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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
2 hours ago

RFK. Jr's family members say he is a 'threat' to Americans' health and call for his resignation

Read full article: RFK. Jr's family members say he is a 'threat' to Americans' health and call for his resignation
President Donald Trump listens as first lady Melania Trump repeats a question for him during a dinner in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
1 hour ago

How Donald Trump is weaponizing the government to settle personal scores and pursue his agenda

Read full article: How Donald Trump is weaponizing the government to settle personal scores and pursue his agenda
FILE - Former President Joe Biden speaks during the National Bar Association's 100th Annual Awards Gala in Chicago, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
3 hours ago

Biden chooses Delaware for his presidential library as his team turns to raising money for it

Read full article: Biden chooses Delaware for his presidential library as his team turns to raising money for it
President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
16 hours ago

Trump's job market promises fall flat as hiring collapses and inflation ticks up

Read full article: Trump's job market promises fall flat as hiring collapses and inflation ticks up

The U.S. job market has gone from healthy to lethargic during President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in the White House.

Members of Congress listen as President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
19 hours ago

Trump hosts White House dinner for GOP lawmakers at paved space he dubbed 'Rose Garden Club'

Read full article: Trump hosts White House dinner for GOP lawmakers at paved space he dubbed 'Rose Garden Club'

President Donald Trump hosted a dinner Friday night for members of Congress in the newly paved White House Rose Garden, telling them they were the first gathering of what he dubbed the “Rose Garden Club.”.

During a training exercise involving local and federal law enforcement organized by the U.S. Capitol Police, people portraying protesters confront police officers wearing protective equipment at the U.S. Secret Service James J. Rowley Training Center Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Laurel, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
17 hours ago

In post-Jan. 6 era, 600 officers train for riots as threats to lawmakers climb toward record high

Read full article: In post-Jan. 6 era, 600 officers train for riots as threats to lawmakers climb toward record high

The U.S. Capitol Police have led a massive training exercise in Maryland to improve coordination among law enforcement agencies.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, right, speaks next to Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott, left, during a news conference, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
20 hours ago

Maryland leaders tell Trump they don't need the National Guard to curb gun violence

Read full article: Maryland leaders tell Trump they don't need the National Guard to curb gun violence

In a pointed show of solidarity against President Donald Trump, state and local leaders walked through one of Baltimore’s most historically underserved neighborhoods amid ongoing efforts to curb gun violence.

Washington Metropolitan Police officers and military police soldiers with the District of Columbia National Guard watch as activists protest President Donald Trump's federal takeover of policing of the District of Columbia, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
21 hours ago

Congress is expected to allow Trump's takeover of DC police to expire

Read full article: Congress is expected to allow Trump's takeover of DC police to expire

Congress is expected to allow President Donald Trump’s temporary takeover of Washington’s police department to expire next week as the 30 day limit comes to an end.

FILE - Hagi Abucar places flowers for his former coworker Lindsey Herkness on the south reflecting pool during the 9/11 Memorial ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Sept. 11, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
21 hours ago

Trump seeking ways to take over 9/11 memorial in NYC

Read full article: Trump seeking ways to take over 9/11 memorial in NYC

President Donald Trump’s administration says it's looking at ways the federal government can assume operation of the 9/11 memorial in New York City.

The Presidents of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics, 1st left, Lithuania President Gitanas Nausda, second left, Estonia President Alar Karis, and the Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen, right, pose at a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki, center, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
21 hours ago

European countries near Russia puzzled by US plans to cut defense funding

Read full article: European countries near Russia puzzled by US plans to cut defense funding

Confusion has emerged over Trump administration plans to halt some security assistance funding to European countries along the border with Russia.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
22 hours ago

Trump administration says Kilmar Abrego Garcia is ineligible for asylum

Read full article: Trump administration says Kilmar Abrego Garcia is ineligible for asylum

The Trump administration is fighting Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s bid to apply for asylum.

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears greets voters at her military-themed rally at Saucys Sit-Down Bar.B.Q in Hopewell, Va., on Aug. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Olivia Diaz)
21 hours ago

Democrats, GOP test their playbooks as Trump looms over elections in Virginia and New Jersey

Read full article: Democrats, GOP test their playbooks as Trump looms over elections in Virginia and New Jersey

Democrats and Republicans are testing dueling playbooks in fall elections that will decide the leadership of Virginia and New Jersey — and perhaps a new direction for the parties heading into next year’s midterms.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
22 hours ago

Trump signs order to designate nations that hold Americans as sponsors of wrongful detention

Read full article: Trump signs order to designate nations that hold Americans as sponsors of wrongful detention

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that would let the U.S. designate nations as state sponsors of wrongful detention, using the threat of associated sanctions to deter Americans from being detained abroad or taken hostage.

President Donald Trump listens as Miami Mayor Francis Suarez speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
20 hours ago

Trump says US will host next year’s G20 summit at his Florida golf club but he won't make money

Read full article: Trump says US will host next year’s G20 summit at his Florida golf club but he won't make money

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will host next year’s Group of 20 summit at his golf club in southern Florida.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro walks outside the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
23 hours ago

Prosecutors drop federal case against woman accused of threatening to kill Trump

Read full article: Prosecutors drop federal case against woman accused of threatening to kill Trump

Justice Department prosecutors are dropping their federal case against a woman who was charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a television interview at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
22 hours ago

CBS forbids editing of 'Face the Nation' interviews after complaints from Kristi Noem

Read full article: CBS forbids editing of 'Face the Nation' interviews after complaints from Kristi Noem

CBS says it will no longer allow editing of newsmaker interviews on its Sunday morning show “Face the Nation.”.

President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
1 day ago

US and EU plan to discuss new Russia sanctions: What could be next for Putin?

Read full article: US and EU plan to discuss new Russia sanctions: What could be next for Putin?

European officials, led by EU sanctions envoy David O’Sullivan, plan to visit the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday to discuss economic pressure on Russia, including new sanctions.

FILE - Correctional Officer Jose Sandoval inspects one of the more than 2,000 cell phones confiscated from inmates at California State Prison, Solano in Vacaville, Calif., April 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
1 day ago

FCC taking steps that would allow US prisons to jam prisoners' cellphone signals

Read full article: FCC taking steps that would allow US prisons to jam prisoners' cellphone signals

Federal officials are moving a step closer to allowing state and federal prisons to jam cellphone signals from devices smuggled to inmates.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks to reporters before touring "Camp 57," a facility to house immigration detainees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
21 hours ago

Judge blocks Trump administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians

Read full article: Judge blocks Trump administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States.

Co-owner Eric Abramowitz at Eric's Rx Shoppe unpacks a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines at the store in Horsham, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
17 hours ago

States move to protect vaccines in the face of attempts to remove mandates

Read full article: States move to protect vaccines in the face of attempts to remove mandates

The widening debate over vaccine mandates in the U.S. and recent moves to get rid of them for schoolchildren in Florida are pushing some states to take steps to protect vaccines for children and adults.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a human smuggling news conference Thursday Sept. 4, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
20 hours ago

Justice Department talks about banning transgender gun owners spark fury across political spectrum

Read full article: Justice Department talks about banning transgender gun owners spark fury across political spectrum

The Justice Department is drawing swift condemnation from gun rights groups and LGBTQ advocates alike after floating that it was considering restricting transgender people from owning guns — a move that would all but certainly face immediate constitutional challenges if ever implemented.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro speaks with reporters as President Donald Trump, from left, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
21 hours ago

Two DC teens arrested in congressional intern's fatal shooting

Read full article: Two DC teens arrested in congressional intern's fatal shooting

Two teenagers have been arrested on murder charges in the killing of a congressional intern who was struck by stray bullets during a shooting in the nation’s capital.

FILE - Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., speaks during the confirmation hearing for Kash Patel, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
1 day ago

National conservatism asserts its dominance in Trump's Washington

Read full article: National conservatism asserts its dominance in Trump's Washington

National conservatism is reshaping the Republican Party in President Donald Trump’s second term.

FILE - New York Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a campaign launch rally at City Hall, Thursday, June. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
20 hours ago

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he won't quit the race and is the only one who can beat Mamdani

Read full article: NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he won't quit the race and is the only one who can beat Mamdani

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has said again that he won’t end his reelection campaign.

Members of the District of Columbia National Guard standing next to an MATV vehicle scan the area as they patrol outside Union Station, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
1 day ago

Georgia sends troops to DC in sign that Trump's policing push will continue

Read full article: Georgia sends troops to DC in sign that Trump's policing push will continue

Georgia is becoming the eighth state to send National Guard troops to Washington, D.

President Donald Trump speaks as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth holds a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
20 hours ago

Trump executive order aims to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War

Read full article: Trump executive order aims to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War.

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)
22 hours ago

Attorneys general warn OpenAI and other tech companies to improve chatbot safety

Read full article: Attorneys general warn OpenAI and other tech companies to improve chatbot safety

The attorneys general of California and Delaware have expressed serious concerns about the safety of OpenAI's chatbot, ChatGPT, especially for children and teens.

FILE - Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks to reporters outside "Camp 57," a facility to house immigration detainees at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Wednesday, with Attorney General Pam Bondi, , left, and ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan, partially visible right, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
1 day ago

Louisiana governor pays fine and discloses $13K in unreported free trips in deal to end ethics probe

Read full article: Louisiana governor pays fine and discloses $13K in unreported free trips in deal to end ethics probe

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has agreed to pay a $900 fine for failing to disclose a free trip to Hawaii and other complimentary trips while serving as the state’s attorney general.

Syntia Caceres talks on the phone to her son, who was detained in the U.S. in July and her four-year-old granddaughter Aurore was placed in foster care in Georgia state, at her home in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
23 hours ago

Deported Venezuelan mothers ask Melania Trump to help reunite them with their children

Read full article: Deported Venezuelan mothers ask Melania Trump to help reunite them with their children

Venezuelan mothers and grandmothers are appealing to U.S. first lady Melania Trump for help reuniting with their children.

FILE - The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Aug. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
22 hours ago

Pentagon-funded research at colleges has aided the Chinese military, a House GOP report says

Read full article: Pentagon-funded research at colleges has aided the Chinese military, a House GOP report says

A congressional investigation finds the Pentagon has funded research involving collaboration with Chinese entities linked to China's defense sector.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
18 hours ago

The Latest: DHS says 475 people were detained during an immigration raid in Georgia

Read full article: The Latest: DHS says 475 people were detained during an immigration raid in Georgia

According to a Homeland Security official, some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles.

FILE - Buildings are reflected in 200 block of Clarendon Street, Nov. 8, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
1 day ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Boston's mayoral primary

Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Boston's mayoral primary

Boston voters will narrow the field of candidates for mayor in a municipal primary that pits incumbent Michelle Wu against Josh Kraft, son of billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.

Campaign signs for the special election in Virginia's 11th Congressional District are on display outside the Fairfax County Government Center in Fairfax, Va., Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon)
1 day ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Virginia's special congressional election

Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Virginia's special congressional election

Voters in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington will choose a replacement Tuesday for the late Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, who died in May after battling cancer.

Sikh truck driver Prahb Singh maneuvers his truck at a gas station in Fontana, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
1 day ago

A deadly crash, a divided nation: Why Sikh truckers are now in the crossfire

Read full article: A deadly crash, a divided nation: Why Sikh truckers are now in the crossfire

Members of California’s Sikh trucking community say a deadly crash involving one of its own has led to a spike in anti-Sikh rhetoric.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein speaks at the Land of Sky Regional Council, Aug. 20, 2025, Fletcher, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
1 day ago

A Democratic governor, a Republican legislature: How Josh Stein navigates North Carolina politics

Read full article: A Democratic governor, a Republican legislature: How Josh Stein navigates North Carolina politics

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is taking a more collaborative approach with Republican opponents in his first eight months in office despite disagreeing with them on many issues.

Rupert Murdoch arrives at the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on April 5, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
1 day ago

Fox News thrives two years after court settlement, but 2020 election coverage fight goes on

Read full article: Fox News thrives two years after court settlement, but 2020 election coverage fight goes on

Fox News seemed to be dealt a crippling blow in a $787 million settlement of a libel lawsuit more than two years ago, but has instead thrived.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a joint news conference with Ecuador's Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld at the Palacio de Carondelet, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
1 day ago

A deadly strike marks a moment in Rubio's long desire to confront Venezuela

Read full article: A deadly strike marks a moment in Rubio's long desire to confront Venezuela

The deadly strike on a boat U.S. officials say was carrying drugs from Venezuela may have marked a stunning shift, but escalating pressure on the South American country has defined much of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s quarter-century in politics.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
1 day ago

Operation Warp Speed was one of Trump's biggest achievements. Then came RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptics

Read full article: Operation Warp Speed was one of Trump's biggest achievements. Then came RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptics

President Donald Trump launched Operation Warp Speed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and, as recently as last week, praised it as a major achievement.

President Donald Trump listens as first lady Melania Trump repeats a question for him during a dinner in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
1 day ago

Trump to attend the US Open men's final Sunday, marking another trip to a major sporting event

Read full article: Trump to attend the US Open men's final Sunday, marking another trip to a major sporting event

President Donald Trump plans to attend the men's final of the U.S. Open on Sunday.

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at a rally with Hotel & Gaming Trades Council workers, in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
1 day ago

Trump says Zohran Mamdani likely to be New York's next mayor unless 2 of his opponents quit the race

Read full article: Trump says Zohran Mamdani likely to be New York's next mayor unless 2 of his opponents quit the race

President Donald Trump says he thinks Democrat Zohran Mamdani is likely to become New York City’s next mayor unless two of the three candidates running against him drop out of the race.

FILE - Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the Georgia Secretary of State, answers journalists' questions, Nov. 16, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)
1 day ago

Republican Gabriel Sterling, defender of 2020 Georgia election, runs for secretary of state

Read full article: Republican Gabriel Sterling, defender of 2020 Georgia election, runs for secretary of state

Gabriel Sterling, known for defending Georgia's 2020 election results, is running for the state's secretary of state.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at an event with President Donald Trump on the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
1 day ago

Trump will seek 'Department of War' rebrand for Pentagon

Read full article: Trump will seek 'Department of War' rebrand for Pentagon

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War.

People wait for loved ones from Guatemala deported from the United States outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
1 day ago

Chaotic showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in Trump’s deportation push

Read full article: Chaotic showdown over Guatemalan children exposes fault lines in Trump’s deportation push

A reconstruction of the aborted deportation of dozens of Guatemalan children on Labor Day weekend illuminates the latest clash between the administration’s desire for mass deportations and longstanding legal protections for migrants.

FILE - Former President Joe Biden speaks during the National Bar Association's 100th Annual Awards Gala in Chicago, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
1 day ago

Joe Biden undergoes surgery to remove skin cancer on forehead

Read full article: Joe Biden undergoes surgery to remove skin cancer on forehead

Joe Biden recently underwent surgery to remove skin cancer lesions.

FILE - The UN flag flies on a stormy day at the United Nations during the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
1 day ago

US considers banning Iranians from shopping at Costco during UN meeting

Read full article: US considers banning Iranians from shopping at Costco during UN meeting

The Trump administration has already denied visas for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his large delegation to attend the U.N. General Assembly later this month.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks as U.S. Attorney of Middle District of Florida Gregory W. Kehoe, left, watches during a human smuggling news conference Thursday Sept. 4, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
1 day ago

Justice Department ramping up efforts to target human smuggling at the northern US border

Read full article: Justice Department ramping up efforts to target human smuggling at the northern US border

The U.S. Justice Department is ramping up efforts to target human smuggling operations exploiting America’s northern border, citing growing concerns about sophisticated criminal networks transporting migrants for profit, expanding their focus beyond the southern border.

FILE - Commuters walk past the New York Stock Exchange, April 8, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
23 hours ago

US hiring stalls with employers reluctant to expand in an economy grown increasingly erratic

Read full article: US hiring stalls with employers reluctant to expand in an economy grown increasingly erratic

The American job market, a pillar of U.S. economic strength since the pandemic, is crumbling under the weight of President Donald Trump’s erratic economic policies.

FILE - The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
1 day ago

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let him fire member of Federal Trade Commission

Read full article: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let him fire member of Federal Trade Commission

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court Thursday to let the president fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission, the latest in a string of emergency petitions over the president’s removal power.

FILE - A sign supporting citizenship for American Samoans is posted outside the Log Cabin Gifts store on the waterfront in Whittier, Alaska, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
1 day ago

10 Alaskans born in American Samoa plead not guilty in voting case highlighting citizenship issues

Read full article: 10 Alaskans born in American Samoa plead not guilty in voting case highlighting citizenship issues

Ten Alaska residents pleaded not guilty to voter misconduct or other charges.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
1 day ago

Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing before Senate lawmakers

Read full article: Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing before Senate lawmakers

Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan questioning over recent changes to health agencies, vaccine approvals and other priorities at a contentious three-hour Senate hearing.

Robin Rothove, left, and Paula Smith, right, demonstrate outside the Missouri Capitol as lawmakers prepare to conduct a committee hearing inside to consider redrawing the state's U.S. House districts, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
1 day ago

Trump-backed plan to redraw Missouri congressional districts draws opposition at first hearing

Read full article: Trump-backed plan to redraw Missouri congressional districts draws opposition at first hearing

Some Missouri residents are denouncing a plan to redraw the state's congressional districts at the urging of President Donald Trump.

Demonstrators protesting against the Trump administration's withholding of federal funds for the PEPFAR program to combat HIV/AIDS march near the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
2 days ago

The US will buy 2 million doses of an HIV prevention drug for low-income countries

Read full article: The US will buy 2 million doses of an HIV prevention drug for low-income countries

The U.S. is purchasing enough doses of a new twice-a-year HIV prevention shot to share with up to 2 million people in poor countries by 2028.

National Capital Planning Commission Chairman Will Scharf presides over a National Capital Planning Commission meeting, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
1 day ago

Demolition for new White House ballroom doesn't need approval, Trump-appointed commission head says

Read full article: Demolition for new White House ballroom doesn't need approval, Trump-appointed commission head says

The head of the National Capital Planning Commission says crews can start demolishing parts of the White House for a new ballroom without needing approval.

FILE - U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro speaks during a news conference, Aug. 12, 2025, at the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
2 days ago

Judge upbraids prosecutors for handling of DC surge cases, saying they have 'no credibility left'

Read full article: Judge upbraids prosecutors for handling of DC surge cases, saying they have 'no credibility left'

A federal magistrate judge has angrily accused top Justice Department prosecutors of trampling on the civil rights of people arrested during President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital.

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference outside Manhattan federal court in New York, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
1 day ago

New York attorney general asks court to reinstate President Trump’s massive civil fraud penalty

Read full article: New York attorney general asks court to reinstate President Trump’s massive civil fraud penalty

New York’s attorney general is moving to have the state’s highest court reinstate President Donald Trump’s staggering civil fraud penalty.

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