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It also signaled it could seek to back out of Biden-era agreements with police departments that engaged in discrimination or violence.

Scientific meetings were canceled, and research data on the bird flu outbreak was delayed, amid confusion over the directive.

Anyone wondering whether the president was going to pick up from 2017 or 2021 can stop wondering.

Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys and Stewart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers asserted that they wanted President Trump to seek revenge on their behalf for being prosecuted in connection with the Jan. 6 riot.

The death of a young Black man, Karon Hylton-Brown, led to days of protests in 2020, not long after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.

The decision leaves refugees who have completed a lengthy process stranded abroad and facing extended separation from loved ones already in the U.S.

Bishop Budde locked eyes with President Trump and made a plea for mercy — and the war over spiritual authority in America was ignited anew.

Several cities in Northern Kentucky received reports of fliers calling on people to monitor and report all immigrants and encouraging membership in the Ku Klux Klan.

As racial and gender equity programs come under attack, many companies have scaled back. But Costco, Microsoft and others have forged ahead.

Favoring TikTok over national security, releasing rioters, undermining global health efforts — these actions put all of us at risk.

Pamela Hemphill, 71, of Boise, Idaho, who served 60 days in prison, said it would be “an insult to the Capitol Police” if she accepted the pardon.

Restored to power, President Trump claimed that God put him there and asserted the right to single-handedly redraw the world map as he sees fit.

The direct appeal to President Trump on the first full day of his term was a remarkable moment at a National Cathedral event that traditionally has not been political.

A woman once married to the brother of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee, submitted a sworn statement to the Senate in a late-hour complication to his confirmation. His lawyer denied her account.

A story of hazy memories, a reluctant rock star and a special day in 1973. Or was it 1974?

Two prominent far-right extremists with central roles in the Capitol attack, Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys and Stewart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers militia, have been set free.

Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.

Legal experts said the president was testing the boundaries of executive power with aggressive orders designed to stop the country from transitioning to renewable energy.

The order is titled “Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government,” but it asserts that the Biden administration might have acted illegally and directs agencies to seek evidence.

The first woman to lead a branch of the armed forces was relieved of command within 24 hours of President Trump’s inauguration.

The United States will be one of only four countries outside the Paris Agreement, which is designed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Because presidents exercise such unfettered discretion in granting clemency, these actions provide useful insights into their true character.

More than 150 officers from the Capitol Police and the D.C. police were injured when a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol four years ago.