Trump ‘Heartbroken’ Over Texas Flooding as Federal Aid Pledged
Dozens of people have died in devastating flash floods that struck central Texas’s Hill Country, including 15 children, with 27 girls from Camp Mystic still missing after floodwaters destroyed the Christian summer camp. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott during a press conference on Saturday to announce comprehensive federal disaster response, […]
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Donald Trump Withholds Federal Money From Schools: What To Know
President Donald Trump‘s administration has acted to withhold billions of dollars in federal education funding from states and local school districts, impacting a wide range of programs and threatening the financial stability of schools across at least 33 states and territories. The administration notified grantees that funds previously slated for teacher training, after-school programs and […]
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Map Shows Arizona Rail Project After Federal Approval
Plans for a passenger rail line connecting Phoenix and Tucson advanced this week after the Federal Railroad Administration approved the Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) first submission. The approval allows ADOT to begin work on a planning document that will outline details such as potential station locations, infrastructure needs, and funding requirements. Newsweek contacted ADOT […]
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Federal Workers Took an Oath. Now We’re Taking a Stand Against ICE | Opinion
Federal buildings are supposed to be pillars of justice—places where the Constitution is upheld and the public is served. Today, they are being turned into sites of humanitarian crisis, fear, and secrecy. As federal workers, we took an oath—not to a party or a president, but to the Constitution. That oath demands we uphold the […]
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Trump Got Battered by Federal Courts Across the Country in May
President Donald Trump was dealt a brutal hand last month by federal district courts across the country as they struck down—or at least temporarily paused—a number of the administration’s directives on some of its top priorities. Why It Matters Trump sailed into office on the pledge that he would carry out mass deportations on “day […]
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Federal Court Blocks Trump’s Sweeping Global Tariffs
By Sonam Sheth is an Evening Politics Editor at Newsweek who is based in New York. She joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked at Business Insider and CNBC. Sonam has extensive experience covering national security, foreign policy, elections, and stories at the intersection of law and politics. Her work has been cited in The […]
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Federal Judge Tells Alina Habba to ‘Operate with a Higher Standard’
By Dan Gooding is a Newsweek reporter based in New York City. His focus is reporting on immigration and border security. He has covered immigration issues extensively, including the root causes of migration to the U.S., its impact on border communities and responses around the country. Dan joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Independent and […]
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Trump Admin Gets a Win as Federal Judge Allows IRS to Share Tax Data With ICE
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Kristi Noem Breaks Down How Federal Migrants Register Works
The Trump administration is moving to enforce a federal registry for immigrants who have no permission to be in the U.S, warning that those who fail to comply could face fines, prison time, and deportation. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem explained on Fox News how the process works for immigrants without legal status. […]
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Elon Musk Faces Legal Threat Over Federal Worker Ultimatum: ‘Utter Disdain’
The president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Everett Kelley, has condemned Elon Musk‘s recent request for federal employees to account for the work they did in the past week or face dismissal as “cruel and disrespectful.” Kelley said the union would continue to legally challenge “any unlawful terminations of our members and […]
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