The Trump administration’s sharing of sensitive military information on Signal has shocked allies, while further eroding trans-Atlantic trust thanks to group chat messages from top U.S. officials expressing contempt toward Europe's “freeloading” on security. “I think every allied intelligence agency that read that article is probably having their own internal panic attack about what this...

Elon Musk is pushing to improve the image of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), suggesting the Tesla CEO is aware of the boogeyman persona he has created for himself and his cost-cutting push since joining President Trump’s team.  Musk went on Fox News on Thursday night to claim he is being careful and compassionate...

Friday brought new twists in President Trump’s intensifying battle with major legal firms. Trump has targeted several firms with executive orders that rescind their security clearances and banish them from the use of government facilities. If such orders stand, they would call the survival of the firms into question, since they would create enormous logistical...

The Trump administration fielded questions after the Atlantic published a story detailing how administration officials used a Signal group chat to discuss strikes in Yemen.

When asked to define a "woman," President Donald Trump started with funny lines before turning to a serious issue, the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's sports, which he called "crazy."

President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland highlights the island’s growing strategic value, from rare earth mineral wealth to its role in Arctic defense.

Utah became the first state to prohibit LGBTQ+ pride flags from being displayed at government buildings and schools after the governor declined to reject the measure.

Columbia University’s decision-makers had the good sense to yield to Trump administration demands this week, allowing the university to meet the preconditions necessary to restore $400 million in federal funding.  The university has agreed to several reforms, including banning masks at protests, enhanced discipline and expulsion of disruptive protesters, and ending unauthorized encampments on campus. […]

As U.S. authorities crack down on immigrants at universities in a fervor against pro-Palestinian protests, they quickly have shuttled some of those detained to remote facilities in Louisiana.

The race to fill a Texas congressional seat has candidates but no election date more than three weeks after Rep. Sylvester Turner's death left a vacancy in a stronghold for Democrats, who are eager to cut into Republicans' narrow U.S. House majority.