WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet Tuesday as the Israeli prime minister faces competing pressure from his right-wing coalition to end a temporary truce against Hamas militants in Gaza and from war-weary Israelis who want the remaining hostages home and the 15-month conflict to end. Trump is guarded…… Read more
The “Ziz Cult” has been blamed for a string of brutal slayings and mayhem across the United States, including the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont. A nationwide manhunt is underway for Michelle Zajko, a transgender, nonbinary person who police believe bought the semiautomatic weapons used by two other transgender people who fatally…… Read more
China is subverting the United States through multibillion-dollar influence campaigns and U.S. political warfare operations inside China are needed to counter the activities, a panel of experts told Congress on Thursday. Four specialists in Chinese influence and intelligence activities told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the operations range from recruiting…… Read more
Officials said Thursday morning they don’t anticipate finding any survivors from the midair collision involving a commercial jet carrying more than 60 people and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that occurred the night before. D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said the operation pivoted from a “rescue” to…… Read more
President Trump’s health secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Wednesday said vaccines are a critical component of health care, hoping to push back on the main objection to his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Kennedy, testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, said his reputation as “anti-vaccine” stems from his push to scrutinize shots…… Read more
President Trump’s budget office has ordered all federal agencies to temporarily pause the disbursement of “all federal financial assistance” besides Social Security and Medicare. The order could disrupt tens of billions of dollars in payments for domestic infrastructure projects, climate initiatives, foreign aid…… Read more
Newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday strode into the Pentagon, vowing that the military organization he now leads is fully on board with the policies of the Trump administration, particularly helping to restrict the flow of illegal immigrants into the country. With Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, chairman of the…… Read more
President Trump’s dizzying array of executive actions signed during his first week back in office quickly extinguished many of the initiatives of the Biden administration, from closing the wide-open borders to reducing the number of federally recognized genders to just two. Trump’s week of action, which…… Read more
Congress delivered on a major part of President Trump’s immigration agenda Wednesday by giving final approval to a bill that requires the Homeland Security Department to detain and try to deport illegal immigrants accused of minor crimes such as shoplifting. The bill adds legislative heft to Mr. Trump’s efforts to gain control of the border. The Pentagon said Wednesday…… Read more
President Trump has directed that all employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles be put on paid leave, a memo from the Office of Personnel Management shows Tuesday. The memo, sent to heads of departments and agencies, gives a 5 p.m. Wednesday deadline to let the employees…… Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet Tuesday as the Israeli prime minister faces competing pressure from his right-wing coalition to end a temporary truce against Hamas militants in Gaza and from war-weary Israelis who want the remaining hostages home and the 15-month conflict to end. Trump is guarded…… Continue Reading
The “Ziz Cult” has been blamed for a string of brutal slayings and mayhem across the United States, including the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont. A nationwide manhunt is underway for Michelle Zajko, a transgender, nonbinary person who police believe bought the semiautomatic weapons used by two other transgender people who fatally…… Continue Reading
China is subverting the United States through multibillion-dollar influence campaigns and U.S. political warfare operations inside China are needed to counter the activities, a panel of experts told Congress on Thursday. Four specialists in Chinese influence and intelligence activities told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the operations range from recruiting…… Continue Reading
Officials said Thursday morning they don’t anticipate finding any survivors from the midair collision involving a commercial jet carrying more than 60 people and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that occurred the night before. D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said the operation pivoted from a “rescue” to…… Continue Reading
President Trump’s health secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Wednesday said vaccines are a critical component of health care, hoping to push back on the main objection to his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Kennedy, testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, said his reputation as “anti-vaccine” stems from his push to scrutinize shots…… Continue Reading
President Trump’s budget office has ordered all federal agencies to temporarily pause the disbursement of “all federal financial assistance” besides Social Security and Medicare. The order could disrupt tens of billions of dollars in payments for domestic infrastructure projects, climate initiatives, foreign aid…… Continue Reading
Newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday strode into the Pentagon, vowing that the military organization he now leads is fully on board with the policies of the Trump administration, particularly helping to restrict the flow of illegal immigrants into the country. With Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, chairman of the…… Continue Reading
President Trump’s dizzying array of executive actions signed during his first week back in office quickly extinguished many of the initiatives of the Biden administration, from closing the wide-open borders to reducing the number of federally recognized genders to just two. Trump’s week of action, which…… Continue Reading
Congress delivered on a major part of President Trump’s immigration agenda Wednesday by giving final approval to a bill that requires the Homeland Security Department to detain and try to deport illegal immigrants accused of minor crimes such as shoplifting. The bill adds legislative heft to Mr. Trump’s efforts to gain control of the border. The Pentagon said Wednesday…… Continue Reading
President Trump has directed that all employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles be put on paid leave, a memo from the Office of Personnel Management shows Tuesday. The memo, sent to heads of departments and agencies, gives a 5 p.m. Wednesday deadline to let the employees…… Continue Reading