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The Trump administration on Thursday said it will scrap a Biden-era proposal that would have required airlines to compensate passengers with cash, meals and lodging when carriers are responsible for canceled or severely delayed flights. The rule, first proposed in December 2024 during President Joe Biden’s final weeks in office, …

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced one of the most combative hearings of the year Thursday as senators from both parties grilled him over his handling of vaccine policy, the abrupt firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and the cancelation of $500 …

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Friday authorizing the Pentagon to once again use the historic title “Department of War” as a secondary designation for the Defense Department, two White House officials told NBC News. The order, expected to be signed in the Oval Office, does not rename …

The District of Columbia’s attorney general sued the Trump administration Thursday over the ongoing presence of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital, arguing the deployment amounts to a military occupation that violates the district’s right to self-rule. President Donald Trump’s deployment of D.C. National Guard troops and units from states …

The parents of children wounded and killed in last week’s shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church pressed Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday to move beyond condolences and support bipartisan legislation to curb gun violence. During a day of somber visits to Annunciation Catholic Church, where the attack occurred, and …

The House on Tuesday rejected a Republican-led resolution to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver and remove her from the House Homeland Security Committee, where she helps oversee immigration and national security policy, as she awaits trial on federal charges stemming from a confrontation at an ICE detention facility. In a 215–207 …

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to lift its freeze on nearly $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard University, ruling that the move violated the Constitution and federal law. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs issued an 84-page order that vacated the administration’s April freeze and …

School children, college students, and even nursing home residents would no longer have to be vaccinated against infectious diseases and viruses if Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and his boss, Gov. Ron DeSantis, have their way. The DeSantis administration rolled out the proposed change on Wednesday and, if they’re successful, …

The Trump administration’s cuts to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of a state, according to a KFF Health News analysis. Democratic-led states and select blue-leaning cities fought back in court and saw money …

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst announced Tuesday she is officially not running for another term in the U.S. Senate, leaving the seat open heading into the 2026 election cycle. In a video address, Ernst said it was “no easy decision” to decide not to seek reelection for a third term as …

The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released thousands of files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, bowing to growing bipartisan pressure to make more of the case public. But the release — posted in a sprawling Google Drive …

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is prepared to order federal authorities into Chicago and Baltimore to combat crime, escalating a confrontation with Democratic governors and mayors who insist outside intervention is neither wanted nor legal. Asked in the Oval Office about deploying National Guard troops to Chicago, Trump replied, …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that U.S. Space Command headquarters will move from Colorado to Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision and reigniting a fierce political and strategic debate over the future of America’s military space operations. Speaking in the Oval Office alongside Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete …

A federal grand jury in Washington has declined to indict an Indiana woman accused of threatening President Donald Trump on social media, underscoring growing resistance among D.C. residents to the administration’s aggressive use of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in the capital. Prosecutors charged Nathalie Rose Jones with …

Rep. Jerry Nadler, a towering figure in New York politics and the longest-serving member of Congress from the state, announced he will not run for re-election in 2026, closing out more than three decades in Washington. Nadler, 77, has represented a wide stretch of Manhattan since 1992 and became a …