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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One where Trump signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 "the first ever Gulf of America Day," as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state in Super Bowl interview

Read full article: Trump says he is serious about Canada becoming 51st state in Super Bowl interview

President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow.

President Donald Trump, left, waves as he boards Air Force One with grandson Theodore, Ivanka Trump's son, at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Trump says he will announce 25% steel and aluminum tariffs Monday, and more import duties are coming

Read full article: Trump says he will announce 25% steel and aluminum tariffs Monday, and more import duties are coming

President Donald Trump says he'll announce on Monday that the United States will impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other import duties later in the week.

Vice President JD Vance speaks at the International Religious Freedom Summit at the Washington Hilton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
12 hours ago

Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump's agenda faces legal pushback

Read full article: Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump's agenda faces legal pushback

Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts.

FILE - Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, appears before the Senate Budget Committee during a hearing to examine his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)
14 hours ago

Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building

Read full article: Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building

The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down the agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) talks with tight end Anthony Firkser (85) during an NFL football practice Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in New Orleans, ahead of Super Bowl 59 against the Philadelphia Eagles. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
8 hours ago

A presidential first: Trump at the Super Bowl, latest chapter in a complicated legacy with football

Read full article: A presidential first: Trump at the Super Bowl, latest chapter in a complicated legacy with football

Donald Trump made history Sunday as the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl.

This combination photo shows Tulsi Gabbard, nominee for Director of National Intelligence, left, pictured Jan. 30, 2025, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, pictured Jan. 29, 2025, at their confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo)
22 hours ago

How Republican skeptics in the Senate got to 'yes' on RFK Jr. and Gabbard

Read full article: How Republican skeptics in the Senate got to 'yes' on RFK Jr. and Gabbard

Republican skepticism in the Senate of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees has been worn down.

Afghan Hashmatullah Alam, 40, who worked with U.S. Army, poses at a beach in Shengjin, northwestern Albania, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
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They helped US order airstrikes against Taliban. Now Trump's moves have left those Afghans in limbo

Read full article: They helped US order airstrikes against Taliban. Now Trump's moves have left those Afghans in limbo

Thousands of Afghan refugees who worked alongside American soldiers in Afghanistan and underwent a yearslong vetting process to enter the United States are in limbo.

FILE - People walk past the John Harvard statue on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
1 day ago

House Republicans mull taxes on scholarships and changes to student loan programs

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As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college scholarships, an end to student loan repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on university endowments.

President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
1 day ago

Trump's 3rd week saw more executive orders, a trade war that wasn't and a Mideast jolt

Read full article: Trump's 3rd week saw more executive orders, a trade war that wasn't and a Mideast jolt

President Donald Trump keeps cranking out executive orders designed to remake the government while his ally and adviser, billionaire Elon Musk, hunts for more ways to upend the federal workforce.

President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner with Senate Republicans at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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What has Donald Trump not done yet? Here are some policy areas where he might act next

Read full article: What has Donald Trump not done yet? Here are some policy areas where he might act next

Donald Trump’s second administration has advanced an avalanche of policy action and political pronouncements that have jolted Washington and, in some cases, the world.

President Donald Trump waves after arriving on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Trump says he's firing Kennedy Center board of trustees members and naming himself chairman

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President Donald Trump says he's firing members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and naming himself chairman.

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom waits for President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump to step off Air Force One upon their arrival at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
2 days ago

California approves $50M to protect immigrants and defend state against Trump administration

Read full article: California approves $50M to protect immigrants and defend state against Trump administration

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed laws to help safeguard the state's progressive policies from challenges by Republican President Donald Trump's administration.

FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, claps as Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart after speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
2 days ago

Federal judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department material

Read full article: Federal judge blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department material

A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americans.

President Donald Trump, from left, gestures as he walks with first lady Melania Trump to send off former President Joe Biden and Jill Biden to board a Marine helicopter en route to Joint Base Andrews after the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
2 days ago

Trump says he's ending Biden's classified intelligence briefings in payback move

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President Donald Trump says he’s revoking former President Joe Biden’s access to government secrets and ending the daily intelligence briefings he’s receiving in payback for Biden doing the same to him in 2021.

Ian McPherson reads names from a list of over 60,000 people who cast ballots in the November 2024 election but whose votes have been challenged by Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin in his extremely close race with Demcoratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
2 days ago

North Carolina judge's ruling retains close court election result, but more legal steps are expected

Read full article: North Carolina judge's ruling retains close court election result, but more legal steps are expected

A North Carolina trial judge has upheld decisions by election officials to reject protests by the trailing candidate in a very close state Supreme Court election.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro arrives to deliver his budget address for the 2025-26 fiscal year to a joint session of the state House and Senate at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
2 days ago

States absorb big increases in Medicaid for sicker-than-expected enrollees after COVID-19 pandemic

Read full article: States absorb big increases in Medicaid for sicker-than-expected enrollees after COVID-19 pandemic

States are absorbing substantial increases in health care costs for the poor, as they realize that the people remaining on Medicaid rolls after the COVID-19 pandemic are sicker than anticipated and costlier to care for.

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, en route to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
2 days ago

Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country's land expropriation law

Read full article: Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, citing country's land expropriation law

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order formalizing his announcement earlier this week that he’ll freeze assistance to South Africa for a law aiming to address some of the wrongs of South Africa’s racist apartheid era.

FILE - The seal is seen at the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Veterans Affairs deems more than 130 occupations ineligible for Trump's deferred resignation plan

Read full article: Veterans Affairs deems more than 130 occupations ineligible for Trump's deferred resignation plan

Most nurses, doctors and other staff caring for military veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs are not eligible for the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer.

Salvage crews pull up a part of a Black Hawk helicopter near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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28 agencies were authorized to fly helicopters near Reagan Airport before deadly crash

Read full article: 28 agencies were authorized to fly helicopters near Reagan Airport before deadly crash

The Army was one of 28 government agencies authorized to fly helicopters near Ronald Reagan National Airport before its Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet last week, killing 67.

President Donald Trump meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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State Department lays out plans for $7 billion-plus arms sale to Israel as Netanyahu visits DC

Read full article: State Department lays out plans for $7 billion-plus arms sale to Israel as Netanyahu visits DC

The State Department has told Congress that it plans to sell more than $7 billion in weapons to Israel, including thousands of bombs and missiles, just two days after President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

A bouquet of white flowers placed outside the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, is pictured, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Claims about USAID funding are spreading online. Many are not based on facts

Read full article: Claims about USAID funding are spreading online. Many are not based on facts

False and misleading social media posts are circulating online as the Trump administration moves to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development.

President Donald Trump answers questions during a news conference with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Trump says US Steel will get investment from Nippon Steel, instead of being bought by it

Read full article: Trump says US Steel will get investment from Nippon Steel, instead of being bought by it

President Donald Trump is suggesting that Nippon Steel will no longer buy U.S. Steel as planned, but the Japanese company will instead invest in the symbolically important American business.

President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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More active duty troops will head to US-Mexico border, bringing the total to 3,600

Read full article: More active duty troops will head to US-Mexico border, bringing the total to 3,600

The Pentagon will deploy roughly 1,500 more active duty soldiers to the southern border to support President Donald Trump’s expanding crackdown on immigration.

Vice President JD Vance speaks at the International Religious Freedom Summit at the Washington Hilton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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Musk says he will bring back DOGE staffer who resigned after a report of racist postings

Read full article: Musk says he will bring back DOGE staffer who resigned after a report of racist postings

Elon Musk said on Friday he is re-hiring a staff member at the Department of Government Efficiency who resigned a day earlier after he was linked to social media posts that espoused racism.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls' sporting events, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
2 days ago

Trump administration withdraws support for transgender minors in Tennessee case at the Supreme Court

Read full article: Trump administration withdraws support for transgender minors in Tennessee case at the Supreme Court

The Trump administration has told the Supreme Court that the federal government no longer backs transgender minors and their families in Tennessee who are challenging a state ban on gender-affirming care.

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu take questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Trump administration orders federal agencies to provide lists of underperforming employees

Read full article: Trump administration orders federal agencies to provide lists of underperforming employees

President Donald Trump's administration has ordered all federal departments and agencies to provide lists of employees who are underperforming.

FILE - Former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, for his nomination to be Transportation Secretary. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Trump official's directive tying transportation grants to birth rates could hinder blue states

Read full article: Trump official's directive tying transportation grants to birth rates could hinder blue states

President Donald Trump's transportation secretary is instructing his department to prioritize projects for states with higher marriage or birth rates.

FILE - Elon Musk speaks at a presidential inauguration event on behalf of President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Democrats ask for an investigation into DOGE's access to Treasury's payment systems

Read full article: Democrats ask for an investigation into DOGE's access to Treasury's payment systems

Democratic lawmakers are seeking a Treasury Department investigation of the access that Elon Musk’s team was given to the government’s payment system.