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Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House has quietly directed the FBI to halt the background check process for dozens of President Donald Trump’s top staffers, and has transferred the process [Read More…]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a sneaky legislative maneuver tied into the effort to pass a funding bill and avert a government shutdown, House Republicans earlier this week successfully blocked Democrats from forcing votes [Read More…]

Hulton Deutsch/Corbis via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — As early as Friday, President Donald Trump is expected to invoke the Alien Enemies Act — a wartime law that allows the president to detain or deport [Read More…]

Shannon Finney/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced Thursday morning that he will not run for U.S. Senate or governor in the state of Michigan, potentially clearing the way to [Read More…]

Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Thursday pulled President Donald Trump’s nomination of Dr. David Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, multiple sources [Read More…]

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former Tennessee lawmaker who was once represented by White House Counsel David Warrington said he received a pardon from President Donald Trump after pleading guilty to an illegal campaign [Read More…]

(Skyhobo/Getty Image) (WASHINGTON) — Calling it the “biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history,” the Environmental Protection Agency rolled out sweeping moves Wednesday aimed at walking back environmental protections and eliminating a host of climate change [Read More…]

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Joe Murphy, whose position as a management and data analyst was eliminated when the Department of Education laid off nearly 50% of its workforce Tuesday evening, said on [Read More…]

U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sit in a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, [Read More…]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (SILVER SPRING, Md.) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers as part of the Trump administration’s mandate for agencies [Read More…]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government, heightening the alert for a potential government [Read More…]

Robert Alexander/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Environmental Protection Agency staff members across the country have been told by supervisors they are prohibited from communicating with grantee partners they are supposed to supervise and monitor, according to [Read More…]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The deadline has quietly passed on Attorney General Pam Bondi delivering a report to President Donald Trump on whether any leftover Biden administration policies infringe on Americans’ right to bear [Read More…]

Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Wednesday entered an emergency order barring the Trump administration from implementing major parts of its executive order that sought to target the law firm [Read More…]

Win Mcnamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Education’s mass layoffs on Tuesday affected some 1,315 employees — including civil servants around the country who are now left wondering who will advocate for those they served. The [Read More…]

Photo by Kremlin Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump‘s “trust” in Russia’s Vladimir Putin now faces a major test as the world waits for Moscow to respond to a 30-day ceasefire [Read More…]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) —   A federal judge spent Wednesday morning grilling a Department of Justice lawyer about the legality of the Pentagon’s transgender service member ban, repeatedly suggesting the policy relies on a flawed understanding [Read More…]

Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has arrested over 32,000 migrants who are living in the United States without legal status since Jan. 21, according to Department of [Read More…]

Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Canadians who are in the United States for 30 days or longer and cross the land border will soon have to register their information with the U.S. government, [Read More…]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Wednesday will consider the fate of more than 20,000 government employees fired by the Trump administration. Twenty Democratic attorneys general sued to block the firings last [Read More…]