U.S. retail sales up a higher-than-expected 1.4% in March
April 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday that seasonally adjusted retail sales for March were an estimated $734.9 billion, an increase of…
Contributor: Easy entry into the U.S. from foreign shores? Don’t count on it now
For some, it’s as routine as paying at the checkout counter. For others, it’s as nerve-racking as a root canal. Which experience you have depends…
Colorado jury convicts Gambian national on torture charges
Michael Sang Correa, a Gambian national living in Colorado, was convicted Tuesday on charges of torturing five victims in The Gambia in 2006, following an…
Trump awards Navy Midshipmen football team with Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy
1 of 5 | Head coach Brian Newberry stands at the podium with President Donald Trump during the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy presentation to the Navy Midshipmen…
Biden calls Trump’s ‘damage’ to Social Security ‘breathtaking’ in first official speech since leaving office
Former President Joe Biden delivered his first official public speech Tuesday night, since leaving the White House, as he called the Trump administration’s "damage" to…
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s ‘personal vendetta’ against law firm
April 15 (UPI) -- The Susman Godfrey law firm succeeded in temporarily stopping the Trump administration from blocking its access to federal facilities and revoking…
17-year-old shot in leg, 3 others injured in Dallas high school shooting
1 of 2 | According to DISD officials, students were being reunited with parents and guardians around 3:30 p.m. local time at the neighboring Eagles…
U.S. judge to question Trump officials’ refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia
A federal judge in Maryland is expected to question the Trump administration Tuesday about its continued refusal to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El…
Democrats will travel to El Salvador to push for release of illegally deported Maryland man
April 15 (UPI) -- Democratic lawmakers say El Salvador must return a Maryland man wrongly deported by the Trump administration or they will visit the…
South Africa’s new U.S. envoy in 2020 called Trump racist, homophobic
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa’s new special envoy to the United States is already under scrutiny for calling President Trump a racist, homophobic and narcissistic…
Businesses sue Trump administration to block tariffs
April 15 (UPI) -- A group of American companies filed a lawsuit that argues the Trump administration doesn't have the authority to issue unfettered tariffs…
Universities say student visas have been revoked without notice
April 15 (UPI) -- The federal government is revoking the visas of hundreds of international college students without notifying universities. Several universities across the country…
Judge rules against Trump’s effort to terminate Biden-era migrant parole program
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with the Prime Minister of the Republic of El Salvador Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office at the White House…
Columbia student activist arrested by DHS
April 15 (UPI) -- A Palestinian student activist at Columbia University was arrested Monday, seemingly becoming the latest person detained in the Trump administration's crackdown…
Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta as FTC antitrust suit gets underway in Washington, D.C.
April 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. government's landmark antitrust suit, alleging Meta's takeover of Instagram and WhatsApp was illegal, got underway Monday in Washington, D.C.,…
Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants after Harvard rejects policy changes
Harvard University, with Massachusetts Hall pictured inside Harvard Yard, has rejected the Trump administration's demands to make policy changes, as the Department of Education announced…
Border Patrol agents in Texas find fentanyl, meth in woman’s rectum, vagina
1 of 2 | Border Patrol agents seized meth and fentanyl from a women's rectum and vagina at a crossing between Juarez, Mexico, and El…
China’s Xi says there are no winners in a tariff war
HANOI — China’s leader Xi Jinping said no one wins in a trade war as he kicked off a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia on Monday, presenting…
Trump, El Salvador president have no plans to return mistakenly deported man back to U.S.
April 14 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump and El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, meeting in the White House on Monday, said the Maryland man wrongly…
ACLU brings third lawsuit against Trump administration over use of Alien Enemies Act
The Center for Economic Cooperation and Development, or CECOT, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, pictured here in March. The Trump administration has used the Alien Enemies…