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The seizure comes as the United States builds up its forces in the Caribbean as part of a pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela.

The first Black person to hold that cabinet position, he resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s major legislative effort to improve public education nationwide.

The case involves an Alabama man who challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests.

President Trump vacillated between demonizing immigrants and assuring a crowd of his supporters that life was better than ever under his administration.

The dispute before the court involved a Republican effort to lift limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.

President Trump’s comments deepened his rift with mainstream European leaders over defense and Ukraine policy.

The threat is the latest aggressive action that President Trump has taken against America’s biggest trading partners.

The president rolled out a $12 billion bailout for farmers as he makes the case that his policy is working — or will soon.

The president said he would defer to his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, on whether to release a video showing a follow-up attack that killed survivors of a Sept. 2 strike …

The justices have indicated that they will try to find a way to protect the independence of the Fed, even as they let presidents remove leaders of other agencies.