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The Status of Presidential Appointments After Year One

The entire process is much more combative and cumbersome than it used to be, or than it needs to be, a trend that seems likely to become the ‘new...

Vance and Rubio set to attend Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Italy. Trump isn’t on the list

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance will lead an American delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy and attend the opening ceremony, the White House said Saturday.

Board of Peace for Gaza is forming with ambitions for a wider mandate of other conflicts

President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," which was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises, potentially rivaling the United Nations in what would be a major upheaval to the post-World War II international order.

Supreme Court prepares to weigh Trump’s power over Federal Reserve 

President Trump’s power over the Federal Reserve will be front and center at the Supreme Court next week. The justices on Wednesday will hear arguments on whether Trump can fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook over accusations of mortgage fraud.  Looming over it all is the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, the Fed’s chair,...

Trump invites leaders of Egypt, Turkey, Argentina to join Gaza peace board

President Trump has invited the presidents of Egypt, Turkey and Argentina to join his newly created “Gaza Board of Peace.”  The White House announced the board’s creation on Friday as part of the Trump administration's efforts to advance its 20-point peace plan for the region.  Argentinian President Javier Milei announced that he’d accepted his position...

Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ announced: Witkoff, Kushner among members

The White House announced Friday the composition of the “Board of Peace” tasked with implementing President Trump’s 20-point peace plan and steering Gaza’s postwar reconstruction.  The body, headed by Trump, will also include three of his closest diplomatic advisers — Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner...

Biggest US grid operator appears to stop short of reforms pushed by Trump and bipartisan governors

After the Trump administration and a coalition of bipartisan governors called on the biggest U.S. electric grid operator to enact reforms to cut electricity prices, the operator announced its own plan that does not include key details of the bipartisan proposal. The grid operator, PJM, which serves states on the East Coast and in the Midwest, said Friday...

Nobel Prize committee says Machado decision to give Trump award doesn’t change who won

The committee that awards the Nobel Prize said Friday that the physical symbols of the prize — a medal and diploma — can be given away, but the honor itself is “inseparably linked” to the winner. “The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded...

DOJ seeks life sentence for convicted would-be Trump assassin

The Justice Department is seeking a life sentence for the man convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump while he golfed in South Florida in 2024. Ryan Routh, 59, was found guilty last year on all five counts he faced following a trial where he mounted his own defense. Federal prosecutors wrote in court filings...

Omar tells protesters throwing projectiles at police: ‘Do not let your anger get the best of you’

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) urged those demonstrating against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota to not let anger win out in response to reports of protesters throwing projectiles at police. “Do not let your anger get the best of you,” Omar said in an interview with NewsNation's Mills Hayes on Friday.  “We are...

Trump housing plan would open 401(k)s for down payments: Hassett

President Trump will announce a proposal next week to allow Americans to dip into their 401(k)s for a down payment on a home as part of his housing affordability push, one of his top economic advisers said Friday. Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, said Trump will unveil the plan at the upcoming...

Education Department delays wage garnishment for defaulted student loan borrowers

The Education Department said Friday it would delay plans to garnish the wages of federal student loan borrowers who are in default.  The department said it will temporarily delay wage garnishment for those who haven't paid toward their loans in more than nine months as new student loans reforms are implemented this year. It previously...

New Venezuela leader calls for warmer relations with US, opening oil industry to outside investors

Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday called for warmer diplomatic relations with the U.S. and advocated for opening her country's oil industry to foreign investors in the wake of President Trump's decision to take control of Venezuela's oil. "Let us not be afraid of diplomacy," Rodríguez said in her first state of the union...

Schatz says US ‘absolutely rolled’ by China-Canada trade deal

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said Friday Americans would be hurt by a trade deal between China and Canada as foreign nations seek new trade partners amid the Trump administration’s tariff wars. “We just got absolutely rolled in this Canada - China deal. A stark foreign policy failure with domestic economic consequences,” Schatz wrote in a...

Third offshore wind project halted by Trump is allowed to resume construction

A third offshore wind project halted by the Trump administration was allowed to resume construction Friday, dealing yet another blow to the administration’s anti-wind efforts. Federal Judge Jamar Walker, an appointee of former President Biden in Virginia, allowed the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial Project to temporarily keep building. Walker granted a preliminary injunction Friday...

Liberian man released for second time after ICE officers broke into home with battering ram

A Liberian national who was arrested by federal immigration officers in Minnesota last weekend after they used a battering ram to break down his door was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody Friday for the second time in less than 24 hours, according to his attorney, who spoke with The Associated Press. A...

Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of geofence warrants 

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review the constitutionality of geofence warrants, which allow law enforcement to demand companies turn over information on cellphones online at a location during a specific time window.  In a brief order, the justices said they will review a defendant’s appeal that argues such warrants violate his Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches.  The case will potentially be...

Supreme Court takes up Bayer’s bid to limit Roundup weed killer liability

The Supreme Court on Friday took up a bid from Bayer to limit liability for pesticide makers, including Bayer’s Roundup weed killer, which has become the subject of numerous cancer suits. The court said it would take up the company’s petition, which was backed by the Trump administration. It said it would only evaluate the question of...

Watch live: Trump to attend boulevard renaming ceremony near Mar-a-Lago

President Trump's name will soon be attached to several miles of Sunshine Boulevard in Palm Beach, Fla. The president will participate in the renaming ceremony on Friday after commissioners voted last summer to designate 4 miles of the stretch running from Palm Beach International Airport to his Mar-a-Lago resort as “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard,”...

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