The White House expects Panama's Supreme Court on Thursday to cancel a crucial Panama Canal ports contract operated by a firm with ties to China's government, two sources tell Axios. Why it matters: Removing Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere is central to President Trump's strategy to reassert unquestioned U.S. dominance from the Straits of Magellan to Greenland. - The contracts for managing terminal operations at both ends of the Panama Canal, currently held by Hong Kong's CK Hutchison, help dictate a measure of control of all shipping between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Zoom in: At issue in the lawsuit before the Panama Supreme Court was whether CK Hutchison breached the concession contracts, including one renewed in…
The Trump administration has sought to end Temporary Protected Status for more than a million people from troubled nations. About 600,000 are from Venezuela.
In the hours after FBI agents in Georgia seized 2020 election ballots, President Trump posted a series of thoroughly discredited conspiracy theories about the election.
Kash Patel on Thursday defended the FBI's raid of the Fulton County, Georgia election office and disputed that the search violated the federal statute-of-limitations. Why it matters: Local officials vehemently objected to the search, saying it amounts to retaliation by President Trump's allies over his 2020 election loss and subsequent election interference case. - The search came months after the five-year statute of limitations for federal crimes expired in late 2025. Patel dismissed the concern in comments a day after the search, saying it was conducted in a "timely fashion legally." What they're saying: "The calculus, in terms of the statute, is always for our brilliant attorneys at DOJ, who we work in conjunction with," Patel said…
Federal prosecutors said the man was arrested after he impersonated an F.B.I. agent on Wednesday in a visit to the federal jail complex in Brooklyn that houses Luigi Mangione.
Support among House Democrats for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has skyrocketed in recent days — but a vote may not come any time soon. Why it matters: Democrats can in theory force a vote whenever they want, but House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) made clear Thursday they are going to take their time and let a careful investigation play out first. - "We don't want a show vote. We want a successful vote," Jeffries told reporters at a press conference. - The Democratic leader pointed to the discharge petitions his party led last year on releasing the Epstein files , protecting collective bargaining rights for federal workers and extending Affordable Care Act tax credits as the model for how he is…