More than a dozen transgender members of the United States Air Force and Space Force are suing the Trump administration, saying they were forced to separate from active duty service without retirement benefits. Separation means a person is leaving active duty but not necessarily the service entirely. Legal advocacy groups including GLAD Law and the…
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has surged in recent weeks with Hispanics, a new poll from The Economist and YouGov shows this week. Newsweek reached out to political analysts via email Thursday evening for comment. Why It Matters Hispanic Americans represent a critical voting bloc in U.S. presidential and congressional elections. In recent cycles, Trump…
President Donald Trump’s threatened $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC over an edited broadcast of his January 6, 2021, speech would confront formidable legal obstacles, according to Mark Stephens CBE, a leading international media lawyer. In an exclusive interview with Newsweek, Stephens said Trump’s claim “isn’t the legal hill to die on—it might just as…
With Congress on the brink of a deal to end the government shutdown, the Supreme Court has agreed to let the political process play out and keep in place a brief pause of a federal court judge’s ruling that ordered the Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November. About 42 million Americans rely…
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said on Tuesday that he plans to call President Donald Trump before taking office and added that the relationship “will be critical to the success of the city.” Why It Matters Mamdani’s comments emerge amid heightened tensions between city leadership and federal authorities, particularly regarding the possible deployment of…
Americans may soon be paying more for their favorite Italian pasta brands — or even have trouble finding imported spaghetti — as the Trump administration eyes a new import duty on 13 of Italy’s largest pasta exporters. The proposal, published by the Commerce Department in September, would add a new 92% antidumping duty after a…
President Donald Trump on Sunday said he wants to give most Americans a $2,000 payment funded from tariffs as he defended what’s become one of his administration’s signature policies. Mr. Trump touted his tariff policy as helping the U.S. raise new revenue, which he said has driven “record investment” in U.S. manufacturing. “A dividend of…
The U.S. military has killed six more people in strikes on what it claims were drug-running boats, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday, bringing the total death toll in the series of attacks to 76. Hegseth said in a post on X that the U.S. carried out two strikes on Sunday in international waters in the eastern…
In the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas two years ago, high school teacher Josh Hirsch posted comments on social media in support of Israel. It was unrealistic for Hamas to expect a ceasefire, he wrote, as long as they were holding hostages. Soon afterward, a former student called for his…
Washington — Cornell University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to restore federal funding, with the university to pay $30 million directly to the federal government to put an end to claims by the Justice Department. Cornell will also invest $30 million in U.S. agriculture research. Cornell is one of the many universities the…