Trump Administration

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Politics

Federal Courts Undercut Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign

Federal judges around the country have ordered the release of hundreds of immigrant detainees in recent weeks after a surge of habeas corpus petitions challenging the Trump administration’s push to detain people indefinitely, The New York Times reported. Lawyers said they had filed dozens and, in some organizations, hundreds

Politics

Trump administration to add nearly 65,000 H-2B guest worker visas through September

The Trump administration said it will issue nearly 65,000 additional H-2B guest worker visas through September, effectively doubling the maximum number that can be issued in a year, the New York Times reported. The move comes as the administration has broadly sought to cut legal avenues of immigration and

Politics

Nationwide 'National Shutdown' protests target ICE as businesses close

Crowds across the US staged protests against ICE on Friday in a general strike billed as a "National Shutdown," with some local businesses closing for the day amid the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts. Organizers called for a 24-hour general strike asking students to skip school,

Politics

Trump warns “very big, very powerful ships” are sailing to Iran

President Trump warned, “we have a lot of very big, very powerful ships sailing to Iran right now,” and David E. Sanger, the paper’s national security correspondent, breaks down what to know in a video titled "Why Trump Is Going After Iran Now." The presentation is a

Sports

Calls to boycott 2026 World Cup gain traction but may achieve little

Calls have emerged to consider a boycott of the 2026 World Cup in the United States after German football official Oke Göttlich urged a serious discussion, and about 20 European federations have been reported to have discussed the idea. The Guardian article argues that, while a boycott would be a

Politics

Trump and First Lady to Attend Premiere of ‘Melania’ at Kennedy Center

The president, the first lady and top members of the Trump administration are attending the premiere of "Melania," a new documentary executive produced by the first lady, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, the Times reported. The

Politics

Trump administration says Minnesota ICE surge is lawful, denies coercion

Lawyers for the Trump administration told a federal judge on Wednesday that the surge of federal agents in Minnesota was a legitimate exercise of law enforcement power, not an illegal attempt to coerce policy changes, the filing said. The deployment, which the government has called Operation Metro Surge and has

Politics

Judge orders release of Minnesota refugees targeted in ICE operation

A federal judge on Wednesday evening ordered federal agents to stop detaining and deporting refugees in Minnesota who were lawfully admitted to the United States and to immediately release those currently held, granting a temporary restraining order that halts the operation. The judge’s order pauses a Trump administration operation

Politics

Dozens of Cuban deportees stranded at Guantánamo Bay since before Christmas

About 50 Cuban men designated for deportation have been stranded at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay since before Christmas, the New York Times reports. The men were rounded up in the United States last year and were flown to the base instead of to Havana. The Cubans,

Politics

When Conservative Politics Hit Cash-Starved Universities

Jessica Grose wrote in a New York Times Opinion essay that a recent University of Oklahoma grading dispute has highlighted how conservative political pressure and financial strain are reshaping campus life. Grose recounts the Oklahoma case in which a student, Samantha Fulnecky, turned in a biblically inflected paper that a

Politics

Federal agents kill 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis; videos dispute officials' account

Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old man, Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis during protests, the second civilian killed in the city this month amid an immigration crackdown. According to the report, agents wrestled Pretti to the ground while he was filming on his phone and trying to help a fellow

Politics

Steve Hanke says Fed likely to hold rates as inflation remains stuck

In an interview with Beincrypto, former Reagan advisor Steve Hanke said he expects the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates as inflation remains stuck, noting that markets widely expect the Fed to stand pat at Wednesday’s FOMC meeting. Hanke pointed to persistent inflation and growing policy uncertainty, arguing that

Politics

Texas governor blocks H-1B hiring at state agencies and public universities

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas on Tuesday abruptly blocked state agencies and public universities from using H-1B visas in hiring and ordered an investigation into agencies and universities that sponsor foreign job applicants, the governor said. In a letter to state agencies, Mr. Abbott directed an inquiry into the visas,

Business

Business leaders urged to speak out after federal killing of Alex Pretti

Businessinsider: America's business leaders have been overwhelmingly silent after federal agents shot and killed protester Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis street on Saturday. Peter Kafka says that reticence is understandable — fear of angering Donald Trump and his supporters, the administration's pressure on institutions such as law

Politics

Judge to weigh legality of Trump administration’s Minnesota immigration surge

A federal judge in Minneapolis will on Monday consider whether the Trump administration’s deployment of about 3,000 federal immigration officers in Minnesota violates the state’s sovereignty, a hearing that gained urgency after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti. Lawyers for Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis

Politics

Russian family deported from US to Costa Rica remain in legal limbo

Almost a year after Donald Trump strong-armed a deal with Costa Rica to receive 200 people deported from the United States, a Russian man, his wife and their young son remain in Costa Rica in legal limbo and are fighting for compensation, the Guardian reports. The family were among asylum

Business

Europe’s growing reliance on U.S. LNG raises political leverage concerns

Analysts warn that Europe’s increasing dependence on liquefied natural gas from the United States could become a political pressure point amid smoldering tensions between Washington and Brussels. After Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine squeezed pipeline supplies, large U.S. shipments of L.N.G. helped calm markets. U.

Business

Personal Consumption Expenditures up 2.8% year‑over‑year in November, Fed gauge shows

Consumer prices rose moderately in October and November, the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge for inflation showed, with the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index up 0.2 percent in both months and 2.8 percent year over year in November, the data released on Thursday said. The reading, while far

World

Leaked video shows officials coordinating after reported US capture of Maduro

A leaked recording of a nearly two-hour meeting in Venezuela captures acting president Delcy Rodríguez on speakerphone claiming that, when US forces captured Nicolás Maduro, she and other cabinet members were given 15 minutes to decide whether to comply "or they would kill us." The video, first reported

Politics

Gavin Newsom Says He Was Denied Entry to U.S. Pavilion at Davos

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said he was denied entry to an American venue at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and his scheduled speaking engagement there was canceled, a spokesman for the governor said. Mr. Newsom had been scheduled for a one-on-one "fireside chat" with an

Politics

Gavin Newsom denied entry to USA House at Davos, his office says

Businessinsider reports that California Gov. Gavin Newsom was denied entry to the US Pavilion at Davos on Wednesday, and his office accused the Trump administration of pressuring the official pavilion to block his scheduled fireside-chat appearance. Newsom had been invited by Fortune, the event's official media partner, to

Politics

Trump Administration Withdraws Appeal in Lawsuit Over School D.E.I. Funding

The Trump administration on Wednesday withdrew its appeal in a federal lawsuit that challenged efforts to strip funding from schools and colleges with diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The administration had threatened to withhold billions of dollars from states and schools that did not sign a document attesting they had

Politics

Trump administration begins immigration operation targeting Somali immigrants in Maine

The Trump administration has started an immigration enforcement operation in Maine targeting Somali immigrants in the state, two U.S. officials with knowledge of the plans told The New York Times. The decision follows a similar operation in Minnesota that incited protests and raised questions about Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Business

Uncertainty Shapes Travel Plans in 2026 as Politics and Climate Bite

Travel in 2026 is being defined by uncertainty as politics, military action and climate change force vacationers to rethink itineraries in places that once seemed predictable. The Caribbean faces the added risk of possible U.S. military action in Venezuela or Cuba, some prospective visitors are reconsidering trips to the

Politics

EPA stops assigning dollar value to lives in clean-air rule analyses

The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the monetary value of lives saved when setting limits on two widespread air pollutants, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone, effectively treating those benefits as worth zero dollars in cost-benefit analyses. Last week the agency said it would calculate only the costs