Category: Politics

By DAVID KLEPPER WASHINGTON (AP) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has withheld a complaint made about her conduct from members of Congress for eight months, claiming the delay is needed for a legal review, an attorney for the person making the allegations said Monday. Related Articles FACT FOCUS: Images of NYC mayor with Jeffrey Epstein are AI-generated. Here’s how we know Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS raises conflict of interest concerns Trump says he won’t tear down the Kennedy Center arts...

By MELISSA GOLDIN Multiple AI-generated photos falsely claiming to show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child and his mother, filmmaker Mira Nair, with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his confidant Ghislaine Maxwell, along with other high-profile public figures, were shared widely on social media Monday. The images originated on an X account labeled as parody after a huge tranche of new Epstein files was released by the Justice Department on Friday. They are clearly watermarked as AI and other elements they contain do not add up. Here’s a closer look at the facts. CLAIM:...

President Donald Trump held his first Cabinet meeting of 2026 on Thursday, focusing on the economy, housing, energy, health initiatives and drug prices. But while he painted a rosy picture of his administration’s accomplishments, some of his boasts —- and that of other officials —- were off the mark. Related Articles Jury finds Wisconsin man guilty of forging threat against Trump to get witness deported Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico House probe finds...

By LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — A groundswell of voices have come to the same conclusion: Kristi Noem must go. Related Articles Trump administration announces 15 new drugs for Medicare price negotiation program DeSantis administration sends investigators to probe marijuana referendum petitions in Broward Judge issues temporary order barring removal of boy, 5, and father who were detained in Minnesota Judge rules Massachusetts offshore wind project halted by Trump administration can...

By JEFF AMY and CHARLOTTE KRAMON ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge in Georgia on Friday dismissed a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit seeking voter information from the state, ruling the federal government had sued in the wrong city. Related Articles California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast Vance touts the Trump administration’s record against abortion at a Washington rally Private guard called 911 in ICE detainee homicide, saying man ‘kept going’ after suicide...

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and RYAN J. FOLEY WASHINGTON (AP) — A Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down and he stopped breathing, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide. Related Articles Conservative group says Los Angeles school policy hurts white students in federal lawsuit Minnesota statewide strike, economic blackout to protest ICE on Friday Minneapolis businesses struggle during Trump’s immigration...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters, including people observing the agents, a judge in Minnesota ruled Friday. Related Articles Trump issues a flurry of pardons, including for a woman whose sentence he commuted in his first term Trump offers to restart US mediation in Nile River dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia New research bolsters evidence that Tylenol doesn’t raise the risk...