A federal judge ordered the administration to quit moving ahead with reductions in force, saying Wednesday that the law President Trump signed to reopen the government last month forbids them.
Several prominent congressional Democrats on Saturday slammed the Trump administration's national security strategy (NSS), claiming it favors President Trump's business interests and weakens U.S. influence abroad. "Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy puts his family’s and friends’ business interests with our adversaries, like Russia and China, over promises to our allies," Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), who...
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts overhauled a program designed to provide more exposure to historically underutilized businesses in the state procurement process by removing female and minority-owned businesses from the eligibility standards.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday took the podium at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum to attack post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy, declaring a new military focus on the Western Hemisphere while lambasting the decisions of former administrations. Over roughly 40 minutes, Hegseth touched on a myriad of topics, including repeated demands that allies...
The National Park Service in 2026 will offer free admission to U.S. residents on June 14 — or Flag Day, which also happens to be President Trump's birthday. But the Interior Department, which oversees the park service, also quietly removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth — June 19 — from its list of...
President Trump on Saturday awarded medals to the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, while hailing the renovations underway at the famed Washington arts destination months after he announced an overhaul of the center and named himself its board chair. “We are making something really special,” Trump said in the Oval Office, according to a...
Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla said President Trump's endorsement of his opponent, conservative candidate Nasry Asfura, hurt his chances of winning the country's election. "It hurt me because I was winning by a much larger margin,” Nasralla told Reuters. The latest election results on Nov. 30 showed Nasralla slightly behind at 39 percent compared to Asfura's...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dealt with two controversies this week, as Democrats demand his resignation and Republicans leave his fate with President Trump. Hegseth came under fire after The Washington Post reported that he ordered the military to "kill everybody" on a drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2, when survivors were seen...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is facing a challenging political future as he finds himself at the epicenter of a growing fraud scandal in his home state. The controversy, which focuses on hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly stolen from a federally funded nutrition program, has led to more than 50 convictions. The New York...
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki weighed in Thursday on the discourse around Pentagon media access, calling out the new "press corps" for consisting of mostly conservative influencers. "What is so interesting right now in Washington is what is happening with the Pentagon press corps. It actually surprised me what they did," Psaki, now...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday praised his conversation with special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner during a "long and substantive" call to further peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. "I am grateful for a very focused, constructive discussion," Zelensky wrote on the social media platform X. "We covered many aspects...
The stage is set and all 12 groups competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup have been drawn. And after a 24 hour wait, the organization has announced which nations will play in which stadiums. Prior to the draw, where President Trump was awarded the inaugural peace prize, the only predetermined stadiums were the three...
The White House on Friday posted a video of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests spliced with an altered clip of pop musician Sabrina Carpenter on "Saturday Night Live," days after using one of her songs in a similar video. The video, pulled from her Oct. 18 appearance on SNL, starts with Carpenter on stage...
