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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Tuesday speech that the ongoing tariffs showdown with China is unsustainable and expects a “de-escalation” in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
A divided Supreme Court ruled that immigrants who agree to leave the country are allowed some deadline flexibility in a case that was argued before President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pulled the airstrike information he posted into Signal chats with his wife, brother and dozens of others from a secure communications channel from U.S. Central Command.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and the District of Columbia Council are scrambling to address a financial crisis created when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives recessed without voting to fix a hole in the city budget.
The infighting and backstabbing that plagued President Donald Trump’s first term have returned as a threat to his second, with deepening fissures over trade, national security and questions of personal loyalty.
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is signaling support for the religious rights of Maryland parents who want to remove their children from elementary school classes using storybooks with LGBTQ characters.
Negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program will move to what’s known as the “expert level” — a sign analysts say shows that the talks are moving forward rapidly.
Harvard University has filed suit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after recently announcing it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.
The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday.
The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a key preventive care provision of the Affordable Care Act.
The White House has expressed support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following media reports that he shared sensitive military details in another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother.
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Minnesota asking to revive the state’s ban on gun-carry permits for young adults.
Harvard University announced Monday that it was suing to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.
President Donald Trump says overcast weather for the annual White House Easter egg roll means no one has to worry about getting sunburned.
Four House Democrats are visiting El Salvador in a bid to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man whom the Trump administration deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison.
Thousands of allied American and Filipino forces have opened annual combat drills that will include simulating the defense of the Philippine archipelago and seas in a battle scenario that has antagonized China.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as New Delhi looks to avoid U.S. tariffs, negotiate a bilateral trade deal with Washington and strengthen ties with the Trump administration.
Wall Street weakened as investors worldwide get more skeptical about U.S. investments because of President Donald Trump’s trade war and his criticism of the Federal Reserve, which are shaking the traditional order.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created another Signal messaging chat that included his wife and brother where he shared similar details of a March military airstrike against Yemen’s Houthi militants that were sent in another chain with top Trump administration leaders.
Chris Van Hollen has emerged, for now, as a leading figure in the resistance to President Donald Trump.
Justice Samuel Alito has written a sharp dissent that castigates the seven-member majority for blocking the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.
The Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area has long been a regional hub for the federal government, and the pain from the Trump administration's cuts can be seen everywhere.
Countries around the world are tightening their cyberdefenses as global tensions rise.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has begun a four-day tour of India as the two countries seek to strengthen their partnership by negotiating a bilateral trade deal.
Three former senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are decrying what they called “baseless attacks” after each was escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks.
President Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 Capitol rioters on his first day in office, and now some of those involved in the Jan. 6 attack are getting a platform to tell their version of events.
Some of the rioters who tried to take over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are now considering running for office after being pardoned by President Donald Trump.
Some parents in a suburban Maryland county want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met with the Vatican’s No. 2 official as they the sides spar over the U.S. crackdown on migrants.
Iran and the United States will hold talks Saturday in Rome, their second round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.
During his campaign, Donald Trump said repeatedly that he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine “in 24 hours” upon taking office.
Iran and the United States plan to meet over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program again next week, after both sides said they made progress in their talks in Rome.
A U.S. district judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to provide probationary workers fired en masse a written statement saying they were not terminated for poor performance.
A federal judge has partially blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.
An IRS agent who testified publicly about investigations into Hunter Biden's taxes and was promoted to be acting IRS commissioner is out of the job just days after he got it.
A video shows a Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face in a clinic while caring for patients a week before he met with Health Secretary Robert F.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen says Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported, told him he has been moved from the notorious Salvadoran prison known as CECOT to a detention center with better conditions.
A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak.
The federal judiciary is warning that Congress is not providing enough money for judges’ security, at a time of escalating threats and chilling efforts at intimidation.
A federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to stop blocking The Associated Press from presidential events has refused to take immediate steps to get White House officials to comply.
President Donald Trump’s executive order to boost the U.S. commercial fishing industry drew praise from commercial fishing groups and condemnation from environmental organizations.
President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire nearly everyone at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been paused by a federal judge, who says she's “deeply concerned” about the plan.
Iran has sought support from Russia over a possible deal with Washington over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, ahead of a second round of talks this weekend in Rome.
The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of food and drug safety inspections throughout the world.
A federal judge who blocked Donald Trump’s administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ruled that the agency can’t go forward immediately with plans to fire hundreds of employees.
The new U.S. ambassador to Japan says he is optimistic that his country and its key Asian ally will reach a deal in their ongoing tariff negotiations.
As far as biographies go, the two men in charge of the delicate negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program couldn’t be more different.
President Donald Trump says negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are “coming to a head” and insists that neither side is “playing” him in his push to end the grinding war.
The world's largest immigration detention system is on the cusp of explosive growth as President Donald Trump pursues his signature campaign promise of mass deportations.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers are making their first trip to Taiwan under the new Trump administration a bipartisan one.
U.S. officials say a new intelligence assessment finds no coordination between the Tren de Aragua gang and the Venezuelan government.
A federal judge has imposed new restrictions on the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say U.S. airstrikes targeting oil port killed at least 74 people and injured at least 171 others.
For Democrats, Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case is about fundamental American ideals, including due process, following court orders and preventing government overreach.
The U.S. will withdraw about 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to work with Kurdish allies to counter the Islamic State group.
The Associated Press and Trump administration were back in a Washington court as part of a high-stakes battle over who can control which journalists can question the president.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is being downsized by President Donald Trump.
The Trump administration is asking Congress to eliminate the Head Start program, a move that would cut early education for some of the nation’s neediest children as part of drastic proposed cuts to federal health funding.
A federal appeals court says it is “shocking” that The Trump administration claims it can’t do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. A three-judge panel from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday unanimously refused to suspend a judge’s decision to order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her instruction to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return.
Dakota Meyer, a Marine who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Afghanistan War, has reenlisted in the the military and will serve in the Marine Reserves.
The Supreme Court is keeping a hold on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship but will hear arguments on the issue in May.
A draft budget proposal circulating among federal officials would dramatically deepen cuts at the nation’s top health agency, eliminating some public health programs entirely and serving as a roadmap for more mass firings.
Former Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot has been asked to resign following a contentious start for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's communications office.
President Donald Trump's administration has escalated its ongoing battle with Harvard, threatening to block the university from enrolling international students, who make up 27% of the campus.
After saying earlier in the day that he was “in no rush” to finish trade deals, President Donald Trump said he thought he could wrap up tariff talks “over the next three or four weeks.”.
A federal judge won't yet decide on a request from Democrats and voting rights groups to block parts of President Donald Trump's recent executive order on elections.
President Donald Trump has attacked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates.
Crews are working to restore power to Puerto Rico after a blackout across the entire island affected the main airport, several hospitals and hotels filled with Easter vacationers.
President Donald Trump says he's in “no rush” to reach any trade deals because he views tariffs as making the United States wealthy.
A federal judge says he won’t dismiss a lawsuit from labor unions seeking to block Elon Musk’s team from accessing systems at the Labor Department.
North Korea has threatened retaliation after the U.S. flew long-range bombers over South Korea during training with its forces.
Federal databases show Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal funding compared with this time last year.
A federal judge’s ruling that the Trump administration appears to have willfully violated his order to turn around planes of migrants headed for El Salvador increases the prospect of officials being held in criminal contempt of court and potentially facing possible prosecution.
The showdown between the Trump administration and Harvard University is spotlighting bare-knuckled politics and big dollar figures.
The nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice says staff from Elon Musk’s DOGE contacted them to “assign” a team to the organization and said DOGE staff told them they intended to “assign” teams to all nonprofits that receive funds appropriated by Congress.
The State Department has shut down the office that sought to deal with misinformation and disinformation that Russia, China and Iran have been accused of spreading.
Rep. Elise Stefanik, a member of House Republican leadership and onetime nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is considering a run for New York governor, according to a person close to her.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen has met in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation.
