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Judge issues injunction restricting immigration arrests in nation’s capital

A federal judge late Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from making widespread immigration arrests in the nation’s capital without warrants or probable cause that the person is an imminent flight risk. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington granted a preliminary injunction sought by civil liberties and immigrants rights groups in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. An email to the department after hours Tuesday was not immediately returned. Officers making civil immigration arrests generally have to have an administrative […]

todayDecember 3, 2025 1

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Nicki Minaj visits United Nations to thank Trump after president’s misleading claims about Nigeria

Nicki Minaj quickly accepted the Trump administration’s offer earlier this month to visit the United Nations, appearing at the U.S. Ambassador’s headquarters in New York City on Tuesday. Minaj met with UN Ambassador Mike Waltz, who called the Queens rapper “arguably the greatest female recording artist.” The meeting came after Minaj publicly praised President Donald Trump‘s misleading remarks about the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. Delivering brief remarks at the UN, Minaj told reporters she wanted to put a “spotlight […]

todayNovember 19, 2025

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The nation’s capital finds itself at the center of a Trump maelstrom as National Guard troops arrive

The questions came fast to the mayor of the nation’s capital, many of them designed to get her to say something harsh about Donald Trump — in particular, the president’s freshly announced plan to take over the Metropolitan Police Department and call in the National Guard. But, for the most part, third-term Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser didn’t take the bait. She calmly laid out the city’s case that crime has been dropping steadily and said Trump’s perceived state of emergency simply doesn’t […]

todayAugust 12, 2025 1

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DC Mayor Bowser pushes back against Trump’s narrative on crime in the nation’s capital

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser defended the city’s handling of crime amid an escalation of threats from President Donald Trump to federalize the nation’s capital. “We have spent over the last two years driving down violent crime in this city–driving it down to a 30-year low, in fact, over the past year,” Bowser told MSNBC on Saturday. “We have decreased violent crime by 26% [and] the year before that, by 35%.” Trump railed against D.C.’s crime after a top employee of […]

todayAugust 11, 2025

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Trump Sends Food to Gaza, But Ignores Haiti and African Nations That Need Food Too

Nationwide — Former President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States will increase its efforts to deliver food aid to Gaza, promising to help establish “food centers” to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the region. While the move has been welcomed by many as a necessary step to address widespread hunger in the war-torn area, critics point out the glaring silence from Trump on equally dire famines in Haiti, which is being called a “UN-declared famine hotspot” and […]

todayJuly 30, 2025

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Trump pauses tariffs on most nations for 90 days, raises taxes on Chinese imports

Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised his tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters that Trump was pausing his so-called ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on most of the country’s biggest trading partners, but maintaining his 10% tariff on nearly all global imports. Imports tariffs on goods from China, though, would surge to 125% “effective immediately” Trump said on social media. […]

todayApril 9, 2025

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Dueling Harris, Trump rallies in Atlanta arena show nation’s divides

ATLANTA (AP) — Two rallies. Two Americas. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump stood in the same arena four days apart, each looking over capacity crowds like concert stars or prizefighters. The competing events were staged three months before Election Day in the state that produced the closest margin of the 2020 race for the White House. On policy, tone, the types of voters in attendance and even the music playlists, the rallies offered not just opposing visions of the country […]

todayAugust 4, 2024