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By Amy B Wang — The Department of Homeland Security is vetting a pitch for a reality television show in which immigrants would compete against one another for U.S. citizenship. The proposed reality show, first reported by the Daily Mail, “is in the very beginning stages of that vetting process and has not received approval […]
By Jacob Bogage, Marianna Sotomayor — Republican budget hard-liners rebelled Friday to block President Donald Trump’s massive tax and immigration package over concerns the legislation did not impose deep enough spending cuts. Five fiscal hawks in the House Budget Committee joined Democrats to sink a procedural vote that would have advanced the measure – formally […]
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Susannah George, Emily Davies, Todd C. Frankel — President Donald Trump kicks off the first major international trip of his second term Tuesday in a region where his family business has grown significantly in recent months, presenting his administration with more potential conflicts of interest than ever. The president’s sons, […]
By Hannah Ziegler — Walmart warns it will raise prices within weeks because of tariffs Walmart warned Thursday that price increases look certain – possibly within weeks – reinforcing that even the world’s biggest retailer is not immune from President Donald Trump’s trade war. “We’re positioned to manage the cost pressure from tariffs as well […]
By Justin Jouvenal — Supreme Court rules totality of circumstances must be considered in police shootings. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that the totality of circumstances must be considered when determining whether a police shooting is justified, not just the split seconds before an officer opens fire. The broader standard is likely to make […]
By Ann E. Marimow — The Supreme Court appeared divided Thursday about whether to scale back nationwide orders that have blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship, in a case with implications for judicial power and what it means to be an American. After more than two hours of oral argument, it was unclear […]
By Lauren Weber, Rachel Roubein — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his messaging on vaccines amid a growing measles outbreak, the firing of thousands of federal health workers, and major cuts to the health agencies he oversees as he faced lawmakers Wednesday on Capitol Hill. The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services […]
By Nicolás Rivers — Scientists have long known that making plastic warms the planet. But plastic may be heating the Earth even more than we realized, according to a report released Wednesday. The Plastics & Climate Project, a nonprofit research group that studies how plastic contributes to climate change, analyzed hundreds of published research papers […]
By Amudalat Ajasa — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it plansto rescind and reconsider limits on four “forever chemicals” under a landmark drinking water standard implemented last year by President Joe Biden. The drinking water rules were adopted as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to limit public exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl […]
By Mariana Alfaro, Daniel Wu — The federal government has fully paid for benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since it was created in 1939 as a way to fight food insecurity amid the Great Depression. But now, Republicans in Congress are looking into forcing states to pay for 5 to 25 percent of […]
