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Judge demands to know if White House is helping return wrongly deported Maryland man
Ximena Bustillo A Maryland federal judge wants to find out if government officials are acting in “bad faith” in the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison. Judge Paula Xinis on Tuesday called for a two-week process of “expedited discovery,” including questioning government officials under oath, to…
Bipartisan senators rebuke White House move to end legal aid for unaccompanied minors
Ximena Bustillo Two senators are mounting a rare bipartisan attack against the Trump administration’s approach to due process for migrants. Sen. Lisa Murkowsi, R-Alaska, joined Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., in a letter criticizing the end of a federal contract that provides legal representation to 26,000 children who are in the U.S. without a parent or…
White House doctor says Trump is ‘fully fit’ in medical report
Luke Garrett President Trump “exhibits excellent cognitive and physical health and is fully fit,” according to White House physician Capt. Sean Barbabella. The White House released Trump’s three-page medical report Sunday morning following the president’s annual physical examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday. Trump, 78, is the oldest president to take…
L.A. Dodgers bound for the White House to celebrate World Series championship
By Steve Futterman The L.A. Dodgers are headed to the White House Monday for a celebration of their World Series triumph, and for some players it’s been a difficult decision. Shortstop Mookie Betts announced Friday that he would attend, but he said it was especially challenging for him. “Being Black in America in a situation…
White House Correspondents’ dinner cancels comedian Amber Ruffin’s appearance
Chloe Veltman In a break with tradition, this year’s White House Correspondents dinner will not include a featured comedian. The White House Correspondents’ Association, which represents journalists who cover the White House including those at NPR, has canceled writer and comedian Amber Ruffin’s scheduled appearance at the high-profile event. In a statement emailed to its…
White House asks supreme court to allow deportations under wartime law
Appeals court had upheld block on flights using Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members The Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to intervene to allow the government to continue to deport immigrants using the obscure Alien Enemies Act. The request came one day after a federal appeals court upheld…
White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportations
Trump administration used Alien Enemies Act to deport about 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador The White House has denied allegations that it engaged in a “a blatant violation” of a judge’s order by deporting about 250 Venezuelan alleged gang members to El Salvador on Saturday, with the US border czar appearing to contradict…
From Mexico cartel safe house to US streets: BBC tracks deadly fentanyl targeted by Trump tariffs
The fentanyl dealer from Los Angeles stands to the side watching carefully as a Mexican drugs cartel operative prepares his latest shipment. The synthetic opioid drug is wrapped in foil, sealed in plastic, then dropped with an oily splash into the petrol tank of the trafficker’s nondescript car. Jay, not his real name, had crossed…
Trump buys a Tesla with Elon Musk in tow, at the White House
Deepa Shivaram President Trump stepped into a car outside the White House on Tuesday afternoon — but not the usual high-security presidential limousine known as “The Beast.” Instead of the presidential motorcade of large, black SUVs lined up on the driveway of the South Lawn, there were five Teslas for Trump to peruse. Trump announced…
ACLU sues to block White House from sending 10 immigrants to Guantánamo
Latest federal lawsuit so far applies only to 10 men detained in the US and facing transfer to the naval base in Cuba Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration Saturday to prevent it from transferring 10 undocumented immigrants detained in the US to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, their second legal challenge in less than a…
Meeting Trump at White House, Zelenskyy hopes for continued aid in war with Russia
Joanna Kakissis KYIV — President Trump is set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House today to sign a preliminary deal to give the U.S. access to Ukraine’s critical raw materials in exchange for possible aid in the future. It’s the first face-to-face meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump since Trump’s inauguration, and…
AP sues Trump White House for denying access over ‘Gulf of Mexico’ row
David Folkenflik The Associated Press has sued the Trump administration for barring it from major presidential events over its refusal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. President Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office renaming the Gulfwhich directly affects usage by the federal government but holds…
Modi Hopes a White House Visit Will Keep India Out of Trump’s Sights
Trump Tariffs India is acutely aware that trade and immigration issues are a potential double whammy. But it believes it can preserve growing ties. By Mujib Mashal Reporting from New Delhi As he prepared to go to Washington this week, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, spoke of building on the warm relations he shared with…
White House defends its ‘Fork in the Road’ offer to federal employees
Franco Ordoñez The White House is pushing back against what it is calling “misinformation” by the federal employees union, which has urged government workers not to accept an offer from the Trump administration to resign from their jobs by Feb. 6 and go on leave with pay through the end of September. In its first…
Exclusive: White House in talks to have Oracle and U.S. investors take over TikTok
Bobby Allyn The Trump administration is working on a plan to save TikTok that involves tapping software company Oracle and a group of outside investors to effectively take control of the app’s global operations, according to two people with direct knowledge of the talks. Under the deal now being negotiated by the White House, TikTok’s…
White House working on hostage release deal in Gaza before Trump’s inauguration, says CIA director
William Burns said talks between Hamas and Israel are serious and could lead to deal in next couple of weeks The White House is working to reach a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas before president-elect Trump’s inauguration, William Burns, the director of the CIA, has suggested. “Negotiations going on right now are quite serious…
The Fight Over Lee Kuan Yew’s House
A son of the country’s founding father says he has been persecuted by the government because of a feud with his older brother, who until May was prime minister. By Sui-Lee Wee Sui-Lee Wee interviewed members of the Lee family as well as relatives and close family friends, and reviewed more than 1,000 pages of…
Her family thought they would return home the next day. Now, their house is gone
Frank Langfitt On the opening day of California’s destructive wildfires, Jinghuan Liu Tervalon was keeping an eye on Watch Duty, an app that tracks the flames. Altadena, her Los Angeles County town, was still only under an evacuation warning on Tuesday. Then, a friend who’s married to a firefighter called and warned her that the…
Jimmy Carter is no saint in my house
You’re reading the Code Switch newsletter, written by Jasmine Romero, our outgoing interim executive producer. listen to the Code Switch podcast to hear about all the messy and meaningful ways race shows up in all of our lives. Let’s take a stroll through history: It’s early January and we’re a few weeks away from the inauguration of…
Lammy challenges Trump’s rhetoric days before White House return
When David Lammy is asked about the new government’s relations with the incoming US administration, he likes to talk about the dinner he and the prime minister had with Donald Trump in New York last September. “We had a very good meal,” the foreign secretary said on Thursday. “We had a long time to discuss…
House Passes Bill to Sanction I.C.C. Officials for Israeli Prosecutions
Middle East Crisis The action put the measure on track for likely enactment given strong support for it among Republicans, who now control the Senate, and President-elect Donald J. Trump. By Karoun Demirjian Reporting from Washington The House on Thursday passed legislation that would impose sanctions on officials at the International Criminal Court, making a…
Average renter would take 8.3 years to save enough for a house deposit, new Victorian analysis shows
Exclusive: PBO report based on wage growth, house prices and rent rises says nearly a decade needed if 20% of gross income is put aside It could take almost a decade for the average Victorian renter who puts aside 20% of their gross income to save enough money for a home deposit in 2035, according…
Paris Hilton Watches Malibu Beach House Burn Down in Palisades Fire
Paris Hilton shared that her home in Malibu burned down as a result of the wildfires currently raging through Los Angeles County, saying she was “heartbroken beyond words.” Paris Hilton is devastated over the loss of her home. The reality star shared that her house in Malibu burned down as a result of the devastating wildfires currently…
Palisades Fire: Spencer Pratt & Heidi Montag’s House Burns Down
During the Palisades fire in Los Angeles Jan. 7, The Hills alums Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag sadly had their home burn down, but were able to escape the wildfire, spurred by winds of up to 80 mph. Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag have lost their home. The Hills alums were able to safely evacuate…
UK house prices dip for first time since March, says Halifax
Britain’s biggest mortgage lender says say affordability could hamper further rises in the months ahead UK house prices fell by 0.2% month on month in December – the first monthly drop since March – according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender. Data released by Halifax, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, also showed that the price of the…
What Happened to Carter’s White House Solar Panels? They Lived On.
Jimmy Carter (1924-2024) The panels, removed under Ronald Reagan, found new homes from Maine to China. And their legacy still reverberates. By Austyn Gaffney It was a novel idea at the time, but one that made sense: In 1979, President Jimmy Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the roof of the White House. They…
Johnson re-elected as House Speaker in razor-tight margin
Republican Mike Johnson survived a razor-thin vote to remain House Speaker in a drama-filled, highly-anticipated vote that marked the start of complete Republican control in Washington. Johnson could only afford to lose two votes because of the tight margin of control Republicans have in Congress. While he came close to losing re-election, he survived the…
Mike Johnson fails to secure majority votes for House speakership
Chamber will likely be forced in to a second ballot after three Republicans vote against Johnson in first round After initially facing internal dissent, Trump-endorsed Republican Mike Johnson secured the House speakership in the first round of voting on Friday. Johnson couldn’t afford to lose more than one Republican vote, and three Republican members of…
House Speaker vote puts GOP unity to the test
Deirdre Walsh Republicans are taking the first steps Friday to usher in a new era of full GOP control in Washington as Congress comes into session. But the usually ceremonial process in the House is already bogged down in political infighting over who should be elected Speaker of the House. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La,…
FBI says deadly New Orleans attack suspect acted alone. And, the House speaker vote
By Brittney Melton here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. The FBI says Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the driver who rammed a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, acted alone. The agency backed off of…
UK house prices rise for fourth month in a row, says Nationwide
Cost of average home in December reaches £269,426, with value increasing over year by almost £12,000 House prices rose for a fourth consecutive month in December, ending 2024 on a “strong footing”, Nationwide said, with the cost of an average home hitting £269,426. The building society’s monthly tracker found prices in December rose 0.7% on…
House prices rose by 4.7% in 2024, says Nationwide
UK house prices ended 2024 some 4.7% higher than at the start of the year, according to the Nationwide. Property prices and housing market activity remained “remarkably resilient” despite affordability challenges facing buyers, the lender said. The average home in the UK cost £269,426 at the end of December, its figures show. Despite the latest…
Falling house prices and drop in Victorian rental numbers could mark rise of owner-occupiers
Buyers looking to move in could benefit from 6.5% drop in market since March 2022 as state claims largest share of first home buyer finance Owner-occupier buyers in Victoria could benefit from an investor sell-off that has been gathering momentum alongside falling house prices, an expert says. Data from Victoria’s Department of Families, Fairness and…
Republican support wavers for Mike Johnson’s re-election as House speaker
Despite Donald Trump’s endorsement, Johnson is facing criticism for his handling of the government budget battle A senior Texas Republican congressman has said that the House speaker, Mike Johnson, does not yet have the votes to be re-elected to the speakership ahead of an election to be held later this week. Representative Chip Roy told…
Carter’s single White House term still stirs controversy after more than 40 years
Ron Elving 1 of 12 Few presidents have come as far as fast in national politics as Jimmy Carter. In 1974, he was nearing the end of his single term as governor of Georgia when he told the world he wanted to be president. Two years later, he was the president-elect. Although his name recognition…
What we know about the Azerbaijan Airlines crash
On 25 December, 38 people died when an Azerbaijan Airlines flight, which had been due to land in Russia, crash-landed in Kazakhstan. The circumstances around the crash remain unclear, but limited evidence so far suggests it may have been damaged by missiles fired by a Russian air-defence system as it tried to land in Chechnya.…