WASHINGTON– The Trump administration first filed a petition with a secretive, dormant court created 30 years ago to consider government requests to deport so-called “alien terrorists” from the United States. The Foreign Terrorist Removal Court was established in 1996, but had never received a petition until last Wednesday, when the Justice Department filed a request
PHOENIX — As head of the conservative Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Andy Biggs was one of the Republican Party’s toughest fighters in Washington, defending President Donald Trump’s agenda while frustrating establishment leaders. U.S. Rep. David Schweikert says such uncompromising tactics are a losing recipe in Arizona, where Republicans have seen
PHOENIX — Election officials in Arizona’s most populous county reached an agreement this week on how to jointly oversee voting, ending a protracted legal battle. Republican Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap sued the predominantly Republican board of supervisors in June 2025, alleging it illegally took control of certain aspects of election administration. The board called
MIAMI– A famous Cuban dissident artist and musician, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, arrived in Miami on Saturday after being released from a five-year prison sentence on the condition that he leave his country. Alcántara, 38, was greeted at the airport by a crowd that cheered, sang and raised their phones in the air to take
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump will present the World Cup trophy to the winner of Sunday’s final between Argentina and Spain. But for him, the real winner of the main soccer tournament could be the United States. “We turned out to be a soccer country and I think we will continue to be a
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The US military launched airstrikes on Sunday against Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in retaliation for the killing of US troops in Jordan, further widening the crossfire between the nations as they fight over the Strait of Hormuz. The attacks, now part of a week-long campaign in which Iran has attacked