Palau, an archipelago of about 350 small islands in the Pacific Ocean, has signed a “memo of understanding” with the Trump administration to take up to 75 “third country nationals” who cannot be returned to their home nations, the office of Palau’s president said on Wednesday. In return, Palau will receive $7.5 million and other aid.

The $400 million, 90,000-square-foot East Wing project continues despite preservation groups' legal challenge being denied by a federal judge.

Nasry Asfura ran on a broad pro-business platform, and has signaled that he may swap Honduras' allegiance to Taiwan and away from Beijing.

Trump's federalization of the National Guard has sparked a fierce debate across party lines, as Democrats denounce the push as unlawful and beyond the scope of his authority.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a March presidential memorandum to revoke the security clearance of prominent Washington attorney Mark Zaid, ruling that the order — which also targeted 14 other individuals — could not be applied to him.

A conservative construction magnate backed by Donald Trump was declared the winner of Honduras’s presidential election after a long and chaotic vote count.  Nasry “Tito” Asfura won the Nov. 30 election,

The Energy Department ordered two coal-burning power plants to remain open, and the Environmental Protection Agency gave utilities more time to tackle toxic coal ash.

The election, just a week after Chile chose far-right politician José Antonio Kast as its next president, continues Latin America’s swing to the right.

A Republican-aligned pollster puts the president’s approval rating back at minus 10 points, reversing gains earlier this month.