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Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Image (NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to health care providers, calling on medical institutions to continue providing gender-affirming care amid reports, according the [Read More…]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump. [Read More…]

Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of Department of Education employees received letters as business hours closed Friday placing them on administrative leave, according to a copy of one letter obtained by [Read More…]

Mark Schiefelbein / POOL AP / AFP (WASHINGTON) — United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and said the Central American nation has agreed to not only take [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is continuing his outreach to Senate Republicans — critical to advancing his Cabinet nominees and aggressive agenda. ABC News has exclusively obtained an invitation sent to GOP [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump could soon sign an executive order directing the secretary of education to dismantle the federal Department of Education, according to sources briefed on drafts of the order [Read More…]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Finance Committee will vote on Tuesday on whether to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services under [Read More…]

Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Intelligence Committee is expected to vote on former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for Director of National Intelligence in a closed-door session Tuesday afternoon. The vote follows [Read More…]

Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at combatting antisemitism calls on institutions of higher education to “monitor for and report activities by alien students and staff” concerning [Read More…]

Luis Barron/ Pixelnews/Future Publishing via Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — The U.S. has paused the implementation of tariffs for a month in both Canada and Mexico following conversations on Monday with President Donald Trump, according [Read More…]

Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of Department of Education employees received letters as business hours closed Friday placing them on administrative leave, according to a copy of one letter obtained by [Read More…]

Luis Barron/ Pixelnews/Future Publishing via Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — U.S. tariffs imposed on Mexico have been “paused for a month,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a post on X Monday shortly after speaking to President [Read More…]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s administration is filling one of the State Department’s top positions with a controversial conservative journalist who has promoted conspiracy theories related to the Jan. [Read More…]

Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Treasury Department has given Elon Musk and representatives of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team access to the vast federal payment system responsible for handling trillions of dollars [Read More…]

Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With a committee vote scheduled Tuesday for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Senate Democrats are demanding more details on [Read More…]

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Army identified Saturday the third soldier on the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the midair crash over the Potomac River Wednesday night as Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach. Lobach, of [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States used manned fighter jets to conduct an airstrike against Islamic State targets in Somalia on Saturday, three U.S. officials told ABC News on Saturday. President Donald Trump [Read More…]

(Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett) (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to embark on his first diplomatic mission abroad since being confirmed to his post, visiting five countries in Central [Read More…]

(Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is set to impose tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday, placing pressure on three top U.S. trade partners while [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a bruising round of confirmation hearings this week that left Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation in doubt, the nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services [Read More…]