Vance tasked with selling Trump’s signature tax and spending bill
(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump secured a major legislative victory when what he had been calling his "big, beautiful bill" became law in July.... Read More.
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Key 2025 elections approach with Trump approval, congressional maps at stake: What to watch in November
(NEW YORK) -- With less than two months out to Election Day, this year's elections -- ranging from hot-button mayoral and gubernatorial contests to... Read More.
Massie on Epstein files: ‘We can’t avoid justice to avoid embarrassment for some very powerful men’
(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Rep. Thomas Massie said Sunday that those who might be in the Jeffrey Epstein files need to be held accountable regardless... Read More.
RFK Jr. challenged to square COVID vaccine skepticism with Trump’s Operation Warp Speed
(WASHINGTON) -- In a combative hearing on Thursday, senators pushed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the politically tenuous effort... Read More.
Smithsonian secretary reaffirms institution’s ‘independence’ in response to White House’s demand for review
(WASHINGTON) -- Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III asserted the Smithsonian Institution's control over its programming and content this week in a letter addressed to... Read More.
Trump to sign order renaming Pentagon ‘Department of War’: Sources
(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Friday renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War, a White... Read More.
Washington, DC, residents press Congress to end Trump’s federal law enforcement surge
(WASHINGTON) -- Some Washington, D.C. residents fanned out across the halls of Congress on Thursday, urging lawmakers to end President Donald Trump's federal law... Read More.
Army extends orders for DC National Guard through Nov. 30: Officials
(WASHINGTON) -- The Army is extending orders for the Washington, D.C., National Guard to remain on active duty in the nation’s capital through Nov. 30,... Read More.
DC attorney general sues to end federal National Guard deployment
(WASHINGTON) -- Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb filed a lawsuit on Thursday to end the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard... Read More.
Artificial intelligence is here. Will it replace teachers?
(NEW YORK) -- Many parents, school districts and the federal government alike have embraced artificial intelligence this back-to-school season, but some experts warn artificial... Read More.
RFK Jr. set to testify before Senate Finance Committee amid CDC turmoil, vaccine changes
(WASHINGTON) -- After a week of fast-moving shakeups at the nation's health agency, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will come... Read More.
Trump calls Epstein files ‘irrelevant’ as push for release gains steam
(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday cast the Jeffrey Epstein controversy as "irrelevant" amid an effort on Capitol Hill to force a vote... Read More.
