A federal judge in Minnesota has imposed new limits on how federal immigration agents may respond to protesters, a decision that comes as authorities investigate the disruption of a Christian worship service in St. Paul by anti-ICE agitators—an incident that has intensified concerns over public order, religious freedom, and the rule of law.
The lowest number of illegal border crossings were reported for the first quarter of a fiscal year in U.S. history in President Donald Trump’s first year in office.
U.S. senators have left town for a week-long recess, leaving themselves only five days to pass the six remaining federal government funding bills.
Israel’s government has issued an unusually blunt public objection to the Trump administration’s announcement of a U.S.-led executive body intended to oversee the next phase of Gaza’s postwar transition, exposing rare friction between Jerusalem and Washington as the ceasefire moves into its most contentious stage.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday openly called for new leadership in Iran, directly challenging Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei amid the bloodiest unrest the Islamic Republic has faced in decades. Trump’s remarks mark his sharpest escalation yet toward Tehran as mass protests and a brutal crackdown have left thousands of Iranians dead and tens of thousands arrested.
Iran’s Islamic rulers have jailed more Christians amid a brutal crackdown on nationwide protests that a network of Iranian doctors says has killed up to 18,000 people.
The European Union was considering Sunday to hit the United States with 93 billion euros ($108 billion) worth of tariffs or restrict American companies from the bloc’s market in response to U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s threats to allies opposed to his efforts to take over Greenland.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is deliberately targeting Ukraine’s nuclear-linked energy system in an effort to freeze the country into submission by crippling its power grid, as millions endure another harsh winter amid relentless Russian strikes that have killed and injured civilians.
Unprecedented military and trade tensions flared Saturday between Europe and the United States after U.S. President Donald J. Trump vowed to impose new tariffs on European allies sending troops to Greenland, Denmark’s vast Arctic island.
Egypt and Sudan have welcomed an offer by U.S. President Donald J. Trump to resume American mediation efforts with Ethiopia to resolve a long-running dispute over Nile River waters, amid renewed tensions following the completion of Ethiopia’s massive hydroelectric dam.