President Donald Trump is swiftly breaching the traditional boundaries of presidential power as he returns to the White House, bringing to bear a lifetime of bending the limits in courthouses, boardrooms and politics to forge an expansive view of his authority. He’s already unleashed an unprecedented wave of executive orders, daring anyone to stop him, with actions intended to clamp down on border crossings, limit the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship and keep the popular Chinese-owned TikTok operational despite a law shutting down the social media platform. Democrats and civil rights organizations are rallying to fight Trump in court, but…
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Republican efforts to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states have begun anew, with four Republican state attorneys general suing to alter the once-a-decade head count even before President Donald Trump’s second term in office began Monday. Trump joined in the battle immediately upon returning to office, signing an executive order on Monday that rescinded a Biden administration order and signaled the possibility of a push by his new administration to change the 2030 census. Those efforts may get a boost from the GOP-controlled Congress, where Republican U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards…
Republicans and Democrats in Kansas agree that concerns about the economy drove voters to support President Donald Trump by a 16% margin. They also know that ads from Trump and others targeting transgender rights resonated with voters. So while Kansas Republicans say property tax cuts are their top priority, they also are pushing to ban gender-affirming care for young people, including puberty blockers, hormones and, even though they are rare for minors, surgeries. They say that, too, resonates strongly with voters. “It carries so much more emotional weight,” said Republican state Rep. Ron Bryce, a doctor from southeastern Kansas. “We’re…
A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia. Mittens, 8, was booked for one-way travel with her family from Christchurch, New Zealand to their new home in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 13. But owner Margo Neas said Wednesday that as she waited for Mittens to be unloaded from the plane’s freight area, three hours passed with no sign of the cat. It was then that ground staff told Neas the plane had returned…
Republicans in statehouses are emboldened by GOP electoral successes to push a new wave of bills to restrict transgender rights and gender-affirming care. Republicans in statehouses are emboldened by GOP electoral successes to push a new wave of bills to restrict transgender rights and gender-affirming care. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans and Democrats in Kansas agree that concerns about the economy drove voters to support President Donald Trump by a 16% margin. They also know that ads from Trump and others targeting transgender rights resonated with voters. So while Kansas Republicans say property tax cuts are their top priority, they…
NHL; San Jose Sharks end road trip, face Nashville Predators again on Thursday San Jose Sharks right wing Nikolai Kovalenko (15) tries to get to the puck ahead of Nashville Predators’ Justin Barron (20) and Tommy Novak (82) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) The San Jose Sharks’ season hit rock bottom Tuesday night. The Sharks took a four-goal lead early in the second period, only for the wheels to totally fall off in what became a disheartening 7-5 loss to the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena.…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ‘s administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off. The moves follow an executive order Trump signed on his first day ordering a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs that could touch on everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority farmers and homeowners. Trump has called the programs “discrimination” and insisted on restoring strictly “merit-based” hiring. The executive order on affirmative action revokes an order issued by President Lyndon Johnson, and curtails DEI programs…
Parched Southern California continued to face dangerous winds but could get some badly needed rain this weekend, forecasters said Tuesday, dampening the prospects of another round of killer wildfires though even a small amount of precipitation could could create new challenges like toxic ash runoff. Los Angeles officials were preparing for that prospect even as a small number of residents were allowed to return to the devastated Pacific Palisades area and firefighters battled small blazes that broke out. Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive order to expedite cleanup efforts in burn areas and mitigate the environmental impacts of fire-related pollutants.…
A rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow that closed highways, grounded nearly all flights and canceled school for more than a million students more accustomed to hurricane dismissals than snow days. The storm prompted the first ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border, and snowplows were at the ready in the Florida Panhandle. In the Texas capital, two people died in the cold weather, according to a statement from the city of Austin. No details were provided, but the city said emergency…
Former President Donald Trump has announced a sweeping series of pardons and commutations tied to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol breach, including full pardons for roughly 1,500 individuals and sentence reductions for 14 others. “Roughly 1,500 for a pardon, full pardon,” Trump said Monday of the decision, which includes around 500 individuals charged with violent offenses. 6 p.m. report: Among those celebrating is Gina Bisignano, a Los Angeles resident originally from Florida. Bisignano, who was indicted on several charges days after the Capitol breach, expressed relief after her case was dismissed. “I feel great, and I could’ve said I told…
Three people were hurt, though not seriously, after a tour bus crashed into a tree in downtown Miami Tuesday afternoon, according to first responders. Leer en español The crash happened just before 4:15 p.m. in the 400 block of Biscayne Boulevard, outside Bayside Marketplace. 5 p.m. report: Officer Kiara Delva, a Miami Police Department spokesperson, said four vehicles were involved, including the Big Bus. She said while there were no serious injuries, a few people were bleeding from shattered glass. A Miami Fire Rescue spokesperson said medics took three people to local hospitals. Authorities haven’t yet said what led up…
Police in Miami are investigating a shooting. It happened Tuesday night around 8:15 p.m. in the area of Northwest 13th Avenue and 60th Street. According to police, officers responded to the scene after receiving a call regarding a person who had been shot. Upon arrival, officers said they found a man approximately 19 years old who was suffering from at least one apparent gunshot wound. The victim was rushed to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital by Miami Fire Rescue. There has been no information from police regarding the circumstances that led up to the shooting. Police in Miami…
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When reports surfaced over the weekend that mass deportations could potentially begin in the Chicago area Tuesday, Martin Ramos informed his boss that he was taking time off from work, stocked up on groceries and decided his kids would skip soccer practice this week. Ramos — who emigrated from Guadalajara, Mexico, without the necessary work permits — spent the first full day of Donald Trump’s second presidency hunkered down with his family and trying to avoid being picked up by ICE agents. An arrest, he knows, would destroy everything he and his wife worked for and force their two boys…
Two years after her shocking decision to resign as prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern is set to publish a memoir. Crown, a division of Penguin Random House, announced Tuesday that Ardern’s “A Different Kind of Power” is scheduled for June 3. Only 37 when elected in 2017, Ardern will reflect on some of the decisions and events that made her known worldwide. She was widely praised for her compassionate response to the 2019 terrorist attacks against two mosques in Christchurch and for her initial handing of the coronavirus pandemic. “Some people thought kindness was sentimental, soft. A bit…
President Donald Trump on his first full day in office Tuesday defended his decision to grant clemency to people convicted of assaulting police officers during the 2021 attack on the Capitol and suggested there could be a place in American politics for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, extremist groups whose leaders were convicted of seditious conspiracy against the U.S. The president also continued to dismantle the government’s promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion, known as DEI. The White House issued a memo placing on paid leave all federal staff who work on those efforts, with plans to lay them…
The Colombian border village of Tres Bocas has become a ghost town as residents flee to neighboring Venezuela to escape a new wave of violence in Colombia’s Catatumbo region that has left at least 80 people dead and displaced thousands. According to the United Nations, more than 18,000 people have fled the northeastern region as fighting between the National Liberation Army or ELN, and a rival group known as the FARC-EMC intensifies. Of those who had fled, about 1,000 have sought shelter in Venezuela. “Many of them are afraid of the firefights that have broken out” in rural areas, said…
President Donald Trump’s insistence Monday that he wants the Panama Canal back under U.S. control fed nationalist sentiment and worry in Panama, home to the critical trade route and a country familiar with U.S. military intervention. “American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape or form, and that includes the United States Navy. And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal,” Trump said Monday. In the capital, some Panamanians saw Trump’s remarks as a way of applying pressure on Panama for something else he wants: better control of migration through the Darien Gap.…
Opening arguments and witness testimonies started Tuesday in the murder trial of Patrick Cooney, who is charged in the April 2023 killing of Elijah Lewis. Opening arguments and witness testimonies started Tuesday in the murder trial of Patrick Cooney, who is charged in the April 2023 killing of Elijah Lewis. A man accused of shooting and killing Seattle community activist Elijah Lewis argued in King County Superior Court he acted in self-defense, but prosecutors say he overreacted to a minor traffic mishap and had a history of road rage. A jury heard opening arguments on Tuesday in the trial…
ABC News’ Mireya Villarreal visited a school in south Texas to meet students and faculty preparing for the potential impacts of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.