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In a 51-45 party-line vote, the Senate confirmed Linda McMahon as the 13th U.S. Secretary of Education on Monday. A Trump loyalist and former Small Business Administration (SBA) head, McMahon has pledged to execute President Donald Trump’s vision of restructuring—or even dismantling—the Department of Education. McMahon was sworn in immediately …

President Donald Trump has moved forward with sweeping tariffs on nearly all imports from Canada and Mexico, marking a major escalation in global trade tensions. The U.S. will begin collecting a 25% tariff on most goods and a 10% levy on Canadian energy products, while also increasing tariffs on Chinese …

President Donald Trump has paused all U.S. military aid to Ukraine, signaling a dramatic shift in Washington’s approach to the Russia-Ukraine war as he pressures Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to negotiate peace with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The White House move follows a tense Oval Office meeting last week, where …

President Donald Trump will deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress since reclaiming the White House on Tuesday, laying out an ambitious agenda that includes a dramatic restructuring of the federal government, a crackdown on illegal immigration, and aggressive trade policies. The speech, scheduled for 9 p.m. …

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that another round of active-duty troops will head to the U.S.-Mexico border in the coming weeks at the behest of President Donald Trump. Despite encounters at the southern border being the lowest in recent years, an additional 3,000 troops will aid immigration officials, Hegseth …

In a significant policy shift, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to halt all offensive cyber and information operations against Russia, a U.S. official confirmed. The directive, issued in late February to Air Force Gen. Tim Haugh, the head of U.S. Cyber Command, remains in effect …

Hazel Dukes, the longtime president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP and a trailblazing civil rights advocate, passed away on Saturday at the age of 92. Dukes, who spent nearly five decades fighting for racial justice, died peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by …

Republicans in Congress have gotten a crash course in Medicaid during the last few weeks, as they eye the health care program for lower-income Americans as a source for hundreds of billions of dollars in savings to pay for tax cuts. The 72 million Americans who rely on Medicaid, especially …

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo officially launched his campaign for mayor of New York City on Saturday, shaking up an already competitive race. Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 amid allegations of sexual harassment, is positioning himself as an experienced leader ready to tackle the city’s growing crises. …

The Trump administration faced a series of legal setbacks this week as multiple federal courts blocked its efforts to dramatically shrink the government. Judges ruled against mass firings of probationary federal workers, the suspension of refugee admissions, and the freezing of foreign aid, with some plaintiffs accusing the government of …

The Trump administration has begun terminating grants to organizations that investigate and litigate housing discrimination cases, a move that could cripple the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press on Friday. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has long disbursed …

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, a landmark decision that would mark the first federally recognized national language in nearly 250 years of U.S. history. According to a draft White House fact sheet obtained by The …

A White House meeting meant to finalize a U.S.-Ukraine rare-earth minerals deal unraveled into a heated exchange Friday as President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sparred over the war with Russia and the path to peace. The meeting, which took place in the Oval …

The U.S. military has been given 30 days to determine how to identify and remove transgender service members from its ranks, following a new directive from the Pentagon. The order expands on President Donald Trump’s earlier ban on transgender individuals serving in the military and has already sparked legal challenges. …

Michigan U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin will give Democrats’ response to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night, placing a spotlight on one of the upper chamber’s newest members as her party struggles to find its footing following election losses. Slotkin, a former Central Intelligence Agency analyst who …