National Politics

Trump wants to hire 10,000 new ICE agents. Is that goal doable?

By Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he wants to hire 10,000 new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and ...

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Republican Jim Jordan deposed in federal suit tied to sex abuse by late Ohio State team doctor

By JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan was among those questioned under oath this month after ...

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Trump administration releases FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family’s opposition

By BILL BARROW, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite ...

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Lawsuit challenges restrictions on Head Start for kids in the US illegally

By ANNIE MA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of 21 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s ...

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Texas Republicans aim to redraw House districts at Trump’s urging, but there’s a risk

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and NADIA LATHAN, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Texas Democrat who represents a slice of ...

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Border Patrol hiring spree offers lessons as another immigration agency embarks on massive growth

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT McALLEN, Texas (AP) — In 2006, top U.S. Border Patrol officials were asked how long it would take ...

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US sends third-country deportees under secrecy to the small African kingdom of Eswatini

By GERALD IMRAY and MICHELLE GUMEDE, Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United States has sent five men to the small ...

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Trump urged supporters to see conspiracies everywhere. With Epstein, that’s coming back to haunt him

By ALI SWENSON and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As his supporters erupt over the Justice Department’s failure to release much-hyped ...

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‘Who’s got next?’ Democrats already lining up for 2028 presidential race in early voting states

By STEVE PEOPLES, MEG KINNARD and HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press SENECA, S.C. (AP) — The first presidential primary votes won’t be cast for another ...

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Trump administration sues California over egg prices and blames animal welfare laws

By STEVE KARNOWSKI The Trump administration is suing the state of California to block animal welfare laws that it says unconstitutionally helped send egg ...

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