Bill adds penalties for governmental bodies that do not comply with immigration enforcement The House Judiciary Committee voted 9-4 along party lines Monday to advance a sweeping immigration bill that would give Indiana’s governor, under the advice of the attorney general, discretion to withhold state funding from local governmental bodies that do not comply with…
Apple Maps joined Google Maps in renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America Other countries, including Mexico, retain the Gulf of Mexico name The Associated Press claims it was denied entry to a federal press event for not using the new name for the gulf. With a few strokes of his pen,…
Democrats are fight Trump and his ‘Bond’ villain Re letter “Democrats are like my whiny second-grader,” Feb. 8: Dennis Coyne’s letter regarding DOGE is condescending and clueless. It betrays a complete lack of understanding of the basic framework of constitutional government in the United States. Article 1 of the United States Constitution grants Congress, not the…
Sorry, Debbie — how does it feel? I’m sorry to hear that Debbie Mayfield didn’t qualify to run for the Florida Senate District 19 seat because Ron DeSantis is retaliating against her. How do you think the U.S. Justice Department and FBI employees feel? Similar, maybe? Don’t know if you will have a job in…
Southfield — Oakland County Democrats called the paused Canadian and Mexican tariffs a “direct threat on Michigan’s economy” Saturday as they voiced their concerns about their potential impact on the state and country. Former U.S. Rep Brenda Lawrence, who now chairs the Oakland County Democratic Party, spoke to a crowd of Democrats Saturday at the…
On Tuesday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Expected tariffs on Canada and Mexico have been paused, while new tariffs on China go ahead. China has responded with its own tariffs. USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison takes a look at the future of foreign aid after President Donald Trump moves to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development. President Donald…
BEIJING — China’s government on Sunday denounced the Trump administration’s imposition of a long-threatened 10% tariff on Chinese imports while leaving the door open for talks with the U.S. that could avoid a deepening conflict. Beijing will challenge President Donald Trump’s tariff at the World Trade Organization — a symbolic gesture — and take unspecified “countermeasures” in response to…
President Donald Trump warned there could be “some pain” after signing executive orders that imposed stark tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% duty on imports from China, targeting three of America’s key trade partners. “THIS WILL BE THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA! WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!)” Trump wrote in an…
Investigators are searching for explanations for the rare mid-air collision that resulted in the nation’s deadliest aviation disaster in more than two decades. USA TODAY tracked how Project 2025 is showing up in President Donald Trump’s actions so far. The Grammy Awards are this weekend, and we’ve got everything you need to be ready for music’s…
United States Senator Marsha Blackburn had a very specific request for Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During Kashyap “Kash” Patel‘s Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, the Tennessee Senator said she has worked on the case surrounding Jeffrey Epstein case for years and has requested the records be subpoenaed, but has faced…