Politics
Speaker Johnson hopes Musk and Trump can ‘reconcile’ their differences after public fallout
US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Republican from Louisiana, speaks during a news conference after a House Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 4, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that he hopes President Donald Trump and Elon Musk can “reconcile” […]
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What to know about Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to L.A. protests
President Donald Trump says he’s deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. It’s not the first time Trump has activated the National Guard to quell protests. In 2020, he asked governors of several states to send troops to Washington, D.C. […]
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Trump to deploy National Guard in response to Los Angeles immigration protests
U.S. Border Patrol and protesters clash after a raid was conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement near a Home Depot of illegal immigrants in Paramount, California on June 06, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Saturday night signed an order to deploy 2,000 members of the National Guard in response […]
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Protesters rally against ICE for second day in Los Angeles
“Death to ICE” is written on a garbage cart following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in downtown Los Angeles on June 6, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters Federal agents in Los Angeles on Saturday faced off against demonstrators protesting immigration raids following Friday’s protests that senior White House aide Stephen Miller condemned […]
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Trump says Elon Musk will face ‘serious consequences’ if he backs Democratic candidates
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while boarding Air Force One as he departs for New Jersey at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., June 6, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Donald Trump told NBC News on Saturday that Elon Musk would see “serious consequences” if he backs Democratic candidates who challenge Republicans supporting the “big, […]
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Elon Musk appears to delete some explosive X posts amid feud with Trump
Elon Musk speaks during a press event with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Elon Musk has appeared to delete some of his posts on his social media platform X that escalated his bitter feud with President Donald Trump this […]
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Vance says Musk making a ‘huge mistake’ in going after Trump but also tries to downplay the attacks
Vice President JD Vance said Elon Musk was making a “huge mistake” going after President Donald Trump in a storm of bitter and inflammatory social media posts after a falling out between the two men. But the vice president, in an interview released Friday after the very public blow up between the world’s richest man […]
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Trump says China’s Xi agreed to let rare earth minerals flow to U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to New Jersey, U.S., June 6, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to let rare earth minerals and magnets flow to the United States, a move that could lower tensions between the world’s biggest economies. Asked […]
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Trump says he has no plans to speak to Musk as feud persists
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he has no plans to speak with Elon Musk, signaling the president and his former ally might not resolve their feud over a sweeping tax-cut bill any time soon. Addressing reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said he wasn’t “thinking about” the Tesla CEO. “I hope he does well with Tesla,” Trump said. However, Trump said a review […]
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Maryland man returns to U.S. to face charges after mistaken deportation to El Salvador
U.S. Reps. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., at left, and Juan Vargas, D-Calif., hold pictures of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss Abrego Garcia’s arrest and deportation, at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, April 9, 2025. Alex Wong | Getty Images Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was returned to the United States […]
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