Linda McMahon is testifying at a Senate Confirmation Hearing on her nomination to be education secretary. Democrats have been gearing up to grill McMahon on…
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By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The White House said Wednesday that news organizations that refuse to use President Donald Trump’s new…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation…
By DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s unconventional pick for director of national intelligence, awaited a final Senate vote…
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will present an unforgiving argument for dismantling the U.S. Agency for…
By LORNE COOK and TARA COPP, Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that NATO membership for Ukraine was unrealistic…
By FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have railed against the IRS and its cadre of armed agents. Now…
By SAMYA KULLAB, Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has offered to strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump for continued American military aid in exchange for…
By DAVID CRARY, Associated Press National Writer More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and…
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY ATLANTA (AP) — Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been…
By COLLIN BINKLEY WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of labor unions filed a lawsuit Monday asking a federal court to stop Elon Musk’s team from…
With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government’s public integrity guardrails
By ERIC TUCKER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first three weeks of his administration, President Donald Trump has moved…
By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t…
By JILL COLVIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost…
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and KATHY McCORMACK, Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A third federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright…