Politics
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Surging far-right AfD hopes to score new legitimacy as Germans prepare to vote
Germans will head to the polls Sunday looking for leadership at a deeply uncertain time, but all eyes will be trained on a party likely to finish a...
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Mike Waltz says Trump is 'frustrated' with Zelenskyy and blasts 'insults' from Ukraine
A top White House official said Thursday that President Donald Trump's increasingly tough criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy reflects the...
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State Department halts all media subscriptions except for academic, professional journals
The State Department will no longer pay for subscriptions to foreign and domestic news outlets under a new directive.
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Senate confirms Kash Patel as FBI director
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel as FBI director, handing President Trump's outspoken nominee a green light to overhaul the bureau that...
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Trump order calls for agencies to run regulations past DOGE
President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday calling for agency heads to work with the Department of Government Efficiency to review all...
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Trump order eliminates advisory committees, federal groups
President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that targets numerous federal agencies, including the United States Institute of Peace and...
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Panama sends U.S. deportees to the Darien camp after they refused to return to their countries
Panama transferred 98 deportees from various nations it had received from the United States to a camp in its Darien province Wednesday, an area...
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IRS to lay off 7,000 probationary workers starting Thursday, AP source says
The IRS will lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday, a person familiar with the plans told The...
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Trump to sign executive order ending benefits for illegal immigrants
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday evening that will terminate any taxpayer benefits that may be going to illegal...
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Hegseth wants to cut Biden-era spending in the Pentagon to fund Trump priorities
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants Pentagon officials to lop off about 8% from the next defense budget to help fund the military priorities of...
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Trump endorses sending DOGE rebate checks to taxpayers
President Trump on Wednesday endorsed sending Americans rebate checks based on a percentage of the savings achieved by the federal government...
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Trump Education Department cancels $226 million in 'divisive' diversity grants
The Trump administration on Wednesday canceled $226 million in federal grants earmarked for meetings and reports on diversity needs in K-12 schools.