Judge halts Trump administration efforts to impose conditions on SNAP

BOSTON — A federal judge on Friday sided with 20 Democratic states and halted an effort by the Trump administration to force states to comply with a range of conditions to get billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun granted a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit challenging the … Read more

Trump says anti-fraud efforts are uncovering billions in waste, claims savings could balance budget

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud efforts and claimed Republicans are uncovering enough government fraud to potentially balance the federal budget, while accusing Democrats of resisting investigations because they are “in on the act.” In a Truth Social post, Trump praised Vance … Read more

Federal court hears arguments over efforts to halt Trump’s mail-in executive order

BOSTON — A federal judge heard Tuesday from voting rights groups and a coalition of two dozen states that want the courts to halt President Donald Trump’s executive order creating a federal voter list and limiting mail voting, The plaintiffs argued in two lawsuits that Trump’s order aimed at ensuring only citizens vote should be … Read more

Court gives Mahmoud Khalil more time to fight Trump administration’s efforts to deport him

A federal appeals court is giving former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil more time to fight the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him. Khalil, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., was detained by immigration authorities last year because of his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia in the spring of 2024. The U.S. … Read more

Experts from Thai rescue join efforts to save 7 gold prospectors trapped in Laos cave

Cave rescue experts from Thailand who aided the dramatic 2018 retrieval of a youth football team joined efforts Monday to extract seven people trapped in a flooded cave in neighboring Laos, Laotian state media said. Seven Laotian villagers entered the cave in central Xaysomboun province, about 78 miles northeast of the capital Vientiane, on May … Read more

Efforts to stop California chemical leak in Orange County on

Efforts to stop a California industrial disaster were on a “new trajectory” on Sunday, officials said, revealing that crews discovered a pressure-relieving crack in the tank behind a toxic chemical leak in Orange County, where 50,000 people remain evacuated. In a post to X, Orange County Fire Authority Interim Chief TJ McGovern said the discovery … Read more

White House blasts Cruz, Pompeo for trashing Trump peace efforts as Iran appeasement

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While President Donald Trump was burning the midnight oil hammering out a last-minute peace and denuclearization deal with Iran, his White House inner circle was hammering the critics from the right for either working to “undermine” peace efforts or “illegally” abusing residual security clearance. Former Secretary of … Read more

UN votes to support strong action on climate change despite US efforts to thwart the effort

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to support strong action to prevent climate change despite recent diplomatic efforts by the United States to have the measure withdrawn. The 193-member world body approved a nonbinding resolution endorsing the landmark advisory opinion by the U.N.’s top court last July that called failure by … Read more