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President Trump has told seven countries that they will face tariffs of at least 25 percent on Aug. 1 if they don't reach agreements by then.

The document from El Salvador seems to undermine a position that lawyers for the Justice Department and top Trump officials have taken time and again in front of a judge in Washington.

Building a viable new political party to rival the Democrats and Republicans is enormously difficult and expensive. Small wonder it hasn't been done.

The private dinner between the two leaders on Monday marks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's third visit to Washington this year.

After months of promising big revelations, Attorney General Pam Bondi acknowledged a lack of evidence for a host of conspiracy theories, including a "client list" and a jailhouse murder.

Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways to protect shellfish in the Pacific Northwest, although Trump budget cuts may thwart their efforts.

Read Trump's letter to the president of South Korea

The tariffs on some of America's closest allies would go into effect Aug. 1, unless the countries reach some kind of trade agreement with the United States.

The decision by the Homeland Security Department' to end protections for migrants from those countries goes into effect in about two months.

The case challenges the Trump administration's targeting of noncitizen student activists for arrest and deportation on First Amendment grounds.