A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that a labor union says would cancel collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
Trump has said he will simply set new tariff rates negotiated internally within the U.S. government over the next few weeks — although he already did that on his April 2 “Liberation Day,” which caused the world economy to shudder.
George Santos came under fire for lying about his life story, and on Friday, the now-former congressman was back on Long Island for a very different announcement: He was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for fraud and theft.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview published Friday that “Crimea will stay with Russia,” the latest example of how he’s pressuring Ukraine to make concessions to end the war while the country remains under siege.
Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he learned his punishment for the crimes that led to his expulsion from Congress.
Indiana’s $44 billion two-year budget was approved late Thursday night by both chambers of the legislature as Democrats voiced their frustration with multiple last-minute additions, including giving the governor power over all Indiana University board of trustees appointments and decreasing funding for public health.
The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the U.S. after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, a government lawyer said Friday.
The FBI on Friday arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, escalating a clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the Republican president’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
There were more than 910,000 fewer land border crossings from Canada into the U.S. last month than in March of 2024 — a more than 22% drop — according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
Gov. JB Pritzker’s endorsement of Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, scheduled for Friday morning, will give her a key edge in the race to replace retiring US Sen. Dick Durbin.