{beacon} Evening Report TRUMP FIRST 100 DAYS © Virginia Mayo, Associated Press Hegseth moves to shake up the Pentagon DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH is moving to overhaul the Pentagon through steep budget and staffing cuts. Hegseth said Friday that a hiring freeze and an “aggressive” effort to fire civilian employees is on the way....

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story NOAA set to slash jobs ‘imminently’ Mass firings are set to hit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) “imminently,” a source with knowledge told The Hill. © NOAA via Getty Images; Ben Curtis, Associated Press The person, who asked to speak anonymously due to...

The Associated Press sued White House officials Friday for restricting the wire service’s access to the Oval Office and Air Force One over its refusal to use “Gulf of America” in its AP Stylebook. Claiming the restrictions violate the outlet’s First Amendment rights and due process protections under the Fifth Amendment, the lawsuit asks a federal judge...

Arizona state lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to deny medical claims. The Arizona House of Representatives passed the legislation 58-0, with two lawmakers sitting out the vote, and it now heads to the state senate for consideration. The bill, which was sponsored by state Rep. Julie...

President Trump said Friday he was considering merging the U.S. Postal Service into his administration, calling the agency a “tremendous loser” of money. “We want to have a post office that works well and doesn't lose massive amounts of money, and we're thinking about doing that,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “And it...

Kash Patel was sworn in as FBI Director on Friday, after a rocky path to confirmation and a narrow Senate vote Thursday. President Trump appointed him to end so-called "weaponization" of law enforcement.

The Trump administration is replacing the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), over concerns over the pace of the deportation campaign.

Vice President JD Vance swore in Howard Lutnick as Trump's secretary of commerce at the White House on Friday.

Attorney General Pam Bondi fired the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' chief legal counsel on Thursday, the former ATF official said on LinkedIn.

A Biden-appointed judge extended a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration’s cuts to National Institutes of Health research funding.