In a wide-ranging interview on Sunday, Vice President JD Vance defended a variety of plans set in motion by President Trump during the first week of his term, including the beginnings of a promised crackdown on migrants living in the United States and an effort to supercharge oil and gas production. Appearing on CBS’s “Face … Read more
President Trump signed orders on Thursday granting pardons to anti-abortion activists a day before the annual March for Life rally in Washington. An aide who handed the orders to Mr. Trump to sign described them as relief for some 23 “peaceful pro-life protesters.” “They should not have been prosecuted,” Mr. Trump said in the Oval … Read more
The bishop at President Donald J. Trump’s inaugural prayer service on Tuesday implored him to “have mercy” on gay, lesbian and transgender children, as well as undocumented immigrants. “I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” asked Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, leader of the Episcopal diocese of … Read more
A small contingent of Republicans in Congress on Tuesday criticized President Donald Trump’s pardons of more than 1,500 people charged for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including rioters who violently attacked police. “I just can’t agree,” Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, told reporters on Capitol Hill early … Read more
Carlos Navarro was eating takeout outside a restaurant in Virginia recently when immigration officers apprehended him and said there was an order for his removal from the country. He had never had an encounter with the law, said Mr. Navarro, 32, adding that he worked at poultry plants. “Absolutely nothing.” By last week, he was … Read more
The Trump administration on Monday abruptly closed down a government program created by the Biden administration to allow migrants to use an app to secure an appointment for admission into the United States through legal ports of entry, signaling the start of President Trump’s promised crackdown at the southern border. Moments after Mr. Trump took … Read more