↑ United States Politics and Government Eugene Hasenfus, Gunrunner Who Exposed Iran-Contra Plot, Dies at 84 - He emerged out of obscurity when his cargo plane was shot down while illegally ferrying arms to Nicaraguan rebels, setting off a scandal that tarnished the Reagan and Bush White Houses.Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country - President Trump has a history of insulting people from African countries, but the outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry. Vice President JD Vance banged the table in encouragement.Matt Van Epps Wins Tennessee House Race After a Trump-Led Rescue Mission - Matt Van Epps fended off a Democrat to protect Republicans’ slim House majority, but the relatively close margin in a red district sent the party a warning shot before the 2026 midterms.Trump Appears to Fight Sleep During Cabinet Meeting - President Trump began the meeting by criticizing media coverage about him showing signs of fatigue. Last month, he appeared to doze off during a meeting in the Oval Office.Immigration Officials Target Afghans for Deportation in Wake of D.C. Shooting - The stepped-up enforcement comes as the Trump administration has also moved to reassess the vetting of Afghans who came to the country under the Biden administration.U.S. Pauses Immigration Applications From Nations on Travel Ban List - The pause, which will halt green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people, deepens a remarkable crackdown on legal immigration pathways in recent days.Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’ as His Edge on the Economy Slips - President Trump is growing frustrated as Americans struggle with higher prices and pessimism over the state of the economy.New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul - The move comes as President Trump has attacked Somalis with increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in recent days.Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon - Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of flooding the United States with cocaine and had been sentenced to 45 years in prison.The Election That Has Republicans on Edge, and How One College Student Was Deported - Plus, Ozempic for cats?