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Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered an increase of import tariffs on goods from the United States in retaliation to President Trump's tariffs and sanctions. Petro, in a post on the social platform X, said he ordered the "foreign trade minister to raise import tariffs from the U.S. by 25%." "American products whose price...

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) said Sunday he will introduce legislation to sanction Colombia this week after the country’s president reportedly denied entry to two planes carrying deported migrants from the U.S. “This week I will introduce legislation to impose new sanctions on Colombia for refusing @realDonaldTrump’s migrant repatriation flights,” Moreno wrote on the social platform...

A top Department of Justice (DOJ) official and President Trump’s “border czar” were in Chicago overseeing “immigration enforcement efforts,” according to officials. “The DEA, along with our @TheJusticeDept partners, is assisting @DHSgov and other federal law enforcement partners with their immigration enforcement efforts,” the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Chicago Division said in a Sunday post...

Vice President Vance defended President Trump’s decision to issue sweeping pardons to roughly 1,500 individuals charged in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including to those accused of assaulting police officers. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” host Margaret Brennan asked Vance about remarks he made two weeks...

President Trump’s new federal hiring freeze has congressional lawmakers and former service members worried that operations at Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities will be hindered. The government-wide freeze, which came on Day 1 of Trump’s presidency via executive order, could prevent critical health care roles from being filled and complicate care for veterans, its critics...

The chair of Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, said Sunday tech billionaire Elon Musk’s call for Germans to “move beyond” the crimes of Nazi Germany is dangerous for the country’s democratic future. “Contrary to @elonmusk advice, the remembrance and acknowledgement of the dark past of the country and its people should be central in...

Colombia will send its presidential plane to Honduras to pick up Colombians after the country refused to accept migrant deportation flights from the United States, causing President Trump to enact tariffs and other retaliatory measures on Sunday. Colombian President Gustavo Petro has arranged for the presidential plane to facilitate the "dignified return of Colombian nationals...

Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, defended the administration's plans to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into schools. Homan joined ABC’s “This Week,” where he was asked about the logistics behind the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans. Host Martha Raddatz pointed out that the administration said it will “no longer tell ICE agents they have...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk told Germans they should be proud of their heritage and should “move beyond” the “past guilt” of older generations. Musk on Saturday made a virtual appearance at a rally for the far-right German political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) and reiterated his support for the party ahead of the February election....

John Ratcliffe, the new Central Intelligence Agency director, said President Trump wants to keep politics “out of the intelligence community.” Ratcliffe joined Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” where he spoke about the future of the agency. “What President Trump wants is, he says, ‘Lead with integrity and get the politics out of the intelligence community,’”...

President Trump said Sunday he is placing tariffs, a travel ban and other measures on Colombia after the country's government rejected two planes carrying migrants and the country's president said he would prohibit the entry of deportation flights from the U.S. “I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a...

The Central Intelligence Agency said COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak in China in a Saturday statement, pivoting from a previously neutral stance just a few days after Director John Ratcliffe was sworn in, multiple outlets report. “CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than...

A coalition of Democratic lawmakers expressed their concerns with President Trump’s Friday decision to fire independent inspectors general.  “We write to express our grave concern about your recent attempt to unlawfully and arbitrarily remove more than a dozen independent, nonpartisan inspectors general without notice to Congress or the public and in the dead of night,”...

Comedian Bill Maher said Democrats are at fault for President Trump’s "cool" status following his first full week in office. “Here’s how bad the Democrats f***** up: Trump is cool now,” Maher declared during a Friday episode of Max’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” “He’s not just the most powerful guy in the world and...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has invited President Trump to give his first address to Congress on March 4.  “Your administration and the 119th Congress working together have the chance to make these next four years some of the most consequential in our nation’s history,” Johnson wrote in a Saturday letter to the president. “To...

President Trump on Saturday touted his campaign promise for tax-free tips and thanked Nevada voters for delivering his win as he stopped for a victory lap in the battleground state that flipped red for the first time in decades in November. "In the coming weeks, I'll be working with Congress to get a bill on...

President Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship is dividing House Republicans, highlighting internal differences on the thorny topic of immigration just as the GOP is making gains with Hispanic voters. Many conservatives, wary that birthright citizenship has been abused by those living in the country illegally, are backing Trump’s executive order, which has become a...

Seven Democratic senators voted to confirm South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), allowing her to lead an agency that will be paramount to President Trump's plan to crack down on illegal immigration during his second White House term. Noem’s nomination was approved with a 59-34...

Democratic strategist James Carville urged party members to allow President Trump to “punch himself out” during his first few weeks in office. “He just says anything that he wants to say,” Carville said during a Friday appearance on MSNBC. "He's just going to keep plowing through," Carville continued. "And what we have to learn as...

President Trump visited Las Vegas Saturday after a whirlwind first few days in the Oval Office, filled with executive orders and travel across the country as his agenda and Cabinet takes form in Washington. "I’m really going to Nevada to thank them for the vote, because we won Nevada overwhelmingly and that’s usually a Democratic...

President Trump’s cabinet picks were readily ushered into the new administration after this week’s Senate confirmation hearings. Republicans showed their dominance in both legislative bodies by swiftly approving the president’s top nominees for national security posts in addition to immigration and border security measures. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was narrowly confirmed due to an evenly...

Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) is urging President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spare some migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean from being deported under the new administration’s immigration guidelines. The South Florida Congresswoman asked the acting DHS Secretary Benjamine Huffman to continue “protecting” Venezuelans, Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans who do not...

The Republican Party is at a critical crossroads, facing electoral hurdles in 2028 and potential losses in the House of Representatives, while Democrats are poised to win both the 2028 and 2032 elections due to historical and strategic realities.

President Trump is set to deliver remarks about the economy in Las Vegas Saturday, where he will likely tout his campaign promise to implement a no-tax-on-tips plan. In his first visit to the state since taking office, Trump is expected to discuss his initiative to exempt tips from federal taxes, which he initially launched in...