Trump Administration

• Analysis-With Venezuela raid, US tells China to keep away from the Americas - WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Among the many goals of last week's U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was to send China a message: stay away from the Americas.
• Trump's first-year actions sparked a fiery legal war, and stunning rebukes from judges - The Trump administration in its first year has claimed sweeping executive power and tested U.S. laws. Federal judges warn that American jurisprudence and democracy are under threat.
• Barabak: Trump can be hard to take. But his tariffs keep this fisherman afloat - James Blanchard, a fourth-generation shrimper, was prepared to hang up his nets because of collapsing prices caused by imports. He's not a fan of Trump's persona, but appreciates his policies.
• New York attorney general sues Trump administration over offshore wind project freeze - New York's attorney general sued the Trump administration on Friday over its decision to halt two major offshore wind projects expected to power more than 1 million homes in the state. State Attorney General Letitia James said in legal cha
• Judge to temporarily block effort to end protections for relatives of citizens, green card holders - A federal judge said Friday that she expects to temporarily block efforts by the Trump administration to end a program that offered temporary legal protections for more than 10,000 family members of citizens and green card holders. U.S. Di
• Trump casts Maduro as 'narco-terrorist' driving American deaths. Experts have questions - Experts on the international and U.S. drug trade questioned President Trump's claim that ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is responsible for hundreds of thousands of U.S. deaths.
• Trump is desperate to take Greenland. Can NATO defend itself — and is it willing to? - Trump’s ambition for Greenland raises questions about what happens when two NATO members come to blows.
• Trump administration says it is creating new DOJ division to tackle fraud - By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said on Thursday it was creating a new division at the U.S.
• L.A. clergy, protesters denounce ICE officer fatal shooting in Minneapolis - The shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by a federal agent has sparked protests and vigils across the country, including in Los Angeles.
• Fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis reflects pattern of armed confrontations nationwide - A 37-year-old woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis Wednesday, the most recent armed confrontation between immigration agents and civilians across the country.