National Journal

On Thursday, the White House posted on X an AI-generated image of a law enforcement officer arresting a crying woman, apparently to boast about its crackdown on immigration. The incident underscored the Trump administration’s open contempt for immigrants, particularly those it claims enter the country illegally, while also highlighting its stated goal of ensuring U.S. dominance in AI—an industry led by immigrants. In 2023, immigrants founded or co-founded 65 percent of the top A

On Wednesday, President Trump ignored both law and 90 years of Supreme Court precedent when he fired the two Democratic commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission, potentially changing the agency from a nonpartisan enforcer of trade law to the president's personal trade enforcement bureau. “Our staff is unafraid of the Martin Shkreli and Jeff Bezos of the world. They take them to court and they win,” said Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya in a written statement after he learned of his (poss