In one of its final acts, the Biden administration secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner swap for a Taliban […]
Category: Politics
Trump Moves to End Entry Program for Migrants From 4 Nations
President Trump moved on Monday to toss out a Biden-era program that allowed migrants fleeing four troubled nations to fly into the United States and […]
What to Know About Trump’s Broad Grant of Clemency to Jan. 6 Rioters
President Trump granted two types of clemency on Monday to all of the nearly 1,600 people who faced prosecution for the attack on the Capitol […]
Trump Starts Immigration Crackdown, Enlisting the Military and Testing the Law
President Trump’s flurry of executive actions on immigration in the hours after taking office was the leading edge of an effort to roll back four […]
Here’s What Trump’s Declaration of an Emergency at the Southern Border Means
President Trump declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday, invoking special presidential powers that allow him to unilaterally unlock federal funding for […]
Trump Signs Two Orders to Dismantle Gender and Racial Equity Policies
President Trump on Monday ordered his administration to gut policies instituted under the Biden administration to prevent sex discrimination and protect transgender Americans, and dismantle […]
How Trump Plans to Kill the Refugee System
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order suspending refugee resettlement in the United States, picking up where he left off in his first term […]
White House Website Gets a Quick Trump Makeover
President Trump’s administration quickly put its imprint on the official White House website on Monday, ushering out the Biden years with a new landing page […]
Packed In for Trump’s Indoor Inauguration, Awkwardness Abounds
Anytime the Bidens interacted with the Trumps, it was captivating to watch. They stood strangely together as Mr. Trump was sworn in. His youngest son, […]
‘A Quiet Force’: Harris Returns Home After Making History in Washington
Former Vice President Kamala D. Harris left Washington on Monday the way she entered her role on the same day five years ago: making history. […]
