Democratic senators call for probe into possible insider trading over Trump tariff reversal

Two Democratic senators are demanding answers from the White House over serious concerns that President Donald Trump’s rollbacks on his tariffs and his social media posts earlier Wednesday may have been part of insider trading among White House allies. Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., sent a letter to Trump’s chief of staff, … Read more

Mahmoud Khalil case: Ordered to show evidence, government asserts Rubio’s authority

Lawyers for Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil argued on Thursday that the government did not present evidence to prove that his presence in the U.S. poses an adverse foreign policy consequence, which the Trump administration has argued is the ground for his deportation from the U.S. Khalil is scheduled to appear before an immigration judge … Read more

Trump administration pauses new miner safety measures amid pledge to reinvigorate coal

On Tuesday, as coal miners crowded into the Oval Office to watch President Donald Trump sign an executive order meant to reinvigorate the coal industry, the federal agency responsible for protecting those same workers quietly announced that it would delay the implementation of new safety standards to protect them from deadly dust exposure. The Mine … Read more

Judge’s block on deportations to third countries will remain in effect through next week

A federal judge in Boston said elements of the Trump administration’s policy of deporting migrants to countries other than their own without them being able to raise concerns about their safety was “very troublesome” during a court hearing on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy said his recently issued temporary order blocking such removals would … Read more