House Rebukes Trump on Iran War as Bipartisan Coalition Moves to Reassert Congressional Authority
In a rare and politically significant rebuke of President Donald Trump, the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve a war powers resolution aimed at halting U.S. military involvement in Iran, underscoring growing unease in both parties over a conflict that has stretched for months with no clear end in sight. Cheers in the House […]
Trump Green Card Shift Triggers Legal Alarm, Economic Anxiety
A sweeping immigration policy change by the Trump administration that could force many immigrants already living legally in the United States to leave the country and apply for permanent residency from abroad is setting off a fierce legal and political battle, raising questions about executive power, constitutional protections, labor disruption, and the moral obligations of […]
Trump’s Ethics Questions Deepen Amid Resignations, Financial Scrutiny, and Governance Turmoil
President Donald Trump entered his second term promising discipline, efficiency, and a government run with the instincts of a boardroom executive. Instead, his administration is increasingly confronting mounting ethical scrutiny, internal instability, and renewed questions about whether the White House has become too entangled with the president’s personal interests, family business network, and political grievances. […]
Trump Leaves China With Unsettled Questions on Taiwan and Iran
President Donald Trump returned from China with the image he wanted: American corporate power at his side, a red-carpet reception in Beijing, and a public show of cordiality with President Xi Jinping at a moment when Washington needs China’s help more than it often likes to admit. BREAKING: Trump says China’s President Xi asked him […]
Kristi Noem: Contracts, Ethics Questions, and a Cabinet Dismissal
The abrupt dismissal of Kristi Noem as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security has set off one of the most consequential ethics debates of President Donald Trump’s second administration, raising questions not only about the management of a sprawling national-security agency but also about the legal boundaries governing federal power, political influence, and public […]
Kristi Noem Dodges Affair Question in Congress, Intensifying Scrutiny of DHS Leadership
The hearing room of the House Judiciary Committee is usually a place of legal argument and bureaucratic scrutiny. On Wednesday afternoon, it became something else entirely: a stage for a question that the nation’s top homeland security official repeatedly refused to answer. Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Democrat of California, leaned into her microphone and posed a […]
ICE Citizen Arrests, a Mother’s Death, and Erosion of Due Process
The black SUV crept along a snow-slick street on the city’s south side, a few blocks from the intersection that became a global symbol of policing and race after George Floyd’s murder. Seconds later, a federal immigration officer fired shots through the driver’s side window, killing Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis mother and the primary […]
U.S. Strike in Nigeria Exposes Fault Lines of Power, Faith, and Sovereignty Across West Africa
On Christmas Night, as much of the world settled after holiday festivities, the United States launched a Christmas Day airstrike against Islamic State-linked militants in northwest Nigeria, a military action that underscores strategic, political, and legal tensions not just in West Africa, but in Washington and Abuja alike. The assault, carried out on Dec. 25, […]
Supreme Court Checks Trump on National Guard Deployment Authority
The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place a lower-court order blocking President Donald Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops in the Chicago area, a significant setback for an administration that has sought to expand the military’s role in domestic immigration enforcement and public-order missions. The justices, acting on the court’s emergency docket, declined […]
Global tensions, economic uncertainty, and campus violence shape a turbulent week
From deepening geopolitical rifts and fragile economic recoveries to public health warnings and a deadly campus shooting, the past week delivered a wide sweep of developments that underscored a world grappling with instability at multiple levels. In Europe, diplomatic recalibration dominated political headlines. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer moved to appoint a new ambassador to […]