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For decades, the United States has held considerable power in determining the direction of global health policies and programs. President Donald Trump issued three executive orders on his first day in office that may signal the end of that era, health policy experts said. Trump’s order to withdraw from the …

The Trump administration has ordered Cabinet agencies to review federal funding flowing to a group of Democratic-controlled states and Washington, D.C., a move that has raised alarms among Democrats who fear the information will be used to cut off resources to so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration …

A small group of moderate House Democrats broke with their party on Thursday to help Republicans pass a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, overcoming fierce opposition from most Democrats angered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s aggressive operations in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities. The DHS funding measure …

President Donald Trump sued JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, on Thursday, alleging the banking giant cut off him and his businesses for political reasons after he left office in January 2021, a move Trump says caused millions of dollars in damages and disrupted his operations. The $5 billion …

A New York state judge ruled that New York City’s only Republican-held congressional district was drawn unconstitutionally, ordering state officials to redraw the map in a decision that could reshape the state’s House delegation ahead of the midterm elections. State Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Pearlman concluded that the Staten Island-based …

The U.S. Department of Education, for now, is backtracking on plans to garnish wages and seize tax refunds of student loan borrowers in default, the department announced last week. Less than a month after the agency said it would begin garnishing wages by sending notices to roughly 1,000 borrowers in …

The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after the couple refused to appear for closed-door, transcribed depositions tied to the panel’s investigation into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The resolution …

President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly scrapped the tariffs he had threatened to impose on eight European nations in a bid to pressure Denmark and NATO into ceding control of Greenland, reversing course hours after insisting the United States wanted the island “including right, title and ownership.” In a post …

President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and ownership,” but said he would not use military force to do so — even as he repeatedly derided European allies, warned NATO not to interfere and threatened steep tariffs if Denmark refuses to negotiate. In …

Lindsey Halligan has departed the Justice Department after a federal judge ruled she could no longer refer to herself as a U.S. attorney, finding that her continued use of the title violated binding court orders that invalidated her appointment last year. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed Halligan’s exit in a …

Two members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team working inside the Social Security Administration secretly communicated with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls, the …

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance announced Tuesday that they are expecting their fourth child, a boy, due later this summer. “We’re very happy to share some exciting news. Our family is growing!” Usha Vance wrote in a social media post that included a joint statement from …

Congressional negotiators from both parties released a sprawling bipartisan funding package Tuesday intended to keep the federal government open ahead of a Jan. 30 shutdown deadline, but provisions related to Immigration and Customs Enforcement are already threatening to fracture Democratic support in both chambers. The 1,059-page measure would fully fund …

President Donald Trump doubled down over the weekend on threats to acquire Greenland, saying he would place a 10% tariff on eight European countries that object to his plans and posting several times on social media. Trump’s insistence that the United States gain control of the Arctic island from Denmark …

From toppling Venezuela’s leader to ordering mass deportations, from turning once-independent government entities into rubber stamps to demolishing the White House’s East Wing to build a massive ballroom, President Donald Trump has spent his first year back in office trampling political norms and testing the nation’s institutional guardrails. Some ideas …