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In a 74-25 vote on Thursday, the Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as the new CIA director, marking a pivotal intelligence appointment for President Donald Trump’s administration. Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman and Trump’s director of national intelligence during the final months of his first term, won the support of 21 …

A federal district court judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, marking the first major legal challenge to the new administration’s immigration agenda. Senior U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour, a Reagan appointee, issued the temporary restraining order from the bench after …

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered its Civil Rights Division to suspend all ongoing litigation and refrain from initiating new cases, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post. The directive, issued shortly after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, represents a sweeping shift in federal civil rights enforcement policy. …

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced Wednesday the establishment of a new select subcommittee to reinvestigate events before and after the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. The move comes as Republicans seek to counter findings from the original bipartisan investigation conducted during the 117th Congress. “House Republicans are proud of …

The Trump administration has instructed federal health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to temporarily halt external communications. The directive, issued Tuesday, applies to health advisories, weekly scientific reports, website updates, and social …

President Donald Trump has revoked a longstanding executive order banning discrimination by federal contractors and subcontractors, launching a sweeping crackdown on federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The move, part of Trump’s broader agenda to reshape federal policies, has sparked controversy among civil rights advocates and federal employee unions. …

The U.S. House Wednesday passed legislation that greatly expands mandatory detention requirements of immigrants charged and arrested on petty crimes, among other crimes. In a 263-156 vote, 46 House Democrats voted with Republicans to send the bill, S. 5, to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law. The passage of …

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, is under intense scrutiny after allegations of troubling behavior surfaced in a sworn affidavit submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee. The affidavit, provided by his former sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth, and first reported by NBC News, raises concerns about his …

Before his inauguration, Donald Trump promised to issue a total of 100 or so executive orders once he regained the presidency. These orders reset government policy on everything from immigration enforcement to diversity initiatives to environmental regulation. They also aim to undo much of Joe Biden’s presidential legacy. Trump is …

President Donald Trump wasted no time reshaping U.S. health care policy during his first day back in office. On Monday, Trump signed a sweeping executive order aimed at dismantling several Biden-era health care initiatives, signaling a shift in priorities for his second term. The order targeted a range of policies …

On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump defended his controversial decision to pardon individuals convicted of assaulting police officers during the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The sweeping clemency order, which included former leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, has reignited debates surrounding …

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is now the sole leader of President Donald Trump’s newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after biotech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy stepped down from the commission just hours into Trump’s second term. DOGE, a cornerstone of Trump’s “Save America” agenda, is tasked with identifying ways to …

In an afternoon vote on Monday, the Senate unanimously confirmed Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, making him the first Hispanic American to hold the position. Rubio, a Republican from Florida, received unanimous support from all 99 voting senators, including his own vote, a rare occurrence in modern politics. …

A coalition of 19 Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Massachusetts, seeking to block President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship. Trump’s order, signed Monday, proposes limiting automatic citizenship to children born in the United States who have at least one …

Among his first acts as president, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to “revoke federal DEI requirements,” a move in line with his promise to “terminate federal staffers implementing DEI policies.” “This week I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into …