officials ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Over the past two years, the Biden administration struck a careful balance on artificial intelligence. The White House took steps to ensure the U.S. stayed ahead of China in developing the technology while also trying to address some of AI’s many potential risks.

In his first 24 hours back in Washington, Donald Trump sent a ...Read more

The World Health Organization called on the U.S. to reconsider President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the agency, suggesting the move could undermine global health security.

The planned departure would leave the WHO scrambling to replace its top donor, which contributed $1.3 billion to the organization between 2022 and 2023. Without U.S. ...Read more

President Donald Trump pardoned the founder of darknet marketplace Silk Road, he said in a post to Truth Social on Tuesday night.

Ross William Ulbricht, known online as Dread Pirate Roberts, was indicted in the U.S. District Court in Maryland on charges of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, attempted witness murder and using ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he would be open to billionaire supporter Elon Musk or Oracle Corp. Chairman Larry Ellison purchasing social video app TikTok as part of a joint venture with the U.S. government.

“I have the right to make a deal,” Trump said at an event alongside Ellison at the White House on Tuesday. “So what I’m thinking ...Read more

California Democratic state lawmakers and advocates are vowing to “fight back” against President Donald Trump’s opening salvo of executive orders on his first day in office, which target immigration, transgender rights and several California environmental policies.

“We’re in for a rough four years,” said Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to visit Las Vegas at the end of a trip he will be making to North Carolina, then California, two states devastated by natural disasters, he told reporters Tuesday.

Las Vegas will be his final stop in a whirlwind trip set to begin in North Carolina, which has yet to recover from last year’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen states challenged President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship Tuesday, asking a federal judge to block a campaign pledge of the incoming administration.

The order from Trump, one of dozens that Trump signed on his first day in office, argued a provision in the 14th Amendment ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ordered the attorney general to hunt for instances of campaigns during the Biden administration against perceived political opponents, as the White House on Monday outlined misleading or unproven arguments over government “weaponization.”

The language of the order dovetails with long-standing ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to visit Western North Carolina on Friday in one of the first trips of his second term, The New York Post first reported.

The western part of the state is still grappling with the devastation of Helene, which left 104 people in North Carolina dead and was a point of criticism against Democrats for ...Read more

President Donald Trump was poised to enact hefty tariffs against Mexico and Canada as early as the end of next week as he continued a blitz of right-wing policy priorities on day two of his historic second term.

After signing a first-day blizzard of executive orders cracking down on immigration and transgender rights and granting pardons to ...Read more