US Reopens Embassy in Caracas
The United States has resumed operations at its embassy in Caracas, the State Department announced on Monday. The move ends a seven-year hiatus. Ambassador...
Trump Admin Resumes Asylum Claims for Certain Applicants
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun accepting asylum claims for certain foreign nationals after earlier halting processing of such claims altogether,...
Trump Admin Issues New Licenses Opening Venezuela Mining to Western Firms
The Trump administration issued three new licenses March 27 to open Venezuela mining to Western companies, lifting some sanctions that kept outside investors from...
Rubio Says Trump Has Options to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 30 that the Trump administration has options to address the possibility that Iran would block the...
TSA Says Most Officers Have Received Back Pay as Some Airport Lines Ease
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced on March 30 that most of its officers have now received back pay, a move that appears to...
Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Is for the Children of Freed Slaves, Not Temporary Visitors
President Donald Trump said on March 30 that the United States’ current birthright citizenship policy was created to grant citizenship to freed slaves and...
DNC Playbook Offers Self-Critique of Party’s Organizing Failures Ahead of 2026 Midterms
The Democratic National Committee released a 200-plus-page campaign playbook this week that delivers a blunt assessment of the party’s organizing shortcomings in recent years,...
Trump Says White House Ballroom Project Ahead of Schedule, Under Budget
Progress on the White House ballroom is “ahead of schedule and under budget,” President Donald Trump said on March 29, speaking to reporters aboard Air...
White House: Iran Is Increasingly Eager to Negotiate; Supreme Court to Decide on Birthright Citizenship
The White House said Iran is increasingly eager to come to the negotiating table. Find out what we know about whom the United States...