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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded May 9 to a question about White South Africans expected to be given refuge in the United States.(c) 2025 , The Washington Post By Teo Armus, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux — A group of nearly 50 White South Africans landed at Dulles International Airport on Monday as refugees, coming to […]
By Anumita Kaur — Washington Post Pope Leo XIV spent two decades working in Peru’s poorest enclave and appears to be in the mold of Pope Francis – who carried a legacy as “the people’s pope” for his outreach to those on society’s margins. The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic […]
(c) 2025 , The Washington Post · Emily Wax-Thibodeaux Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who is now the first American-born pope, has spent most of his career outside of the United States, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized. The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru’s poorest […]
Authors: Justin Jouvenal, Ann E. Marimow A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s executive order barring transgender troops from the military. The justices granted the Trump administration’s request to lift a lower-court ruling that put the policy on hold nationwide while litigation over its constitutionality continues. As often […]
Authors: Maxine Joselow The Environmental Protection Agency plans to end Energy Star, a popular program whose iconic blue labels have certified the energy efficiency of home appliances for more than three decades, according to two people briefed on the matter. During an all-hands meeting Monday of the EPA’s Office of Atmospheric Protection, Trump administration officials […]
by Kelsey Ables Special to The Washington Post California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is offering to partner with the Trump administration to create a federal film tax credit program worth at least $7.5 billion to boost domestic film production, his office said late Monday. The proposal came after President Donald Trump set Hollywood on edge […]
Authors: Will Oremus, Andrea Jiménez Russian disinformation doesn’t always work. Out of 135 Kremlin-aligned propaganda posts analyzed in a new report, 134 more or less fell flat with social media users, getting liked and reshared mostly by a network of bots. But one went big – and with artificial intelligence making disinformation cheaper to produce, […]
by Hannah Knowles (c) 2025 , The Washington Post ALLENTOWN, Pa. – One month into a sweeping new tariff regime that President Donald Trump vowed would bring jobs and factories “roaring back,” a Pennsylvania manufacturing hub is full of skepticism. Trump once told supporters here in the Lehigh Valley that they know “better than almost […]
Authors: María Luisa Paúl As the Trump administration races to fulfill its promise of mass deportations, over a dozen U.S. citizens have already been swept up in the immigration crackdown. The cases have alarmed attorneys, civil rights advocates and immigration scholars, who warn that citizens are becoming increasingly vulnerable in a system moving faster and […]
Authors: Perry Stein The Trump administration has removed a memorial honoring victims of gun violence from the main atrium of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, taking down about 120 portraits hung during the Biden administration. Justice Department spokesman Chad Gilmartin said that the decision to remove the portraits was not political and […]
