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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak during a tour, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Kodiak, Alaska.

Federal court rulings have slowed down Trump deportation plans. What you need to know

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak during a tour, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Kodiak, Alaska.

April 22, 2025, 7:51am Nation & World

A flurry of recent federal court rulings have stalled, for the moment, the Trump administration’s efforts to deport as many as one million undocumented migrants this year, as judges increasingly determine that individuals cannot be removed from the country without due process. Read story

China-linked company donated $1 million to Trump inauguration after GOP criticism

April 22, 2025, 7:50am Politics

The fundraising committee for GOP President Donald Trump’s inauguration reported accepting $1 million from Gotion Inc., a China-connected battery manufacturer that Michigan Republicans repeatedly attacked Democrats for being tied to during the 2024 campaign. Read story

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

Millionaire tax would generate about $400 billion in revenue

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

April 22, 2025, 7:46am Politics

A Republican proposal to impose a tax hike on millionaires offers to generate about $400 billion over a decade, according to two new estimates provided to Bloomberg News, providing fresh revenue to partially offset the cost of the party’s multitrillion-dollar tax package. Read story

FILE - U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi, left, meet at an hotel in Vienna, July 9, 2015.

What do ‘expert level’ talks signal for the progress of the Iran-US nuclear negotiations?

FILE - U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi, left, meet at an hotel in Vienna, July 9, 2015.

April 22, 2025, 7:42am Nation & World

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program will move Wednesday to what’s known as the “expert level” — a sign analysts say shows that the talks are moving forward rapidly. Read story

Supreme Court takes up religious rights dispute over LGBTQ books in Maryland schools

April 22, 2025, 7:39am Nation & World

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday over the religious rights of parents in Maryland to remove their children from elementary school classes using storybooks with LGBTQ characters. Read story

U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at the Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur, India, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

Vance calls for greater ties with India, hails progress on trade talks

U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at the Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur, India, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

April 22, 2025, 7:38am Politics

U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday called for enhanced engagement with India and said that the South Asian country should buy more defense equipment and energy from the U.S. and allow Washington greater access to its market, lending momentum to an expected bilateral trade deal. Read story

Washington National Guard members walk in formation along a perimeter fence near the Legislative Building, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia. (AP Photo/Ted S.

WA bill to restrict outside National Guard from entering state is signed into law

Washington National Guard members walk in formation along a perimeter fence near the Legislative Building, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia. (AP Photo/Ted S.

April 22, 2025, 7:34am Latest News

During his inaugural address in January, Gov. Bob Ferguson highlighted his support for a bill that would grant the governor authority to limit other states’ National Guard troops from entering Washington, unless they are mobilized by the president. Read story

Employees of a security firm, LEAR Asset Management, drag Post Falls resident Teresa Borrenpohl out of a town hall meeting on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Post Falls, Idaho.

Teresa Borrenpohl files complaint against sheriff, security team that dragged her out of Coeur d’Alene town hall

Employees of a security firm, LEAR Asset Management, drag Post Falls resident Teresa Borrenpohl out of a town hall meeting on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Post Falls, Idaho.

April 22, 2025, 7:30am Latest News

The woman who was dragged out of a Republican town hall in Coeur d’Alene in February intends to sue the county sheriff and the security team behind her removal. Read story