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Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. spent last Friday at a hospital in Philadelphia after a “small nodule” was discovered on his prostate that required “further evaluation,” according to a spokesman.It is common for a man of Mr. Biden’s age — he is 82 — to experience prostate issues, and his spokesman declined to elaborate on any additional details about his care.Mr. Biden left office as the oldest serving president in American history. He was dogged throughout his presidency by concerns about his age and his health, which ultimately led him to abandon his re-election campaign.In February 2024, when Mr.…

President Trump arrived on Tuesday morning in Saudi Arabia, his first stop on a four-day tour through the Gulf, the first major overseas trip of his second term.He stepped off Air Force One at the Royal Terminal, a special section for V.I.P.s at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the Saudi capital. Mr. Trump was greeted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, on a lavender-colored carpet unfurled across the tarmac. An honor guard was in place.Mr. Trump and Prince Mohammed then sat down in navy-and-gold armchairs in an opulent, sunlit building with marble columns. Mr.…

The Trump administration is ending a program that offered deportation protections for thousands of people from Afghanistan.The Department of Homeland Security said Monday it will wind down Temporary Protected Status for Afghans on July 12. The TPS program allows migrants to get work permits and temporary reprieve from deportation if the U.S. government determines it is unsafe for them to return to their home countries due to war, natural disaster or some other issues.Over 8,000 Afghans were approved for TPS as of last year, according to federal statistics. TPS was last extended for Afghanistan in 2023, and it was set…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers use a chain to more comfortably restrain a detained person using handcuffs positioned in front. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP A federal judge on Monday refused to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. In a win for the Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich denied a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups. They argued that undocumented immigrants who pay taxes are entitled to the same privacy…

The Canadian rapper Tory Lanez was hospitalized on Monday after being attacked in the California prison where he is serving a 10-year sentence for shooting the hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion, the authorities said.Mr. Lanez, 32, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was attacked by another prisoner on Monday morning at a prison in Tehachapi, near Bakersfield, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement.Mr. Lanez was transported to a medical facility outside the prison, the department said. It did not provide further details about Mr. Lanez’s condition, but a statement posted on his Instagram account late…

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The long-awaited budget for the administration may end up scuttling key aspects of the president’s agenda. Ad Policy Donald Trump gestures while speaking during an executive order signing event in the Oval Office of the White House.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) As our ever more unpopular president continues shuffling through a series of new shticks—meme-ifying himself as a pontiff in waiting, promising to make the maximum-security prison at Alcatraz, uh, great again, and vowing to enact crushing tariffs on foreign film studios in spite of possessing no authority to do so—Congress is flirting with the business of actual legislating. For…

Hasan Piker, a popular Turkish American online streamer, said he was stopped and questioned for hours about his political beliefs by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after flying back to the United States from overseas on Sunday.Mr. Piker, 33, said in a live broadcast on Monday that he was asked about his job, his beliefs on Gaza and President Trump and other topics he discusses on his livestreams while being held for two hours at an airport in Chicago.Mr. Piker, who was born in the United States, said he was passing through Global Entry, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection…

Dalton, Georgia — Local authorities in Dalton, Georgia, on Monday dismissed the traffic charges that led Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain a 19-year-old Mexican-born college student who has lived in the United States since she was 4.Ximena Arias Cristobal, who is in the country without authorization, was taken into ICE custody earlier this month after a May 5 traffic stop in Dalton, where she lives with her family. Local police cited her for making an improper turn and driving without a license before booking her into the Whitfield County Jail in Dalton, where she was picked up by ICE…

House Republicans on Monday proposed a series of sharp restrictions on the federal anti-hunger program known as food stamps, seeking to limit its funding and benefits as part of a sprawling package to advance President Trump’s tax cuts.The proposal, included in a draft measure to be considered by the House Agriculture Committee this week, would require states to supply some of the funding for food stamps while forcing more of its beneficiaries to obtain employment in exchange for federal aid. The moves could result in potentially millions of low-income families losing access to the safety net program. But G.O.P. leaders…