For more than a century, the office of the U.S. Surgeon General has evolved from its roots in the Marine Hospital Service into one of the nation's most recognizable voices on public health -- sounding the alarm on everything from smoking and AIDS to emerging health threats. But today, the future and influence of that office are being tested.

President Trump predicted in March that his military "excursion" into Iran would last several weeks. Instead, he's been trapped in a doom loop of violence and negotiations for nearly half the year, hamstrung by an aversion to deploying U.S. ground troops and the tenacity of a regime that's been on a war footing for decades.

Flights out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will stop for three hours to keep the skies clear ahead of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix.

White House adviser Peter Navarro blasted House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, a longtime Trump ally, saying the lawmaker hasn't done enough to investigate the "weaponization" of the Justice Department against President Trump after he took office in 2017.

President Trump threatened to use the federal government to upend New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new pied-a-terre tax a day after a judge ordered an emergency pause of the new surcharge.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday breathed new life into the Department of Homeland Security's plans to use a speedy deportation power on migrants who were paroled into the U.S., potentially giving the Trump administration a new tool to boot hundreds of thousands who were admitted by President Biden.

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A newly reported Secret Service ruse to fly President Trump out of the NATO summit last month in Turkey amid an assassination threat from Iran is raising questions about the president’s security while traveling abroad. Trump left Ankara on an alternate aircraft because of the threat, The Washington Post first reported Monday. After announcing he...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is pulling its support from an Arctic climate and environment report it has helped with in the past. Rick Thoman, lead editor for the 2026 Arctic Report Card, said that participants were informed Monday that they would no longer receive assistance from the government agency. “We were informed...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has intervened in a Dallas County surrogacy case involving an unborn baby with a severe heart defect, seeking to ensure the fetus receives life-saving medical treatment after birth despite objections from his intended parents. The unborn child, who Paxton’s office referred to as “baby Gabriel,” was diagnosed in utero...