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President Donald Trump is moving to cancel about $810 million in federal spending that Congress already approved, invoking a rarely used “pocket rescission” just days before the end of the fiscal year and reigniting a broader fight over how much power the White House has to override congressional spending decisions. …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday drove a stake through the heart of Missouri’s undead congressional map, ordering it be buried for the year and for voters to cast ballots in the districts they’ve used the past two election cycles. In a unanimous decision, the court said that state law …

Television coverage of President Donald Trump’s White House events resumed Friday after a weeklong standoff between the administration and major news organizations over the president’s decision to bar POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW from the White House. CBS News resumed its role in the White House television press pool Friday, …

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration repeatedly sidestepped questions about some of the agency’s most politically charged issues Thursday, offering senators few direct answers about abortion medication, vaccines and flavored vaping products. Dr. Heidi Overton, a preventive medicine physician and White House official, repeatedly pointed …

A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a Wednesday hearing. GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, the chair of the Crime and Counterterrorism Subcommittee, said the point of the hearing was to find …

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore White House press access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico, finding that the three news organizations were likely to succeed in showing that their credentials were revoked without constitutionally required due process. U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly …

The FBI is investigating an alleged breach of its employment website after the cybercriminal group ShinyHunters claimed it stole sensitive information belonging to thousands of bureau employees and job applicants. The FBI confirmed Wednesday that it was investigating unauthorized activity involving FBIJobs.gov, the bureau’s primary website for people seeking employment …

The Pentagon has added another U.S. military death to its public casualty database for the war with Iran, bringing the disclosed total to 19 as questions continue over whether the government’s tally fully reflects the number of American service members who have died in the region. The Army identified the …

The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to uphold President Donald Trump’s decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, arguing that the president has broad authority to control press access and that the outlets’ reporting created national security concerns. In a late Tuesday court …

Missouri’s congressional map is headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court for the third time this month after a federal appeals court ordered the state to use a Republican-drawn map in November, reversing course after the justices had already blocked its implementation. The latest emergency appeal, filed Tuesday by opponents …

The Trump administration is removing about 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act health plans, saying they were improperly or fraudulently enrolled, in a crackdown officials say will save taxpayers $2.2 billion. Vice President JD Vance announced the action Tuesday alongside Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz. The …

The White House press pool has become the center of a growing legal and constitutional dispute between President Donald Trump and news organizations after CNN, MS NOW and Politico were barred from the White House and the television pool suspended coverage of the president. The three news organizations sued the …

The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. Individuals and industries may kill endangered animals in the course of logging projects, developments and other activities, it said — so …

President Donald Trump is moving to give the White House greater control over National Institutes of Health grants after a tense Oval Office meeting in which budget chief Russell Vought criticized the agency for funding research priorities he said conflict with the administration’s agenda. Trump has directed Vought to draft …

President Donald Trump has recast his proposed 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery as a military installation, saying Sunday that the monument will be redesigned to house drones, deploy snipers and store ammunition in the name of national security. Trump said the change came at the “strong request” of …