Some forest management projects that aim to mitigate wildfie risk are among the projects that have been halted under President Trump’s executive order to freeze spending. In a letter to the Trump administration on Monday, 14 Democrats wrote that they were hearing from constituents that “the Bureau of Land Management has issued stop work orders”...

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A Russian diplomat said Monday that a Ukraine war peace agreement won't be reached unless Russian President Vladimir Putin’s conditions have been met, according to multiple outlets. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said any peace deal must include end-of-war terms that were set forth by the Russian president in mid-June, including the relinquishment of NATO aspirations from Ukraine and troops being taken out of mainly Russian-controlled...

Democrats rallied against billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, who also heads up President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), outside the Social Security Administration’s headquarters in Baltimore. Democrats from both chambers gathered to sound alarm after a judge temporarily blocked Musk and DOGE personnel from gaining access to the Treasury Department’s sensitive payment system. “We...

President Trump has fired the director of the Office of Government Ethics, the agency announced Monday. The office posted on its website that it had been notified Trump was removing David Huitema, who had been nominated by former President Biden. He was confirmed last November by the Senate to a five-year term and officially started...

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President Trump said that it’s too early to name Vice President Vance as his successor in 2028, saying that while his No. 2 is skilled, so are a number of other people who could be future leaders of the GOP. In an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier, Trump was asked if he viewed Vance...

OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman appeared to shut down a reported offer from an investor group led by Elon Musk to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, marking the latest back-and-forth between the two tech leaders. "[N]o thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want," Altman wrote on X...

House Freedom Caucus members released their own plan for the budget reconciliation process on Monday amid an impasse between Senate and House leaders.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued a new motion ordering the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds, after already doing so in January.