Politics

Looking to cut pollution from its fleet of diesel-burning school buses, an Oklahoma school district last year doubled its electric vehicles. The Shawnee Public Schools, a 3,300-student district about 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Oklahoma City in a county that voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump, figured the nearly $1.5 million for the four…

A man already jailed on federal charges of attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump as he golfed last fall will face additional state terrorism and attempted murder charges, Florida’s attorney general said Thursday. Ryan Routh tried to undermine the country’s political system and will face state attempted first-degree murder and terrorism charges, Attorney General James Uthmeier said. “Attempting to…

Portland Thorns forward Deyna Castellanos says she did not play for Venezuela’s national team in a pair of recent games because of concerns she might not be able to return to the United States. At issue were the current and anticipated immigration and travel policies imposed by the Trump administration. “The uncertainty of like, ‘Yeah,…

Congressional Democrats are questioning whether President Donald Trump and his allies may have improperly acted on his suggestion Wednesday that it was a “great time to buy” stocks shortly before announcing he was cutting back on some of his new tariffs — a move that made the markets go up. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Thursday that Democrats “need to get…

Students from California to Ohio to North Carolina are losing their visas with no explanation, being taken off the street by plainclothes officers and finding themselves subject to accusations reserved for terrorists.   Authorities had revoked the visas of international students in at least 24 states as of Wednesday— with officials largely citing a seldom-used 1952 foreign policy statute to…

Some of the stiffest new tariffs are on hold, but experts say shoppers’ bills for White House trade policies are coming due soon. President Donald Trump’s surprise 90-day suspension Wednesday of much of his April 2 tariff announcement doesn’t change the likelihood that consumers will pay more for many goods and services in the months ahead, economists…

The U.S. House on Thursday approved legislation requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for anyone registering to vote, something voting rights group have warned could disenfranchise millions of Americans. The requirement has been a top election-related priority for President Donald Trump and House Republicans, who argue it’s needed to eliminate instances of noncitizen voting, which is already rare and,…

Who’s who Tom Barrack, ambassador to Turkey Scott Bessent, treasury secretary Pam Bondi, attorney general Bondi served as the Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019 after she was the first woman elected to the office. Doug Burgum, interior secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, labor secretary Doug Collins, veterans affairs secretary Sean Duffy, transportation secretary Tulsi Gabbard,…

“Liberation Day” just gave way to Capitulation Day. President Donald Trump pulled back Wednesday on a series of harsh tariffs targeting friends and foes alike in an audacious bid to remake the global economic order. Trump’s early afternoon announcement followed a harrowing week in which Republican lawmakers and confidants privately warned him that the tariffs could wreck…

A recently created Department of Homeland Security task force is using data analytic tools to scour the social media histories of the estimated 1.5 million foreign students studying in the United States for potential grounds to revoke their visas, three sources familiar with the operation told NBC News. They said records are also being searched…