Trump’s support is dropping nationwide and across demographics, polls show
WASHINGTON — President Trump enjoyed the highest approval ratings of his political career when he entered office in January, with roughly half the country supportive of his return. Yet, 100 days into…
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Trump’s deportations to El Salvador face constitutional challenge
WASHINGTON — President Trump has pressed for quickly deporting hundreds of Venezuelan and Salvadoran men who are said to belong to a foreign crime gang. Those deportations have been challenged as illegal…
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Voters See Trump’s Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds
Voters believe President Trump is overreaching with his aggressive efforts to expand executive power, and they have deep doubts about some of the signature pieces of his agenda, a New…
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How the public’s shift on immigration paved way for Trump’s crackdown
By JILL COLVIN PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — Alleged gang members without criminal records wrongly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador. International students detained by masked federal agents for…
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Trump’s Executive Order on Proof of Citizenship for Elections Is Partly Blocked by Judge
A federal judge blocked part of an expansive executive order signed last month seeking to overhaul election laws, writing on Thursday that President Trump did not have the authority to…
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Trump’s DOJ targeted L.A. County over gun permits. Who might be next?
At a meeting of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in July 2022, then-Supervisor Sheila Kuehl called for a “deep dive” into the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department’s gun permitting…
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Trump’s Approval Rating Has Been Falling Steadily, Polling Average Shows
President Trump’s job approval rating has fallen steadily during his first three months in office, according to a New York Times average of polling. Mr. Trump’s approval rating has sunk…
Read More »More Than 220 Academic Leaders Condemn Trump’s ‘Overreach’
The statement came a day after Harvard University sued the administration over its decision to freeze billions of dollars in federal funding, following the school’s refusal to submit to a…
Read More »Can Harvard Withstand Trump’s Financial Attack?
The world’s richest university may have enough money to survive a battle with the most powerful man in the world. But if Trump wins, Harvard won’t be the same. Source…
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Trump’s cruelty to migrants reminds us what Easter is about
It’s almost the end of Holy Week, the annual Christian commemoration of the betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Faithful across the world are attending services to hear the Gospel,…
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Amazon Sellers Struggle with Trump’s Tariff Plans
When President Trump announced tariffs this month on goods from all over the world, Jing and Eddie Levine, who sell party supplies on Amazon, were on a flight home to…
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Trump’s trade war is fracturing U.S. global alliances
The Trump administration’s tariff war with China is most often seen through the lens of the economy. But to many economists, the bigger threat is that Trump’s global trade gambit…
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Supreme Court will hear Trump’s proposed limits on birthright citizenship
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will hear arguments in May on President Trump’s proposed limits on birthright citizenship. But it was unclear whether the justices would weigh in…
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Trump’s lawyers add new hurdles for Maryland man who was wrongly deported
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s lawyers have set a new legal hurdle before the Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador. Even if Kilmar Abrego Garcia is returned to the United…
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Newsom to announce California lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday is expected to announce a lawsuit contesting President Trump’s executive authority to enact international tariffs without congressional approval. The governor’s office said the legal…
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Trump’s policies, stock market volatility leave big questions for California budget planners
SACRAMENTO — As the stock market plummeted last week, California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas sat at his desk in the state Capitol and predicted that President Trump’s tariffs would “squeeze our economy…
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California farmers brace for the consequences of Trump’s tariffs
CERES, Calif. — President Trump’s decision to pause punishing tariffs on most U.S. trading partners may have calmed financial markets last week, but it did little to quell anxiety in California’s $59…
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What to Know About Trump’s Antitrust Efforts Against Tech Giants
The Trump administration isn’t letting up on the tech giants. On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission will face off with Meta in court over claims that the social media giant…
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Trump’s new federal prison director led a troubled state agency
William “Billy” Marshall, the relatively unknown head of the West Virginia corrections department, has been selected to lead the troubled federal Bureau of Prisons, a Trump administration choice that took…
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Commentary: Pope Francis was a climate hero. Trump’s reign gives his words extra meaning
Donald Trump announced his first run for president on June 16, 2015. He lashed out against Mexican immigrants, environmentalists and other supposed enemies foreign and domestic. Two days later, Pope…
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