Trump Says He Will Strip Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he planned to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status, setting up another potential legal fight with the Ivy League school amid his wider crackdown on elite universities and the U.S.…
U.S. Employers Add A Surprising 177,000 Jobs As Unemployment Stays At 4.2%
WASHINGTON (AP) —American employers added a better-than-expected 177,000 jobs in April as the job market showed resilience in the face of President Donald Trump’s trade wars.Hiring was down slightly from a revised 185,000 in March and came…
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Strip Legal Protections From 350,000 Venezuelan Migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to strip temporary legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to being deported.The Justice Department asked the high court to put on…
JD Vance Says The Russia-Ukraine War ‘Isn’t Going Anywhere’
Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that the minerals deal the U.S. signed with Ukraine is a sign of “good progress” but conceded the war is unlikely to end in the near future, even though President Donald Trump has stressed he wants…
Trump Administration Labels Haitian Gangs As Foreign Terrorist Organizations
The Trump administration labeled Haitian gangs Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif as foreign terrorist organizations on Friday after notifying Congress last month about its intentions. The move comes after the administration labeled several Latin…
Trump Announces Victory Day For WWII But Gets The Date Wrong: ‘A Complete Moron’
President Donald Trump announced that the United States will join several nations in celebrating Victory Day on May 8, seemingly unaware that World War II only ended in Europe during that month in 1945 — as America continued fighting Japan…
White House Comes Out With Sharp Spending Cuts In Trump’s 2026 Budget Plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House released President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal Friday, hoping to slash, if not zero out, spending on many government programs. It seeks a sweeping restructuring of the nation’s domestic priorities,…
Wisconsin Gov. Says He’s Not Afraid After Trump Official Suggests Possible Arrest
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Friday that every American should be concerned about “chilling” suggestions from President Donald Trump’s top border adviser that he could be arrested over guidance the Democrat issued to…
Trump’s First Judicial Pick Is… Someone Who Worked For His SCOTUS Picks
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has picked his first judicial nominee of his second term: Whitney Hermandorfer, a Tennessee attorney who has clerked for three of the Supreme Court’s conservative justices — including two of Trump’s…
The Trump Administration Thinks You Should Be OK With Being Poor
This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe.The Trump administration released bad news about the economy on Wednesday: According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the economy shrank for the…
Trump Boasts That Elon Musk And Other Tech Giants Are ‘Kissing My Ass’ After Hating Him
President Donald Trump encouraged college graduates to “break the system” while bragging that top internet executives like billionaire Elon Musk initially “hated me in my first term, and now they’re kissing my ass.”“If you look at some of…
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Let DOGE Access Social Security Systems
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to clear the way for Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans.The…
Trump Is Quietly Using The U.S. Military In A Whole New Way
President Donald Trump is using a bizarre legal loophole to allow the military to perform domestic law enforcement activity on U.S. soil, an escalation of his already ultra-aggressive immigration and border security policies. The Trump…