President Trump’s Justice Department on Friday abandoned the Biden administration’s Supreme Court challenge to gender-affirming care bans for minors, but the new administration urged the justices to still resolve the issue this term. The Supreme Court has not yet issued a decision after hearing arguments late last year in the challenge against Tennessee’s ban, SB1. The Biden administration...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is asking Congress to investigate the Trump administration's plans for “imminent mass layoffs” of as many as 200,000 employees hired within the last two years ago. The letter comes as departments across government have been asked to assemble a list of employees still on prohibition after being hired. The...

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Friday reintroduced legislation to establish a Cabinet-level "Department of Peacebuilding," with the goal of cultivating a culture of peace at home and abroad. The bill is inspired by former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), who proposed a similar bill in 2001, as did former Sen. Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) in 2005 and...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has consistently advocated for taxpayer-funded abortion, despite his recent claims of a change of heart on the issue.

President Trump is hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday in the second visit by a foreign leader to the White House this week. Trump will host a joint press conference with Ishiba, who took office in October and told reporters before departing for Washington that his goal was to forge a “personal relationship”...

A Trader Joe's spokesperson said the limit aims to ensure more customers are able to buy eggs.

President Trump on Friday asserted that Gaza will be given to the U.S. by Israel, expanding on his plan for an American takeover of the war-torn region that he suggests involves the permanent relocation of Palestinians. The controversial proposal stands to upend decades of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. When asked of the...

There is a pattern of nations whose difficult histories have resulted in authoritarian governments peddling grievance.

President Trump on Friday gave a vote of confidence in tech entrepreneur Elon Musk’s work on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), saying that his billionaire ally is doing a “very good job.” “Elon is doing a great job. He’s finding tremendous fraud and corruption and waste. You see it with the USAID [U.S. Agency...

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chair of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is investigating the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program, commonly referred to as TOPGUN, after pilots and instructors reportedly underwent physical and mental harm. Three F-18 Super Hornet pilots died by suicide following symptoms of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) that...