MIAMI — Miami Dade College set the stage Tuesday morning for Donald Trump’s presidential library to rise next to Miami’s iconic Freedom Tower when trustees voted to transfer a downtown parking lot to the state — a precursor to dedicating the land to the president’s legacy project.

The vote — taken during a lightning-quick meeting ...Read more

President Donald Trump accused the United Nations of helping immigrants invade the United States and told world leaders gathered at the U.N. on Tuesday that a failure to shut down their borders was destroying their countries.

“Not only is the U.N. not solving problems it should, too often it’s actually creating new problems for us to solve....Read more

WASHINGTON — Hiring managers in key Minnesota job sectors, from health care to industrial research, say the state’s already tight labor pool could be further constrained by the new $100,000 fee on new visa applications for highly skilled workers.

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order meant to reduce companies’ ...Read more

President Trump declared Tuesday that a resilient Ukraine can drive Russian troops out of all the territory it has seized, a big shift from his previous pessimistic call for Kyiv to cede lots of land to the invaders.

After an upbeat meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump struck an extremely bullish stance on Ukraine’s position in ...Read more

UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump assailed the United Nations and other countries in a grievance-laden speech that saw him accuse the world body of offering nothing but “empty words,” label climate change a “con job” and warn that open borders are destroying them.

Setting aside calls for unity, Trump began his speech to the U.N....Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proclamation creating a $100,000 fee for the hiring of foreign workers through the H-1B visa program came after years of congressional inaction on the immigration system, a move some experts say exceeds his authority to act without Congress and will likely be challenged in court.

The president’s ...Read more

Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to gun down then-presidential candidate Donald Trump on a Florida golf course last year, was found guilty on all charges Tuesday.

Routh tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen shortly after the verdict was read but was swarmed by court officers and dragged out of the courthouse.

Jurors deliberated...Read more

President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered a combative address in his return to the United Nations General Assembly, highlighting growing rifts between the United States and some of its closest allies and again putting the Western world order to the test.

The American diplomat in chief’s pointed remarks came at a time when his administration...Read more

LOS ANGELES — He's never held public office or donned a judge's robes, but an arch-conservative Los Angeles County attorney is racing toward confirmation on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, accelerating the once-liberal court's sharp rightward turn under President Donald Trump.

A competitive target shooter with a background in a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly canceled his meeting with top Democratic leaders that had been planned for Thursday to search for a deal that might avert a partial government shutdown next week.

Less than 24 hours after agreeing to sit down with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem ...Read more

UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump assailed the United Nations and other countries in a grievance-laden speech that accused the world body of offering nothing but “empty words,” labeled climate change a “con job” and warned open borders risked destroying nations.

Setting aside calls for unity, Trump began his speech to the U.N. ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s call for pregnant women to avoid Tylenol is drawing sharp criticism from researchers who say the advice ignores decades of evidence and could endanger mothers and babies.

At a White House event Monday, Trump linked acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, to autism and encouraged women to tough out fevers. ...Read more

Ann Bauer, a researcher who studies Tylenol and autism, felt queasy with anxiety in the weeks leading up to the White House’s much-anticipated autism announcement.

In August, Bauer and her colleagues published an analysis of 46 previous studies on Tylenol, autism, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Many found no link between the ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s new sky-high visa fees have shaken Silicon Valley’s tech giants as they contemplate a surge in the cost of hiring global talent and a new tactic the White House can use to keep Silicon Valley in line.

The tech industry was already navigating an economy with higher and unpredictable tariffs, when last week the Trump ...Read more

Every autumn brings its rituals: football, spectacular fall colors, and in Washington, the countdown to a government shutdown. Once a rare emergency, these funding standoffs have become as routine as pumpkin‑flavored beverages.

September 30 marks when federal funding will expire, a recurring cliff since the 1970s. Each year it looms larger, ...Read more

A 33-year-old Washington D.C. man is accused of aiming a laser pointer at Marine One while the chopper was carrying President Trump.

Marine One was airborne and headed toward the Washington Monument grounds with the President on board Saturday night when Secret Service officer Diego Santiago spotted suspect Jacob Samuel Winkler “shirtless, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has harnessed the weight of his office in recent days to accelerate a campaign of retribution against his perceived political enemies and attacks on First Amendment protections.

In the last week alone, Trump replaced a U.S. attorney investigating two of his political adversaries with a loyalist and openly ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and White House officials announced that the administration will advise against taking acetaminophen, the medicine in Tylenol, during pregnancy, citing widely discredited concerns that it could cause autism, in the latest effort rebuking long-standing public health guidance.

Top medical organizations and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is planning to meet with top congressional Democrats this week about the government funding impasse, White House and Capitol Hill officials said Monday, after lawmakers left Capitol Hill for a week on Friday with little movement toward averting a partial shutdown starting Oct. 1.

Trump will squeeze in the ...Read more

President Trump moved Monday to classify the left-wing, anti-fascist movement known loosely as antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, opening up a new front in his battle with political foes and raising legal and ethical questions about how the U.S. government can prosecute a movement.

Antifa activism and violence has spread during the ...Read more