Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and city religious leaders on Tuesday decried President Donald Trump’s plan to effectively take over local law enforcement in Washington, D.C., as rooted in racism and fearmongering. And although Trump has not expressed interest in taking a similar approach to combating crime in Philadelphia, any ...Read more

Harvard University has signaled it’s willing to pay $500 million for workforce training programs as part of a settlement with the White House to restore more than $2 billion in frozen federal funds, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.

The administration is open to Harvard and other colleges paying penalties in the form of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Gov. Gavin Newsom and the University of California consider whether to sue the Trump administration to restore more than half a billion dollars in federal grants to UCLA, the White House on Tuesday had a terse response.

“Bring it on, Gavin,” said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt when asked about Newsom’s ...Read more

The tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed and threatened have not sent most prices up wildly — at least not yet — according to a new report from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“The effects of U.S. tariffs continue to filter through the economy, but not as fast as expected earlier,” said Sung Won Sohn, president of SS ...Read more

EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has suggested suspending the agency’s monthly jobs reports and publishing only quarterly numbers until issues with data collection are corrected.

In an interview with Fox News Digital on Aug. 4, before Trump nominated him for the position, Antoni said ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul fended off President Donald Trump’s threats of a National Guard takeover in New York City, with the governor saying Tuesday she would do “everything in my power” to stop the feds from crossing that line.

Hochul, who has used the National Guard to help patrol the MTA’s subway system in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump could be risking his push for a Nobel Peace Prize with a high-stakes meeting Friday in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But he’s got plenty of backers around the globe for the gold-plated prize.

“We’re going to have a meeting with Vladimir Putin, and at the end of that meeting, probably ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that he is opposed to a National Guard takeover in New York City as President Donald Trump threatens to extend federal control of law enforcement beyond Washington, D.C.

“We don’t need anyone to come in and take over our law enforcement apparatus,” Adams said at a press conference in the Bronx ...Read more

ATLANTA – President Donald Trump said Monday he plans to take over the nation’s capital police force and activate 800 members of the National Guard to combat crime in Washington, D.C., and said he may replicate that model in other cities.

But the president has a unique privilege in Washington that doesn’t apply to cities like New York, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Ashley Biden, the daughter of former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden, filed for divorce from her husband, Howard Krein, on Monday in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

A representative for Ashley Biden confirmed the filing. The former first daughter posted an Instagram story of herself on Monday ...Read more

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia is urging the Trump administration to reinstate millions in federal grant funding to the Urban League of Greater Atlanta for a program aimed at providing support and technical assistance to Atlanta’s Black entrepreneurs.

Ossoff, a Democrat, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in early August ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he is weighing a lawsuit against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the renovation of the central bank’s headquarters, a project whose cost overruns have drawn scrutiny.

Trump in a social media post Tuesday resumed his criticism of the Fed chair over the central bank’s decision to hold ...Read more

DENVER — Three days after a federal judge called the conditions in the Aurora immigration detention center “abhorrent,” Colorado’s four Democratic U.S. House members conducted a planned tour Monday and said they left with more questions than answers.

The visit was the first by lawmakers since U.S. Rep. Jason Crow was denied access to ...Read more

A decade ago, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones became one of the first Georgia politicians to endorse Donald Trump. On Monday, Trump returned the favor and gave Jones’ campaign for governor a major boost.

“Burt Jones for Governor has my Complete and Total Endorsement — HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!” Trump posted on social media.

Jones spent years ...Read more

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday likened President Donald Trump’s call for possible National Guard troops occupying Chicago to when the Nazi Party in Germany “tore down a constitutional republic” in the 1930s.

One day after after Pritzker said he wouldn’t rule out a presidential run in 2028, his remarks at a north suburban school ...Read more

President Donald Trump named EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing the former head of the agency earlier this month.

Trump appointed Antoni, who has been vocal about his concerns with BLS jobs data and revisions, in a Truth Social post. The position is subject to ...Read more

Rep. Doug LaMalfa faced the fury of his Northern California constituents during an early morning town hall in Chico Monday, making him the latest in a string of Republican members of Congress shouted down at district events over their support for President Donald Trump’s agenda.

“We’re about seven months, eight months into the new ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump takes over the District of Columbia’s police force and prepares to deploy the National Guard in an effort to stamp out crime, statehood advocates are calling on congressional Democrats to unify around autonomy for the District and push back against the administration.

At a press conference on Monday, ...Read more