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Democrat-sponsored bill seeks ethics checks on special government employees like Elon Musk
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new legislative push led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., is seeking to bar special government employees like tech billionaire and senior Trump adviser Elon [Read More…]

Military academies criticized for removing DEI-related books from libraries
wellesenterprises/Getty Images/STOCK (ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — At the U.S. Naval Academy, it’s not what’s on the shelves that’s drawing attention — but what’s missing. The institution’s Nimitz Library has been stripped of 381 titles, according to [Read More…]

Trump administration reviewing case of FBI informant convicted of lying about Bidens
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice said it is reviewing the criminal case brought against a former FBI informant convicted of peddling lies about former President Joe Biden and his [Read More…]

What to know about Trump’s health as he undergoes latest physical
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump undergoes his annual physical at Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, marking his first such exam of his second term. “I have never felt better, but nevertheless, [Read More…]

RFK Jr., intent to focus on chronic disease, continues to be dogged by impacts of HHS cuts
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Far as he was from Washington, D.C., as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hiked to the top of a towering sandstone arch in rural Arizona with [Read More…]

Democratic senators call for probe into possible insider trading over Trump tariff change
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two Democratic senators are demanding answers from the White House over serious concerns that President Donald Trump’s rollbacks on his tariffs and his social media posts earlier Wednesday may [Read More…]

House passes budget blueprint to fund Trump’s agenda
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House narrowly voted to approve the GOP budget blueprint Thursday by a vote of 216-214, delivering a major victory for President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. Trump congratulated the House [Read More…]

Johnson tries again to vote on Trump-backed budget blueprint after GOP hard-liners balked
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is voting Thursday on a budget blueprint to fund President Donald Trump’s agenda, which was passed by the Senate last week. “I’m happy to tell you that this [Read More…]

Democratic Party ‘doubling down’ on town hall meetings targeting Republican-held districts
ABC News The Democratic National Committee — continuing its push to host town halls in Republican-held districts — is announcing a new set of town halls focused on the Republican-led budget bill and featuring high-profile [Read More…]

House GOP moves to prevent votes on rescinding Trump tariffs
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are exhausting all legislative tools to prevent future votes on repealing President Donald Trump’s tariffs — doubling down on their support for the administration’s policies. GOP leaders on [Read More…]

House Republicans tee up vote on Trump-backed budget blueprint despite hard-liner opposition
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are plowing ahead with a vote on the Senate-approved GOP budget blueprint on Wednesday despite opposition from rank-and-file lawmakers. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., with the help [Read More…]

Acting IRS commissioner plans to resign after data-sharing deal with immigration authorities
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHIGTON) — The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is planning to resign following the agency’s data sharing agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to support the Trump administration’s efforts [Read More…]

State Department says talks with Iran are not a negotiation, will be direct
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ahead of expected talks between the United States and Iran over the weekend, the State Department pushed back on the idea that the discussion would be a negotiation [Read More…]

Texas governor under fire after pushing special election to November
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (AUSTIN, TX) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a proclamation Monday afternoon that the special election to fill the seat vacated following the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, for the [Read More…]

Trump signs executive order to expand ‘clean’ coal, but there’s no such thing
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to expand the mining and use of coal in the U.S., calling it “beautiful, clean coal.” During a ceremony at the [Read More…]

National Park Service restores Harriet Tubman feature on webpage after criticism over removal
Library of Congress via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A National Park Service webpage about the Underground Railroad has been restored to its original state months after it was changed to remove abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman [Read More…]

Musk and top Trump adviser feud over tariffs: ‘Dumber than a sack of bricks’
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk took another shot at Peter Navarro on Tuesday over tariffs, calling President Donald Trump’s top adviser on trade and manufacturing a “moron” and “dumber than a sack of [Read More…]

‘Death sentence’: Advocates blast $1.3 billion in State Department food aid cuts
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The State Department has moved to squeeze lifesaving foreign aid dramatically for countries around the world, according to several U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The latest cuts include the [Read More…]

IRS, DHS sign data-sharing agreement for taxpayer data of those illegally in US
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The IRS and Department of Homeland Security have reached a data-sharing agreement to support the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agenda, according to a court filing late Monday night. Under the [Read More…]

Supreme Court allows Trump to terminate 16,000 probationary federal workers
Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Trump administration can move forward with the termination of 16,000 probationary federal workers across six agencies and [Read More…]