Blanca Figueroa and Severiano Martinez have known from the start of their eight-year marriage that she was at risk of deportation because she entered the United States illegally. Now - with President-elect Donald Trump expected to issue a flurry of executive orders aimed at speeding the deportatio
TikTok plans to shut US operations of its social media app used by 170 million Americans on Sunday, when a federal ban is set to take effect, barring a last-minute reprieve, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Washington Post reported President-elect Donald Trump, whose term beg
The fierce wildfires across the Los Angeles area in Southern California of the United States have killed at least 27 people and destroyed more than 12,300 structures in more than a week, local authorities confirmed Thursday. Firefighters continued to make progress on Thursday against two major wil
Canada’s energy minister came to Washington this week to warn US lawmakers about President-elect Donald Trump’s tariffs threat on Canada: They’d inflict economic pain on Americans, with higher prices and job losses. Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s minister of energy and natura
Firefighters on Tuesday held the line against two massive wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles for the past week, even as desert winds and a parched landscape presented extremely hazardous conditions. Some 8,500 firefighters from at least seven states and two foreign countries prevente
The Biden administration said on Tuesday it would remove Cuba from its terrorism blacklist, while Cuba said separately it would release upward of 500 prisoners from its jails, dual announcements poised to reshape US-Cuba relations just days before Donald Trump takes office. US President Joe Biden'
Former first lady Michelle Obama will skip the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the second time in two weeks that she is not attending a gathering of former US leaders and their spouses, but former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W Bush will be there. Laura Bush and f
Culture war issues like diversity in the military, rather than overseas conflicts, will likely be the focus of a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday for US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth. Hegseth is one of the most controversial
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s signature is seen on a revised indictment in the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump after US prosecutors obtained the indictment in Washington, US, August 27, 2024. US Department of Justice/Handout via REUTERS/Files US Special Counsel Jack Smith c
Two Democratic lawmakers on Monday urged Congress and President Joe Biden to extend a January 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to sell the US assets of TikTok or face a US ban. The Supreme Court held arguments Friday on Tiktok and ByteDance's challenge to the law. A lawyer for the companies,
Firefighters raced to contain the frontiers of two Los Angeles wildfires that burned for the sixth straight day on Sunday, taking advantage of a brief respite in hazardous conditions before high winds were expected to fan the flames anew. At least 24 people have died in what California Governor Ga
Flames were licking his fence, he was choking on smoke, and bullets were whizzing by his leg. Despite it all, Tristin Perez never left his Altadena home during the deadly Eaton fire. The 34-year-old carpenter felt he had no choice but to stay despite the life-threatening conditions. A police offic
Firefighters were slowly making progress in their battle to contain the inferno that has razed swathes of Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood to the ground, but still-spreading flames threatened communities in the populous San Fernando Valley on Sunday. Aircraft dropped water and fir
