(Washington, DC) — President Trump’s new AI website will allow Americans to apply for passports online. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a presentation announced America-dot-gov that Americans “deserve better” than the previous process of applying for and receiving a passport. He said that
(Washington, DC) — The Supreme Court is making it easier to deport some immigrants to countries that aren’t their own. On Tuesday the court granted an emergency request from the Trump Administration looking to block a lower court’s ruling that such deportations are unlawful. That court ruled the imm
By Ahmed Rasheed, Jana Choukeir and Andrew Mills BAGHDAD/DUBAI, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Iran said on Wednesday it had received a US response to its latest proposal to resurrect the collapsed ceasefire in the Gulf, days after President Donald Trump said he had rejected it. Iran’s allies were celebrating
Rubio: ‘Foreign Actor’ Clearly Involved in Suspected RAF Fairford Bomb Plot By The Media Line Staff US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday night that a foreign party was clearly involved in a suspected bomb plot targeting RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, describing the incident at th
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – US Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bid to require President Donald Trump’s administration to report to Congress on increasing violence in the occupied West Bank, including the deaths of American citizens. The procedural vote was the latest
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he plans 32 days of campaign travel ahead of the November midterm elections, putting himself and his record at the center of Republicans’ fight to hold on to Congress as polls show Democrats poised for ga
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said he signed an artificial intelligence-related document on Tuesday with top tech executives in Washington. DETAILS AND QUOTES • “It’s almost like a Constitution in a way, and the biggest people in the world signed that an
By Dawn Kopecki and Helen Coster NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump drew fresh scrutiny on Tuesday after the recording artist behind a song used in one spot demanded the White House stop using his music and a watchdog group asked federal reg
By Laila Kearney and Sumit Saha NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) – A group of US lawmakers including Senator Elizabeth Warren asked federal energy regulators this week to reject a more than $33 billion sale of power company AES, saying it could drive up electricity bills and benefit data centers at the e
(Washington, DC) — Plans have been announced for a new 15-billion-dollar steel plant in southeast Iowa. President Trump says the Mesabi [[ meh-SAW-bee ]] Metallics facility in Lee County will be the largest steel manufacturing plant in U.S. history. The facility is expected to create about 17-hundre
By Alexandra Alper and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning said he does not want to work with Chinese President Xi Jinping on governing AI technology, adding that doing so would make it harder for US companies to build better AI products than t
By Leah Douglas Sept 29 (Reuters) – Pacing a stage at the Iowa State Fair, flanked by his wife and four of their six children, Republican US Congressman Zach Nunn spoke passionately about an issue that has emerged as a key concern in his competitive midterms race: cancer. “Look, my mom is a survivor
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Former US special counsel Jack Smith told senators on Tuesday that he will not be silenced by threats of prosecution, as he faced Republican accusations of abuse of power in his investigations of President Donald Trump. Smit
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Some big cases may be added to the US Supreme Court’s docket for its new term that starts next week including ones involving a detention policy used in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, regulation of prediction markets and a Texas law mandat
NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) – CNN, MS NOW and Politico asked a federal judge on Monday to issue a court order preserving their White House access while they fight US President Donald Trump’s move to ban them over coverage he dislikes. • The news outlets asked a judge overseeing their case in Washing
NEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) – CNN, MS NOW and Politico asked a federal judge late on Monday to issue a court order preserving their White House access while they fight US President Donald Trump’s move to ban them over coverage he dislikes. • The news outlets asked a judge overseeing their case in Wa
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – A second US Justice Department lawyer working on a criminal probe into whether U.S. President Donald Trump’s rights were violated in previous investigations into the president has resigned from the inquiry, two sources familiar with the matter told
(Washington, DC) — President Trump isn’t pleased that five people in the UK arrested on suspicion of terrorism were released on bail. They were arrested Sunday near a Royal Air Force base west of London used by the U.S. military to launch strikes on Iran. Trump told reporters Monday at the White Hou
By Helen Coster, Dawn Kopecki and Bo Erickson NEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump, including spots celebrating a “golden age of America” and one accompanied by a chorus singing “love me” on repeat, are drawing bipartisan criticism and legal q
By David Shepardson ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept 28 (Reuters) – US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, major airlines, aviation unions and other groups on Monday urged Congress to quickly approve another $30 billion for air traffic control towers, software and digital upgrades as well as improvement
By Andrew Chung Sept 28 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to let it enforce a policy restricting gender-affirming care for transgender inmates in federal prisons, part of his crackdown on the rights of transgender people. The Justice Department
By Alexandra Ulmer and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Corporate donors to US President Donald Trump’s ballroom and participants in business deals brokered by Trump family members are expected to be among the first targets of investigations if Democrats take control of the House or Sen
(Washington, DC) — President Trump moved to cancel almost a billion dollars in spending approved by Congress. The White House announced the move late Friday. The administration said it was canceling 567-million dollars in spending on services for refugees, asylym seekers and other migrants through t
President Trump Rejects Iran Strait of Hormuz Deal, Posts ‘Trump Strait’ Map By The Media Line Staff US President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and a roadmap to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while also posting a map on Truth Social labeling the strategic waterway
(Washington, DC) — The U.S. Supreme Court is again blocking Missouri from using a Republican-backed congressional map in the November midterm election. Justices ordered the state to use its 2022 map, reversing a federal appeals court ruling that would have allowed boundaries adopted by the Republica
(Washington, DC) — Chinese President Xi Jinping [[ she jeen-ping ]] has wrapped up his state visit to Washington, D.C. He held meetings with President Trump over the last two days to discuss a range of topics including trade and artificial intelligence. In a post on Truth Social this afternoon, Trum
By Andrew Chung Sept 25 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court, acting for a third time in a fierce battle over the makeup of Missouri’s congressional districts, barred the state on Friday from using a redrawn map designed to favor Republicans in November’s elections, a setback for President Donald Trump’
(Corrects penultimate bullet point to say Emehelu named acting secretary of state, not acting lieutenant governor) Sept 25 (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill said on Friday that her lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, had resigned after an independent investigation found that he had beha
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court revived on Friday an expanded immigration database that President Donald Trump’s administration said aims to combat voting by noncitizens but critics contend could disenfranchise eligible voters. The justices granted the Justice Dep
By Luc Cohen Sept 25 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is pressing forward with his administration’s pursuit of sensitive voter data despite repeated losses in court, seeking to identify noncitizens illegally registered to vote even though there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Justice Dep
