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The Education Department announced Thursday that it is moving some of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, the latest and largest in a series of program shifts as the Trump administration works toward its goal of shutting down the Education Department. The interagency agreement, officials said, will move “operational responsibility for collecting on defaulted Federal student loan...

Prices at the pump have been climbing, jumping more than $1 a gallon since the month began.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Thursday that rising energy prices caused by the ongoing conflict with Iran could lead to higher global inflation if prolonged, but it said no nation has yet reached out for emergency financial assistance. IMF communications director Julie Kozack told reporters that the organization was closely monitoring how oil and...

A new ad from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) slams his GOP primary opponent, Ed Gallrein, whom President Trump has endorsed.  The ad, shared Thursday by Inside Elections journalist Jacob Rubashkin on the social platform X, opens with a photo of Massie and the president smiling and flashing thumbs-ups. It then goes on to accuse Gallrein...

The Trump administration will not restrict U.S. exports of oil or natural gas amid rising prices over the war in Iran, top officials said Thursday. In identical statements posted on social platform X, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, “To be clear, the Trump administration has no plan to implement restrictions on oil and...

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) weighed in on President Trump's decision to tap Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), claiming the senator's acceptance of the nomination “shows us who he is.” “Him accepting, right, this nomination, and sitting there and wanting to be in the Cabinet, already shows us who...

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Trump administration against California last summer over the cost of eggs. U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi, a President Trump appointee, found that the federal government lacked standing to challenge California laws and regulations governing the production, sale and shipment of eggs. Scarsi did...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) on Thursday endorsed Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) in the race to succeed outgoing Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R). In a release by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which Scott chairs, Thune called Hern “a proven conservative leader and fighter for Oklahomans” in the House....

Years of White House proclamations and Democratic praise for Cesar Chavez are now under fresh scrutiny after abuse allegations prompted allies to back away.

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Graham Platner in Maine's Democratic Senate primary against Gov. Janet Mills, backing the outsider ahead of a June showdown.

The DOJ subpoenaed James Comey over his role in the 2017 Russia election intelligence report, escalating a criminal probe into how it was produced and if officials misled Congress.

Epstein's lawyer testified he knew of no Trump relationship, the House Oversight chairman revealed.

FBI reportedly investigating former counterterrorism chief Joe Kent for allegedly leaking classified information, with intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard unaware of probe.

A road rage incident in a Philadelphia suburb led to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arresting a violent illegal immigrant with a long criminal history.