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Read full article: DOGE's access to Treasury data risks US financial standing and raises security worries, experts warn

DOGE's access to Treasury data risks US financial standing and raises security worries, experts warn

U.S. flags around the Washington Monument are at full staff during the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. Flags are supposed to fly at half-staff through the end of January out of respect for former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Read full article: Election official in Arizona’s largest county signals a shift away from combating disinformation

Election official in Arizona’s largest county signals a shift away from combating disinformation

The Florida Capitol building in Tallahassee.

Read full article: Florida lawmakers to take another special session crack at immigration

Florida lawmakers to take another special session crack at immigration

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during the briefing with President of the European Investment Bank Nadia Calvino in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Read full article: White House officials ready to meet with Zelenskyy in Munich for talks on Russia's war on Ukraine

White House officials ready to meet with Zelenskyy in Munich for talks on Russia's war on Ukraine

President Donald Trump’s senior advisers are expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference to discuss the path toward ending Russia’s nearly three-year war in Ukraine.

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's choice to be the Director of National Intelligence, arrives to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee for her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Read full article: Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to oversee US spy agencies, advances to Senate confirmation vote

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to oversee US spy agencies, advances to Senate confirmation vote

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence, is another step closer to Senate confirmation.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference at City Hall, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in New York. A top official at the U.S. Department of Justice has ordered federal prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams and halt the ongoing investigation. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

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Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams

Read full article: Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams

The Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams and halt the ongoing investigation.

A spot that had been reserved for a representative of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency sits vacant at a meeting of the National Association of State Election Directors in Washington, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Christina A. Cassidy)

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US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave

Read full article: US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave

Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and local election offices across the country.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

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With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government's public integrity guardrails

Read full article: With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government's public integrity guardrails

In the first three weeks of his administration, President Donald Trump has moved with brazen haste to dismantle the federal government’s public integrity guardrails that he frequently tested during his first term.

FILE- A large soft drink with a plastic straw from a McDonald's restaurant is shown in Surfside, Fla., May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Read full article: 'Back to plastic': Trump pushes for plastic straws as he declares paper ones 'don’t work'

'Back to plastic': Trump pushes for plastic straws as he declares paper ones 'don’t work'

President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t work.”.

FILE - The OpenAI logo appears on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen with random binary data, March 9, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

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Elon Musk-led group proposes buying OpenAI for $97.4 billion. OpenAI CEO says 'no thank you'

Read full article: Elon Musk-led group proposes buying OpenAI for $97.4 billion. OpenAI CEO says 'no thank you'

A group of investors led by Elon Musk says it is offering $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit behind OpenAI, escalating a dispute with the artificial intelligence company that Musk helped found.

FILE - Joe Rogan looks on at the ceremonial weigh-in for the UFC 292 mixed martial arts event, Aug. 18, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)

Read full article: News influencers favored Trump over Harris during campaign, study finds

News influencers favored Trump over Harris during campaign, study finds

A study of news influencers reveals how Donald Trump had an edge over Kamala Harris in the presidential campaign.

President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Read full article: US judge keeps Trump plan to push out federal workers on hold

US judge keeps Trump plan to push out federal workers on hold

President Donald Trump's plan to push out federal workers remains on hold.

FILE - A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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Hawaii court rules against insurance companies in Maui wildfire, allowing $4B settlement to proceed

Read full article: Hawaii court rules against insurance companies in Maui wildfire, allowing $4B settlement to proceed

Hawaii’s Supreme Court has ruled that insurance companies can’t bring their own legal actions against those blamed for Maui’s catastrophic 2023 wildfire, the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century.

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New Florida bill is aimed at AI and firearms. Here’s what it says

Read full article: New Florida bill is aimed at AI and firearms. Here’s what it says

Florida Sen. Ingoglia took to social media on Monday morning to claim that the new legislation would help protect residents' constitutional rights.

FILE - Herschel Walker speaks during a campaign rally at Atrium Health Amphitheater for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, Nov. 3, 2024, in Macon, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Read full article: Ex-Ohio State coach Jim Tressel joins a long list of sports figures who've moved into politics

Ex-Ohio State coach Jim Tressel joins a long list of sports figures who've moved into politics

Former Ohio State University coach Jim Tressel is being nominated to be the state’s next lieutenant governor.

FILE - A lone penny is illuminated in a bin of completed pennies at the U.S. Mint in Denver, Aug. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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So long, penny! Trump orders US to ditch 1-cent coin after decades of complaints

Read full article: So long, penny! Trump orders US to ditch 1-cent coin after decades of complaints

President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. to stop minting pennies.

FILE - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, right, speaks, Oct. 21, 2020, during a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Read full article: Trump pardons ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich 5 years after commuting his sentence

Trump pardons ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich 5 years after commuting his sentence

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he's “profoundly grateful” after President Donald Trump pardoned him on political corruption charges.

FILE - Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asks questions of FBI Director Christopher Wray during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Senator opens inquiry into US Center for SafeSport’s hiring of investigator charged with sex crimes

Read full article: Senator opens inquiry into US Center for SafeSport’s hiring of investigator charged with sex crimes

The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee is looking into how a former police officer landed an investigator's job at the U.S. Center for SafeSport despite sex-crime allegations that littered his past, while also asking if the center knew he had been accused of newer crimes when working there last year.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he prepares to sign a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 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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Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending

Read full article: Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending

The Trump administration has appealed a judge’s ruling finding the White House had not fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending and must release billions of dollars in funding.

President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Scientists warn Trump's medical research cuts endanger patients as judge blocks the move for now

Read full article: Scientists warn Trump's medical research cuts endanger patients as judge blocks the move for now

Scientists warn the Trump administration’s drastic cuts for medical research endanger patients, will cost thousands of jobs and threaten America’s standing as a world leader in science and innovation.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump steps up his 2018 tariffs on steel and aluminum, risking inflation on promise of more jobs

Read full article: Trump steps up his 2018 tariffs on steel and aluminum, risking inflation on promise of more jobs

President Donald Trump on Monday removed the exceptions and exemptions from his 2018 tariffs on steel, meaning that all steel imports will be taxed at a minimum of 25%.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell walks out after holding a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at the Federal Reserve in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Little to no relief from high borrowing costs expected as Fed Chair Powell heads to the Hill

Read full article: Little to no relief from high borrowing costs expected as Fed Chair Powell heads to the Hill

The odds of further interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve dwindled last week as unemployment fell and more officials say they want to see how new policies from the White House affect the economy.

FILE - A sign stands at the construction site for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters in Washington, Aug. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)

Read full article: Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection agency's Washington headquarters

Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection agency's Washington headquarters

President Donald Trump’s budget chief has sent an email to consumer protection agency employees telling them to stop working.

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Judge orders fired head of whistleblower agency reinstated while fight continues over Trump removal

Read full article: Judge orders fired head of whistleblower agency reinstated while fight continues over Trump removal

A federal judge has ordered the fired head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers to be reinstated while a court fight continues over his removal by President Donald Trump.

United States Agency for International Development, or USAID contract worker Priya Kathpal, right, and Taylor Williamson, left, who works for a company doing contract work for USAID, carry signs outside the USAID headquarters in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Read full article: Unspent aid worth billions lacks oversight as Trump dismantles USAID, watchdog warns

Unspent aid worth billions lacks oversight as Trump dismantles USAID, watchdog warns

USAID has lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid over the Trump administration’s foreign funding freeze and idling of staff, a government watchdog warned Monday.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump says ceasefire deal should be canceled if Hamas doesn’t release all hostages by Saturday

Read full article: Trump says ceasefire deal should be canceled if Hamas doesn’t release all hostages by Saturday

President Donald Trump says that a precarious ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas should be canceled if Hamas doesn’t release all the remaining hostages it is holding in Gaza by midday on Saturday — though he also acknowledged that such a decision would be up to Israel.

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, a woman in Sullivan City, Texas, who said she entered the country illegally, walks with her daughter who was born in the United States, but was denied a birth certificate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Third judge blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for kids of people in US illegally

Read full article: Third judge blocks Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship for kids of people in US illegally

A federal judge who just blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of people in the U.S. illegally says he's not persuaded by the Trump administration's arguments.

President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Read full article: The Latest: Trump says ceasefire should be canceled if Hamas doesn’t release hostages by Saturday

The Latest: Trump says ceasefire should be canceled if Hamas doesn’t release hostages by Saturday

President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials in his administration who’ve sought to argue Trump was only calling for the temporary relocation of its population.

FILE - Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Labor, left, is pictured on Capitol Hill, Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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Can Trump bring unions into the GOP fold? His labor nominee presents a major test

Read full article: Can Trump bring unions into the GOP fold? His labor nominee presents a major test

President Donald Trump has repeatedly challenged Senate Republicans with his Cabinet picks.

FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

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A timeline of US-China tit-for-tat tariffs since Trump's first term

Read full article: A timeline of US-China tit-for-tat tariffs since Trump's first term

China’s tit-for-tat duties on U.S. imports have taken effect.

President Donald Trump gestures to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after being sworn in as president during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP)

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Supreme Court that Trump helped shape could have the last word on his aggressive executive orders

Read full article: Supreme Court that Trump helped shape could have the last word on his aggressive executive orders

President Donald Trump will need the Supreme Court, with three justices he appointed, to enable the most aggressive of the many actions he has taken in just the first few weeks of his second White House term.

FILE - Freshly-made pennies sit in a bin at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Aug. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost

Read full article: Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost

President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin.

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 Monday 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.)

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

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)

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

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.

FILE - Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Read full article: Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington

Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington

Elon Musk has promised transparency as President Donald Trump's leader in making the federal government more efficient.

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)

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

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)