Who is Tina Peters? Donald Trump Demands Jailed Election Clerk Be Released
By Martha McHardy is a U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on polling and California politics. She has covered U.S. news extensively, including the 2024 election and pro-Palestine protests at U.S. colleges. Martha joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Independent and had previously freelanced at The Sun, The Mirror and MyLondon. […]
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Donald Trump Says He Asked To Send US Army Into Mexico
President Donald Trump said that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has turned down his offer to deploy American troops into Mexico to fight against the country’s drug cartels. Newsweek contacted the Mexican Foreign Ministry for comment on Monday via email outside of regular office hours. Why It Matters Between 2015 and 2021, the number of murders […]
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Donald Trump Wants to Reopen and Expand Infamous Alcatraz Prison
President Donald Trump announced plans Sunday to reopen and expand the historic Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary to house “America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.” The former prison located in San Francisco, which operated from 1934 to 1963 and once held notorious criminals like Al Capone, would be “substantially enlarged and rebuilt” according to Trump’s Truth Social […]
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Catholics Rebuke Donald Trump’s AI-Generated Pope Image
Catholics denounced an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated image of President Donald Trump dressed as the pope, calling it offensive and disrespectful as they continue to mourn the death of Pope Francis. Newsweek has reached out to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Holy See Press for comment via email on Saturday. Why It […]
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Donald Trump Attacks Judges Despite Justice Jackson’s Warning
President Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on judges overseeing cases against his administration, just days after Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned of such an onslaught “undermining the rule of law.” Why It Matters Since beginning his second term, Trump has frequently clashed with judges who have ruled against his sweeping government […]
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Republican College Students Are Souring on Donald Trump
Republican college students are not as happy with President Donald Trump‘s administration as they were in January, according to a Newsweek/CollegePulse poll. Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment via email. Why It Matters Trump made inroads with college students, a group that has leaned toward Democrats for decades, in the 2024 presidential […]
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Mike Pence Calls for Donald Trump Reversal—’Warning Signs Are Flashing’
Former Vice President Mike Pence urged President Donald Trump to reverse course on the sweeping tariffs he announced in April. In an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Pence wrote that “economic warning signs are flashing” as he criticized Trump’s tariffs as a “massive policy misstep.” Trump announced sweeping tariffs on nearly […]
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Donald Trump Commencement Speech: Video and Full Transcript
President Donald Trump offered words of encouragement and advice as he addressed graduating students at the University of Alabama on Thursday. But the president’s speech was also interspersed with politics as he took a victory lap over his administration’s first 100 days, saying the U.S. had been “ripped off” before he took office. “You’re the […]
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Donald Trump Shares 11 Pieces of Advice at Rally-Style Commencement Speech
President Donald Trump took the stage Thursday night as the first U.S. president to deliver a commencement address for the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Trump spent much of the speech rehashing the 2024 election and his administration’s talking points on immigration, the economy, inflation, tariffs and more, as well as attacking his longtime political […]
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Donald Trump Opens Ukraine Military Aid Tap After Minerals Deal: Report
The Trump administration has told Congress that it intends to give the go-ahead for roughly $50 million of defense-related products to be exported to Ukraine through American industry sales direct to Kyiv, according to a new report. Why It Matters The U.S. and Ukraine on Wednesday inked a long-awaited deal to share profits generated by […]
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