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National Guard to Patrol DC Through 2026

Army memo says extension is called for 'to restore law and order'

(Newser) - National Guard troops will be on the streets of Washington, DC, until the end of the year, according to a memo reviewed by the AP . The memo, signed by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and dated Wednesday, said "the conditions of the mission" warrant an extension past the end of...

ICE Detainee Was Freed, Re-Arrested, Then Re-Freed

Liberian man in Minnesota is no longer in custody

(Newser) - A Liberian man in Minnesota who has been shuttled in and out of custody since immigration agents in Minnesota broke down his door with a battering ram was released again Friday, hours after a routine check-in with authorities led to his second arrest. The dramatic initial arrest of Garrison Gibson...

Trump Warns World: OK My Greenland Push or Face Tariffs

US president threatens to lay down tariffs hammer on countries that don't go along with his plans

(Newser) - President Trump suggested on Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don't back the United States controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought to lower tensions in the Danish capital. Trump for months has insisted that the US should control Greenland,...

GOP Rep Threatens Trump Impeachment Over Greenland

Congressman Don Bacon blasts annexation talk, says White House is bullying US allies

(Newser) - A Republican lawmaker is warning that any move to seize Greenland by force could put President Trump on a collision course with impeachment. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who's retiring at the end of his current term, said he'd consider supporting Trump's removal from office if the...

Report on ICE Agent's Injuries Split the CBS Newsroom

Some staffers question anonymous sourcing, feared CBS aided Trump administration narrative

(Newser) - CBS News didn't just stir up debate on social media with its report about an ICE officer's injuries in Minneapolis, it set off a fight inside its own newsroom. On Wednesday, the network posted an "exclusive" on X and its website saying officer Jonathan Ross, who fatally...

Leavitt: Trump Remarks About Canceling Midterms 'Facetious'

POTUS has made such comments at least twice recently

(Newser) - President Trump wasn't floating a constitutional crisis—he was cracking a joke, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Pressed Thursday on why the president has recently mused multiple times about scrapping this year's midterm elections, Leavitt told reporters Trump's comments were not serious, Mediaite reports....

Pentagon to Control, Remake Stars and Stripes

Military newspaper has enjoyed congressionally mandated editorial independence for decades

(Newser) - The Pentagon said Thursday it plans to take over and remake Stars and Stripes, the storied military newspaper that's served the troops for decades with its news coverage, congressionally protected independence, and Bill Mauldin cartoons . In a post Thursday on X, the Washington Post reports, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean...

Trump Loses Second Case This Week Against Wind Power

Judge allows Equinor project off Long Island to resume, days after a similar ruling elsewhere

(Newser) - A major offshore wind farm off Long Island just received court permission to resume construction—the second loss for President Trump on the topic this week. A federal judge in DC ruled Thursday that the Empire Wind project can restart work, deciding that the Norwegian company Equinor had shown it...

Feds Abruptly Reverse Cuts to Addiction Programs

U-turn follows 'furious lobbying' from both parties, also affects mental health treatment

(Newser) - The federal government has abruptly reversed cuts of around $2 billion to mental health and substance abuse programs. On Wednesday, the Health and Human Services Department rescinded termination notices that were sent out Tuesday night through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Wall Street Journal reports. The...

Grocery Costs Keep Climbing, Defying a Key Trump Goal

Tariffs, labor shortages, and supply strains keep food costs elevated

(Newser) - A year into President Trump's second term, the grocery checkout line is telling a very different story than the one coming from the White House. While Trump told a Detroit crowd this week that "grocery prices are starting to go rapidly down," federal data released the same...

Feds Shoot Another Person in Minneapolis

Homeland Security says officer shot person in the leg after being attacked

(Newser) - A federal officer shot a person in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle while trying to make an arrest Wednesday, federal officials said. The shooting took place about 4.5 miles north of where an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good on Jan....

US Pauses Immigrant Visas From 75 Nations Over Welfare

To 'ensure that new immigrants will not extract wealth from the American people'

(Newser) - Immigrant visas from much of the globe are about to be put on ice. The State Department on Wednesday said it will halt processing of immigrant visas for people seeking to move permanently to the US from 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Brazil, Egypt, Nigeria, Russia, and Somalia. A post on...

US Allows Nvidia to Sell Advanced AI Chips to China

Export cap, security checks aim to prevent military use, though critics worry about enforcement

(Newser) - Washington is cracking the door open for advanced AI chips headed to China—just not all the way. The Trump administration has formally authorized exports of Nvidia's H200, its second-most powerful AI chip, to Chinese buyers under a set of restrictions meant to ease national security worries while giving...

Mulling Iran Strikes, US Makes a Precautionary Move

Some Americans told to leave Qatar base Iran previously hit in retaliation

(Newser) - Some Americans are being quietly pulled from a key US air base in Qatar as the White House weighs whether to launch strikes at Iran. The US military has begun evacuating personnel from Al Udeid Air Base as a precaution, a US official and a second person familiar with the...

DOJ Rips Judge Over Disqualified US Attorney

Justice Department blasts judge's order regarding Lindsey Halligan as abuse of power

(Newser) - The Justice Department says Lindsey Halligan remains US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, despite a judge's order finding her appointment was invalid . In a filing Tuesday, Halligan and the DOJ pushed back hard against US District Judge David Novak, who'd ordered her to explain why she...

Bipartisan Bill Would Cut Trump Off at the Pass on Greenland

Senate legislation would bar using US funds to annex NATO land

(Newser) - US lawmakers are trying to put a legal fence around Greenland before President Trump can test NATO's borders. A bipartisan pair of senators has introduced the NATO Unity Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit the Pentagon and State Department from spending money to "blockade, occupy, annex, or...

2025 Was Earth's 3rd-Hottest Year on Record

Global temperatures now average 1.47 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels

(Newser) - If 2025 felt unusually hot, that's because it was—again. New data from the European Union's Copernicus climate change monitoring service shows last year ranked as the third-warmest on record, with global temperatures continuing a streak that's starting to look less like an anomaly and more like...

FBI Probes Activist Ties in Fatal ICE Shooting

Sources say agent Jonathan Ross is unlikely to face criminal charges

(Newser) - Federal investigators probing the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis are expanding their focus beyond the officer who pulled the trigger to her possible links with local immigration activists. People familiar with the inquiry tell the New York Times it now includes scrutiny of Good's involvement...

Reports: US Disguised Jet to Look Civilian in Boat Strike

New York Times and Washington Post question whether it constitutes a war crime

(Newser) - The Trump administration's first lethal strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean used a secret aircraft painted to pass as a civilian plane, a choice that legal experts say may have crossed the line into a war crime, report the New York Times and the Washington Post ...

Trump: Will Be a 'Complete Mess' if SCOTUS Nixes Tariffs

US will be 'screwed' if such a decision is handed down, president warns

(Newser) - President Trump is warning of economic chaos if the Supreme Court wipes out his signature global tariffs, with a decision expected as early as Wednesday. In a social media post , the president noted "WE'RE SCREWED" if the justices rule against him, arguing that undoing the duties would trigger...

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