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Danielle Sassoon, Manhattan's chief federal prosecutor, was in charge of all federal crime investigations in the Southern District of New York, including the corruption prosecution against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, which the Trump administration has ordered abandoned. Danielle Sassoon exits court in New York on October 5 , 2023. Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Images Sassoon, the district's acting US attorney, wrote in her resignation letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi that the New York mayor's lawyers "repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid pro quo" to assist Trump with immigration if the matter was dismissed. "I remain baffled by the rushed and superficial process by which this decision was reached, in seeming collaboration with Adams's counsel and without my direct input on the ultimate stated rationales for dismissal," the lawyer wrote. The Justice Department charged Adams, a Democrat, with public corruption last year,...

President Donald Trump will impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as 10% tariffs on goods from China, beginning Saturday, the White House said, but it did not say whether there would be any exemptions to the measures, which could result in sharp price increases for US consumers. ' President Donald Trump. ' Joe Raedle/Getty Images Trump has threatened tariffs to ensure better cooperation from countries in combating illegal immigration and the smuggling of chemicals used in fentanyl production, but he has also vowed to use tariffs to stimulate home manufacturing and increase federal government income. "Those tariffs will go into effect tomorrow," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. "These are promises made and promises kept by the president." The tariffs pose both political and economic concerns to Trump, who is only two weeks into his second term. Many people supported the Republican on the promise ...

The White House said late Sunday that the Colombian government has agreed to accept deportation flights of migrants from the nation, hours after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs and visa restrictions. ' Colombia' s President Gustavo Petro. ' Fernando Vergara/AP According to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, migrants would be returned to Colombia aboard military planes "without limitation or delay." The White House's late-night assertion of triumph culminates a chaotic day of threats exchanged between the two countries' leaders on social media. The standoff, which occurred less than a week into Trump's second term, foreshadowed one of the biggest hurdles he would have in carrying out his vast immigration program, as he attempts to boost the number of deportations. The White House said the emergency tariffs and sanctions Trump promised earlier in the day had been completely crafted and would be held — but not signed — if...

Top Canadian ministers said Monday that Canada is prepared to react after President Donald Trump suggested he was considering putting a 25% tax on Canada and Mexico on February 1. Trump has threatened to put broad tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and other trading partners. Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly and Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc speak to reporters prior to a meeting during a cabinet retreat at Chateau Montebello in Montebello , Quebec , on January 20 , 2025. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP "We're thinking in terms of 25% on Mexico and Canada," Trump said late Monday night in the Oval Office. "I think February 1st." The timing of such levies remains uncertain. Trump issued an executive order seeking a report coordinated by the Secretary of Commerce by April 1. Trump pledged in his inaugural address that tariffs would be imposed and that foreign nations would pay the trade pena...

Pope Francis said Donald Trump's intentions to deport millions of immigrants would be a "disgrace," as he weighed in on the incoming US president's vows nearly a decade after branding him "not Christian" for proposing to erect a wall along the US-Mexico border. Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square , at the Vatican , on January 19 , 2025. Andrew Medichini/AP During an appearance Sunday night on the famous Italian chat program Che Tempo Che Fa, history's first Latin American pope was asked about the Trump administration's deportation vows. "If true, this will be a disgrace, because it makes the poor wretches who have nothing pay the bill" for the problem, Francis say. "This will not do! This is not the way to solve problems. "That is not how things are resolved." Trump, who will be inaugurated in on Monday, made ...

Melania Trump, the incoming first lady, has launched a cryptocurrency on the eve of her husband's inauguration as US president. The news comes one day after President-elect Donald Trump established the $Trump cryptocurrency. Both cryptocurrencies have gained, although the trade has been unpredictable. President ' Donald Trump ' and wife and first lady ' Melania Trump. ' Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images "The Official Melania Meme is now live! "You can buy $MELANIA now," she wrote on the social media platform X on Sunday. The "Official Melania Meme" website describes it as a crypto asset generated and monitored on the Solana blockchain. Both the $Trump and $Melania coins' websites had disclaimers saying that they were "not intended to be, or the subject of" an investment opportunity or security. According to the CoinMarketCap website, $Trump has a total market capitalization of over $12 billion (£9.8 billion), while $Mel...

Trump announced the birth of his meme coin, $TRUMP, in a Truth Social post late Friday, saying that the cryptocurrency celebrates "WINNING" the presidential election and his imminent inauguration. President-elect ' Donald Trump ' speaks to members of the media. Scott Olson/Getty Images $TRUMP's price has climbed more than 300% to just around $29 as of 10:15 a.m. EST Saturday, with a market capitalization of $6.75 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. Solana, a cryptocurrency and blockchain platform, created the meme coin and has limited the quantity to 200 million coins at launch before increasing the total supply to 1 billion over the next three years, according to the coin's website. According to state filings, the Trump Organization affiliate CIC Digital LLC and Fight Fight Fight LLC, a company formed in Delaware on January 7, own the remaining 80% of tokens that have yet to be publicly released, and both companies will receive an undisclosed ...

Impeached South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday for his failed martial law quest, capping a weeks-long standoff with authorities and making him the country's first president to be jailed. ' Yoon Suk Yeol. ' Getty Images Yoon, who is facing insurgency charges for his brief attempt to establish martial law last month, said he would cooperate with authorities to avoid "bloodshed". Yoon, a former prosecutor who led the conservative People Power Party (PPP) to victory in the 2022 elections, faces the death sentence or life in prison if convicted of rebellion. He had been attempting to avoid arrest for weeks by remaining in his residential complex, guarded by officers of the Presidential Security Service (PSS) who had remained loyal to him. His guards had erected barbed wire and barriers around the house, transforming it into a "fortress" as described by the opposition. Yoon, who had pledged to "fight to the end," wa...

Michelle Obama, the former first lady, will not attend Donald Trump's forthcoming presidential inauguration, marking her second absence from a key meeting of US political heavyweights this month. Former president Barack Obama joins former first lady Michelle Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 20. Melina Mara/The Washington Post Michelle Obama will not attend the 20 January event, where her husband, former President Barack Obama, will be joined by fellow formers Bill Clinton and George W Bush. Her administration gave no reason for her scheduled absence from the occasion at the US Capitol. The news comes after her noticeable absence at former President Jimmy Carter's state burial last week, where Barack Obama was spotted in fairly friendly discussion with Trump, despite their traditionally strained relationship. Michelle Obama was in Hawaii at the time. "Former President Barack Obama has been confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugura...

As the TikTok closure approaches in less than a week, another Chinese app known as Xiaohongshu, or RedNote in English, has acquired rapid popularity in the United States as consumers seek alternatives. United States , Chinese flags , TikTok logo and gavel are seen in this illustration taken January 8 , 2025. Dado Ruvic/REUTERS If ByteDance does not sell TikTok by January 19, the software will be unlawful to distribute on the Apple software Store and Google Play. Internet service providers must also render the software unavailable to US internet browsers. But TikTok will not go down without a fight. On Friday, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments on the potential shutdown, but analysts believe the court will most likely allow the ban to go into place based on national security. RedNote is now the #1 free social networking app in the Apple App Store rankings. Here's everything you should know about RedNote. What is RedNote? RedNote, which launched in 2013, ...

President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced on Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation's top court declined to interfere. Like so much else in the criminal case and the present American political scene, the situation poised to unfold in an austere Manhattan courtroom seemed unthinkable only a few years ago. A state court will decide what, if any, punishment the country's former and soon-to-be leader will face for offenses committed, as determined by a jury. President-elect ' Donald Trump. ' Seth Wenig/AP With Trump's inauguration just 10 days away, Judge Juan M. Merchan has signaled that he intends to impose a no-penalty punishment known as an unconditional discharge, and prosecutors are not challenging it. That means no jail time, probation, or fines, but nothing is definite until Friday's proceedings are completed. Regardless of the outcome, Trump will be the first convicted felon to become president. Trump, who is e...

When Hurricanes Milton and Helene battered the Southeast in the fall, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell expressed concern that a new level of misinformation was taking root.  "It's absolutely the worst I've ever seen," she told reporters, as conspiracy theorists' favorite agency was suddenly, absolutely detaining locals in tents, only saving trans people, not saving white people, demanding that all aid money be repaid with interest, and other blatant absurdities spread online. Firefighters fight the flames from the Palisades Fire burning the Theatre Palisades during a powerful windstorm on January 8 , 2025 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles , California. Apu Gomes/Getty Images Criswell might have wished to keep the superlatives for January. The fires that are currently raging through the houses of entertainment industry professionals and (a far bigger number of) regular Angelenos have fueled an outpouring of ridiculous comment...

Venezuela's opposition leader, María Corina Machado, was "kidnapped" by government officials after leading a protest against authoritarian president Nicolás Maduro, according to allies. Machado supporters reported she was released around three hours after the announcement, after being knocked from a motorcycle and "taken away by force" while leaving the gathering and forced to record a series of videos. ' María Corina Machado. ' AFP via Getty Images Despite widespread allegations that he stole last year's election, Maduro will be inaugurated in for his third presidential term on Friday. Hugo Chávez's succession has offered no verification of his win claim, but Machado's movement has published comprehensive voting counts that provide overwhelming evidence that its candidate, Edmundo González, won. On Thursday, thousands of opposition supporters marched around Venezuelan cities to protest Maduro's upcoming swearing-in at the req...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is resigning after more than nine years in office, citing low popularity ratings and a revolt within his political party.  Trudeau, 53, the longest-serving leader of any Group of Seven country, announced Monday that he will stand aside as leader of the governing Liberal Party. He will stay prime minister until a new leader is chosen, at which time parliament will be halted until March 24.  Trudeau , 53 , who has been the leader of the governing Liberal Party for the longest, announced on Monday that he intends to resign. Kamara Morozuk/Bloomberg via Getty Images The winner of the Liberal leadership contest will become Canada's 24th prime minister and will have to immediately prepare for an election, which the Conservative Party is widely expected to win, according to public opinion surveys.  A nationwide vote is due in October, but it is likely to happen sooner. The three largest opposition parties in parliament have said that...

Donald Trump made tariffs a centerpiece of his successful presidential campaign, and the Congressional Budget Office has calculated that they might reduce the budget deficit and the GDP in the process. On Thursday, the president-elect remarked on a tweet by venture entrepreneur Marc Andreessen on tariffs as a share of federal revenue from the late 1700s to the present. President-elect ' Donald Trump. ' Getty Images "The Tariffs, and Tariffs alone, created this vast wealth for our Country," Trump wrote. "Then we turned to income tax. We had never been as affluent as we were at this time period. Tariffs will repay our debt and "MAKE AMERICA WEALTHY AGAIN!" The federal government relied on tariff money when its position in society was much smaller than it is now. But this has altered over hundreds of years. The first federal income tax was enacted during the Civil War, when the Union organized a massive army. During the first half of the twent...

President-elect Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that a deadly attack on New Year's Eve revelers in New Orleans, Louisiana, exemplified his grim assessment of crime in America, promising to "fully support the City of New Orleans as they investigate and recover from this act of pure evil!" U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images "When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country, that statement was constantly refuted by Democrats and the Fake News Media, but it turned out to be true," Trump said on his Twitter account. "Our hearts are with all of the innocent victims and their loved ones." According to President Joe Biden's statement, the FBI is leading the federal investigation and is looking at the event as a terrorist act. "I have directed my team to ensure every resource is available as federal, state and local law enforcement work assiduously to get to the...

A Tesla cybertruck exploded outside of President-elect Donald Trump's hotel in Las Vegas, killing one person and injuring seven others. The explosion occurred at 8:40 a.m. on Wednesday in the valet area outside the lobby of the Trump International Hotel, located at Las Vegas Boulevard and Sammy Davis Jr. Drive. Cybertruck explosion outside Vegas ' Trump hotel ' leaves one dead and seven injured. Jeffrey Miller/Reuters At a press conference, Las Vegas County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said that one individual died inside the car and that efforts were underway to recover the corpse. "There is one deceased individual in the Cybertruck, and I don't know whether it's a male or female," McMahill said. "At this point, we are examining a number of leads, and I am not ready to share any of that information with you just now. We can. I can tell you that seven people are currently injured as a result of the explosion. He added that the injuries were a...

A driver wreaked havoc in New Orleans' historic French Quarter early on New Year's Day, slamming a pickup truck into a crowd and killing ten people before being shot dead by police, according to officials. Police cordon off the intersection of Canal and Bourbon Streets in New Orleans ' French Quarter on January 1 , 2025. Matthew Hinton/AFP via Getty Images The attack injured over 30 individuals and is being investigated by the FBI as a terrorist crime. The driver was killed in a shootout with police after the attack around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday on Bourbon Street near Canal Street, in an area crowded with New Year's revelers, according to the FBI. According to an Associated Press report, investigators were scanning the French Quarter for probable explosive devices. The official was not allowed to discuss the probe publicly and talked with the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. Alethea Duncan, FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge, said that in...

Jimmy Carter, the former president of the United States, has died at the age of 100, the institute he founded confirmed. The former peanut farmer lived longer than any president in history, reaching his 100th birthday in October. Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at his home in the small town of Plains , Georgia. Carolyn Kaster/AP The Carter Center, which promotes democracy and human rights across the world, said he died on Sunday afternoon at his home in Plains, Georgia. The Democrat was president from 1977 to 1981, a period marked by economic and diplomatic issues. After departing the White House with dismal popularity ratings, he rehabilitated his name via humanitarian efforts that garnered him the Nobel Peace Prize. "My father was a hero, not only to me, but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and selfless love," his son, Chip Carter, said in a statement. "The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we thank you f...

The House Ethics Committee accused Matt Gaetz of "regularly" paying for sex, including with a 17-year-old female, as well as purchasing and using illegal narcotics while serving in Congress. Matt Gaetz speaks on the third day of Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States , on July 17 , 2024. Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images Gaetz has denied any misconduct. The bipartisan panel's 37-page report provides vivid descriptions of sex-filled parties and vacations in which Gaetz, 42, participated from 2017 to 2020 while representing Florida's western panhandle. The results conclude that he broke various state sexual misconduct statutes while in office. "The Committee determined there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obs...