What Is Tren de Aragua?

President Trump’s executive order on Saturday invoking the Alien Enemies Act targeted Venezuelan citizens 14 years and older with ties to the transnational gang Tren de Aragua, saying they “are…

Trump Invokes the Alien Enemies Act, a Wartime Law, to Deport Venezuelans

President Trump on Saturday issued an executive order to deport Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a rarely used wartime law that could allow removals with…

Protest Against Serbian Leader Draws 100,000 in Biggest Crowd Yet

A student-led protest movement in Serbia rallied more than 100,000 people for a huge peaceful street demonstration on Saturday in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, defying warnings from the country’s embattled strongman…

How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her

The first knock at the door came eight days ago, on a Friday morning. Three federal immigration agents showed up at a Columbia University apartment searching for Ranjani Srinivasan, who…

Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday seeking to dismantle seven additional federal agencies, including the one that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded media outlets around the…

Arlington Cemetery Website Loses Pages on Black Soldiers, Women in Military and Civil War

Materials on the Arlington National Cemetery website highlighting the graves of Black and female service members have vanished as the Trump administration purges government websites of references to diversity and…

G7 Foreign Ministers Agree on Ukraine Policy Amid Tensions Over Trump Tariffs

Despite high tensions between the Trump administration and some of America’s closest allies over tariffs and Ukraine, foreign ministers from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies who were meeting this…

Senate Passes Bill to Make Penalties Permanent for Fentanyl-Related Drugs

The Senate on Friday approved legislation that would make permanent strict controls and harsh criminal penalties on fentanyl-related drugs. Several Democrats joined all Republicans in approving the bill, which because…

Science Amid Chaos: What Worked During the Pandemic? What Failed?

Until 2020, few Americans needed to think about how viruses spread or how the human immune system works. The pandemic offered a painful crash course. Sometimes, it seemed that the…

Banker Mark Carney Wins Race to Lead Liberal Party, and Canada

Amid a generational crisis in Canada’s relationship with the United States, the Liberal Party of Canada on Sunday chose an unelected technocrat with deep experience in financial markets to replace…