Long delays in FEMA assistance brought bipartisan complaints, especially in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene in 2024.Republican lawmakers from North Carolina had expressed frustration over how slowly FEMA was releasing disaster aid after Hurricane Helene devastated the state in 2024.
The remarkable split-screen underscored how abruptly Kristi Noem’s ouster as homeland security secretary had unfolded, even by the standards of President Trump’s fast-paced Washington.
For the third time, a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed as Democrats refused to support the money without new restrictions on federal immigration agents.Democrats’ list of demands includes requiring immigration officers to show visible identification, blocking them from wearing
The Feb. 28 school strike in Minab, which killed dozens, including children, appears to have been part of an attack on an adjacent naval base in southern Iran, where officials said U.S. forces were operating.
A handful of Democrats joined Republicans to defeat an effort to force President Trump to go to Congress for approval to continue using force against Iran, while two G.O.P. lawmakers backed it.Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, was one of two Republicans to back the effort.
A day after rescuing Iranian sailors from the wreckage of a warship sunk by a U.S. submarine, Sri Lanka’s neutrality is being tested.A police vehicle arriving at a hospital in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Thursday, where Iranian sailors rescued from the IRIS Dena were being treated.
Presidents have sidestepped Congress to launch limited military strikes for decades. Trump’s decision to attack Iran is an aggressive escalation.
The call came a day after the Texas congressman admitted to an extramarital affair with an aide, and as he faced a runoff to keep his seat.Representative Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas, publicly acknowledged on Wednesday a sexual relationship with a staff member who later took her own life.
Voters across this politically purple state made it clear on Tuesday that they wanted to punish the powerful on both sides of the aisle. It may be a warning to incumbents elsewhere.Phil Berger, the leader of the State Senate, has steered the state in a more conservative direction since 2011. He and
Liberal justices accused their colleagues of expanding use of the emergency docket again in two orders issued this week.Since President Trump returned to the White House, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has shown a willingness to short-circuit lower-court proceedings.
After repeated but cryptic rebukes from the justices, Judge Brian Murphy last week again ruled against one of the administration’s signature immigration programs.Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti.
By transmitting his love of live performance, the “Just in Time” actor has completed his ascendance to full musical stardom.
The actions of Ms. Halligan, who as a U.S. attorney brought criminal cases against President Trump’s enemies, are under review by the organization that licensed her to practice law.Lindsey Halligan at the White House last August.
The lawsuit filed by two dozen attorneys general seeks to invalidate the president’s new, 10 percent global tax on imports.The legal challenge is only the latest twist in a saga that has engulfed President Trump’s economic agenda, which hinges on the use of tariffs.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the commitments in Washington, even as some in the medical community questioned whether the government should try to influence curriculums.“This is how we implement the MAHA agenda,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a news conference on Thursday.
“No permission was granted for the use of our intellectual property,” the company said. The Trump administration frequently promotes policies with content from video games.The White House used an image from the new game Pokémon Pokopia in a social media post saying “Make America Great Again.”
The country is casting an ever wider net in its search for accountability after mass shootings. Charging parents is an emerging tactic.Community members gather at a memorial at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., in 2024.
The physical struggle, involving Senator Tim Sheehy of Montana, was captured on video. The protester, Brian McGinnis, said on social media that his arm was broken.Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran from North Carolina, was protesting military actions in Iran when he was forcibly removed from a Senate
Three women were slain in two locations, officials said on Thursday. A frantic manhunt involving four states led to an arrest, but a motive was still unclear.Torrey, Utah, in 2023. The authorities asked residents there and in surrounding areas to lock their doors and stay home on Thursday before the
Cars have become so expensive that many Americans are putting off or not buying new cars, hurting the auto industry.The average monthly payment for a new car was $774 at the end of last year, and the average new car now costs nearly $50,000.
Brian Janous, a former Microsoft executive, and his firm Cloverleaf have become modern-day land men, packaging electricity and land for data centers.Brian Janous, co-founder of Cloverleaf Infrastructure. His start-up has been thrust into heated community debates over data center development.
Amazon and Google think that artificially intelligent assistants like Alexa+ and Gemini will speed up the process of setting up a smart home, but many problems remain unsolved.
A draft assessment of the health of nature in the United States is grim but shot through with bright spots and possibility.A dried part of the Arkansas River in Garden City, Kan.
An unusual outbreak of wildfires in city parks gave scientists a chance to study these rare events. Now they’re coming to different conclusions.
