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'There will not be submission,' President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday, adding she hopes to speak to Trump this week. 'Mexicans are valiant and strong.'

The high court, by a 5-4 vote, turned down an appeal from President Trump's lawyers on Wednesday on the disbursement of nearly $2 billion in foreign funds.

Partisan rancor during President Trump's speech was remarkable and fiery from the moment it began, and the most contentious in recent memory.

President Trump's largely rosy assessment of the U.S. under his new administration is contradicted by other indicators, including public polling, economic markets, court rulings and remarks from U.S. allies.

President Trump laid out an aggressive approach to 'renewing the American dream' in his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.

President Trump turned on Volodymyr Zelensky because he wants to take credit for ending the conflict as a talking point regardless of the durability of the peace.

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if Mexico can sue U.S. gun makers for damages. Most of the justices, liberal and conservative, sounded skeptical of Mexico's lawsuit.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled for San Francisco in limiting the power of environmental regulators to prevent ocean discharges of polluted stormwater.

Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were described as private but neighborly by those who got to know them over many years.

President Trump's sweeping tariffs threatened to upend free trade in North America and sent shock waves through the global supply chain.

Californians are among the nation's largest consumers of imported Mexican avocados, tequila and beer. Prices of all are expected to spike because of Trump's new tariffs.

Last month's contentious town hall in Yucca Valley was among several events across the U.S. in which GOP lawmakers were shouted down while touting the Trump administration's first month in office.

Unable to seek asylum in the U.S. because of President Trump's crackdown on immigration, thousands of migrants are applying for asylum status in Mexico.

The actions of the Trump administration's FTC and FCC are oddly out of step with the positions on free speech JD Vance staked out in Europe last month.

The House speaker says Tuesday evening's speech before a joint session of Congress will be a 'triumphant return.' Democrats strategize about how to avoid becoming a foil to Trump on live TV.

The Oscar winner and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead with one of the family's three dogs by maintenance workers last week.

Sacrificing Ukraine and capitulating to Russia diminishes American power that has stabilized the world for 80 years.

Elon Musk has rampaged across the federal bureaucracy to President Trump's cheers. But if disaster strikes, it could blow up in Trump's face.

Then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Values Act into law in 2017, limiting state and local law enforcement's cooperation with federal immigration agents.

Korean Americans are finding themselves on the hook for service in the South Korean military — all because a rapper dodged it.

A rancher living on the border with Mexico says life is less fearful now that hundreds of migrants aren't crossing his property each day. The latest installment in series on Trump's America.

Studies show kicking out thousands of transgender service members, a tiny fraction of the armed forces, would do nothing to help the military's mission.

President Trump says he'll impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Tuesday. Mexico is working hard to persuade Trump to hold off on the threat.