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The Trump administration is shaking up Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership amid continued frustrations within the White House about the level of immigration arrests and deportations conducted by the agency, officials announced Thursday.Kenneth Genalo will no longer lead Enforcement and Removal Operations, the ICE branch tasked with carrying out arrests and deportations. Genalo, a longtime ICE official, is retiring and plans to advise agency leaders as a special government employee, officials said.ERO has been spearheading the Trump administration’s aggressive and government-wide campaign to ramp up efforts to locate, arrest and deport unauthorized migrants across the country.Meanwhile, Robert Hammer, the head…

Washington — A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday temporarily halted a federal trade court’s decision blocking most of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, for now reinstating the levies imposed by the president under an emergency powers law.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said in a brief order that it would grant the Trump administration’s request for an immediate administrative stay “to the extent that the judgments and the permanent injunctions entered by the Court of International Trade in these cases are temporarily stayed” for now. A three-judge panel on the trade court unanimously ruled Wednesday that…

A new analysis of voting patterns in the last election suggests that the party is woefully unprepared for the path forward. Ad Policy A campaign sign for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz outside a polling location in 2024 in Arlington, Virginia.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) Any forward pivot in American politics usually involves a fretful look backward, and as the Trumpian GOP sizes up prospects for the 2026 midterms, a new breakdown of the failures of the Democratic Party over the 2024 election cycle has materialized. On Monday, the Democratic polling group Catalist released its in-depth analysis of the 2024…

The U.S. and Israel are waiting for Hamas to respond to a 60-day Gaza ceasefire proposal, the White House said Thursday.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Israel signed off on a proposal that special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump submitted, and it’s been sent to Hamas. An Israeli official and a U.S. source familiar confirmed the proposed deal includes not only the 60-day ceasefire but also plans to release 10 living hostages and the remains of 18 dead hostages. The U.S. source added that “aid will flow.” “I can confirm that special envoy Witkoff and the president submitted a ceasefire proposal…

Elon Musk announced Wednesday night that his time as a “special government employee” with the Trump administration is winding down. But that doesn’t mean he’s leaving President Trump’s circle. “As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President [Trump] for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending,” Musk wrote on X. He added that his Department of Government Efficiency’s “mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.”Musk, a billionaire entrepreneur, was set to begin his offboarding process with the White House on Wednesday night, according to…

President John Tyler, circa 1860-1865. His last surviving grandchild, Harrison Ruffin Tyler, died on Sunday. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images The last living grandson of President John Tyler — who left the White House in 1845 — has died. Harrison Ruffin Tyler died Sunday at 96, according to Annique Dunning, executive director of Sherwood Forest, the Virginia property that members of the Tyler family have called home since the end of its patriarch’s presidency. Tyler had suffered strokes in recent years and died of natural causes, she said. Tyler led a successful career as a…

Latest on Harvard foreign student case Trump administration signals Harvard has more time to respond in international student case 03:29 A federal judge in Massachusetts said Thursday that she plans to grant a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University’s ability to have international students.U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs said in a hearing Thursday that she plans to issue the preliminary injunction Harvard requested, and extended a temporary restraining order that prohibits the administration from following through on its threat. Harvard is trying to stop the Trump administration’s effort to restrict foreign students from enrolling and attending, at…

The late congressman’s upending of New York politics by choosing progressivism over partisanship offers a lesson for today. Ad Policy Charlie Rangel in Harlem in 1970.(Bettmann via Getty Images) Former US representative Charles Rangel’s death at age 94 has inspired long obituaries recalling the legacy of the Harlem Democrat, who served 46 years in the US House, cofounded the Congressional Black Caucus, chaired the powerful Ways and Means Committee, shaped the character of the Congress and was censured by it, earned a Purple Heart for his wounds and the Bronze Star with Valor for his bravery during the Korean War,…

President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on goods imported from almost every foreign nation have been ruled illegal by the U.S. Court of International Trade, marking a setback for the president’s trade agenda — and adding another level of uncertainty for U.S. consumers and businesses. The Wednesday ruling from the court halted the tariffs Mr. Trump assessed on virtually every other country on April 2, a day he termed “Liberation Day.” Some trading partners faced substantially higher import duties, with the president hiking tariffs on China-produced goods to as high as 145% before easing them temporarily earlier this month.The ruling raises a host of questions…

President Trump has signed off on a full pardon for former Rep. Michael Grimm of New York, according to a White House official. Grimm, a Republican, was convicted in November 2014 of tax fraud and related charges stemming from his ownership of a Manhattan restaurant before joining Congress. Prosecutors said he underreported wages and revenue to the government, and that he filed false tax documents. They alleged Grimm employed unauthorized workers whom he paid “off the books” in cash, took deliberate steps to obstruct the federal and state governments from collecting taxes he properly owed, cheated the state of New York out…