{beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP SENT the first budget request of his second term to Republican appropriators in Congress on Friday, exposing new GOP divisions on spending. Office of Management Budget director Russell Vought outlined the steep cuts Trump seeks for non-defense spending in a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine). "This...
The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to let the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access millions of Americans’ personal data stored by the Social Security Administration (SSA) while it appeals an order that iced the advisory group out. The emergency application asks the justices to lift a Maryland federal judge’s injunction blocking DOGE from...
The attorneys for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, filed a Thursday motion seeking to dismiss state charges against him. Lead lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, argued that dueling federal charges would amount to double jeopardy for her client. If the charges aren’t dropped, Friedman Agnifilo has asked a judge to...
More than 70 House Democrats are requesting the Smithsonian inspector general to kickstart an investigation into President Trump’s executive order targeting Smithsonian museums, arguing the president’s action is encroaching on the institution’s independence. Seventy-one House Democrats, led by Reps. Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) and Paul Tonko (N.Y.) are criticizing Trump’s March 27 executive order, which says...
The latest measles update from the CDC reports a total of 935 confirmed cases — the vast majority of which are among patients who are unvaccinated or have unknown vaccination statuses.
Planned Parenthood chapters have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging new terms that would hinder their continued participation in a long-standing program aimed at preventing teenage pregnancy.
Connecticut Senate Democrats made a TikTok video on Thursday listing 100 things they would rather do than have President Donald Trump in office for another 100 days.
As President Donald Trump celebrated his 100th day in office this week, Elon Musk's DOGE said it has cut at least $160 billion in waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government.
ICE and the Virginia State Police arrested an illegal immigrant after he was released as a result of a plea deal made by the Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office.