More than 10,000 attorneys who worked for the US government have left their jobs during the second Trump administration; a former federal judge analyzes the impact of that exodus.
June 24, 2026
A federal judge has dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit against Maryland that sought access to the state’s detailed voter records
June 24, 2026
The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers
June 23, 2026
The Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas that sought to compel reporters at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to testify before a grand jury
June 23, 2026
Kenyan Health Minister Aden Duale has ordered the suspension of the construction of an Ebola quarantine center for Americans after he was held in contempt by a court that had halted the project
June 23, 2026
Rep. Dan Goldman is speaking out after he was banned from a New York City coffee shop over his stance on Israel. He tells Laura Coates that the coffee shop employee "couldn't have been nicer" but added that the café’s decision to ban him was “quite sad.” Goldman says Democrats must stop dividing themselves and find common ground to fight the Trump administration.
June 23, 2026
American allies of President Donald Trump this week defended him to an Israeli public anxious about a U.S. interim deal with Iran
June 22, 2026
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Monday blocked the Trump administration from preventing food stamp recipients in five states from using their
June 23, 2026
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from using a revamped version of an immigration database for checking the accuracy of state voter rolls,
June 22, 2026
The Trump administration on Monday proposed looser rules for oil and gas drilling operations on federal lands, including a dramatic cut to clean-up costs for abandoned wells.
June 23, 2026
A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota Gov_ Tim Walz and other state officials, calling it an effort to “harass and retaliate against them.”
June 22, 2026
Judge says Trump DOJ subpoenas of Tim Walz and other Democrats are unconstitutional
June 23, 2026
The U.S. military has conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, immediately killing two people and leaving six survivors amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America
June 22, 2026
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June 22, 2026
Exclusive: Trump administration plans to use homeland security funds to pressure states into election changes
June 22, 2026
ABC enlists viewers in free-speech fight with Trump’s FCC
June 22, 2026
The United States authorized Iranian oil sales on Monday, easing decades-old sanctions as it pushes toward a final peace deal with Tehran in return
June 22, 2026
A statewide survey finds majorities in farm country at odds with the deportation push reshaping their workforce.
June 22, 2026
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June 22, 2026
High-level negotiations in Switzerland seeking a permanent end to the Iran war ended with lower-level talks planned for the rest of the week
June 21, 2026
AI regulation is a mess, and Anthropic is caught in the crosshairs
June 21, 2026
Trump claims vandals will force drainage of algae-plagued Reflecting Pool
June 20, 2026
DHS scraps plans to turn Georgia warehouse into detention mega center, city says
June 20, 2026
The question hangs in the halls at the Capitol: Was the war with Iran worth it
June 20, 2026
Democratic states scramble to prevent potential Trump administration interference in their elections
June 20, 2026
A federal judge has rejected former President Joe Biden’s attempt to block the Trump administration from releasing to a conservative group the recordings that Biden made with a ghostwriter
June 20, 2026
The American push for high-stakes talks with Iran has hit a snag
June 19, 2026
Acting U.S. spy chief Bill Pulte is seeking to cut hundreds of jobs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, CNN reported on Friday, as he prepares to take over the
June 19, 2026
Switzerland said U.S. talks with
June 19, 2026
White House officials have for months delayed the release of a U.S. government report that outlines what it describes as
June 19, 2026
President Donald Trump has insisted that the deal he has reached with Iran is superior to the one that President Barack Obama
June 19, 2026
Exclusive: Ex-Trump official: US-Iran framework is ‘enormously helpful’ to Iran
June 19, 2026
The U.S.
June 19, 2026
‘If it doesn’t work out, I’m blaming JD’: Vance’s risky gambit on Iran peace efforts
June 19, 2026
A tech-powered rally boosted U.S. stocks on Thursday, while crude prices dropped as supertankers sailed through the reopened Strait of Hormuz hours after
June 19, 2026
President Donald Trump believes that winning a second term in 2024 instead of 2020 has allowed him to return to the White House even more emboldened
June 19, 2026
The Department of Education has announced a reduction in interest rates for federal student loans, describing it as part of a plan to make higher education more affordable
June 19, 2026
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are voicing strong reservations —- and some outright condemnation — of the Trump administration’s agreement to end the fighting in Iran
June 19, 2026
Several senior U.S. diplomats posted to the Organization of American States have quit or been fired amid clashes with a Trump-appointed ambassador,
June 19, 2026
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June 18, 2026
A federal appeals court panel says the Trump administration can replace a slavery exhibit at George Washington’s home in Philadelphia
June 18, 2026
Trump administration ditches plan to close a critical ocean monitoring system after furious bipartisan backlash
June 19, 2026
Major stock indexes climbed on Thursday as semiconductor shares jumped, while Brent oil touched its lowest level in weeks before finishing
June 18, 2026
The White House provided a copy of the interim U.S.-Iran agreement to the U.S.
June 18, 2026
The U.S.-Iran agreement — the first signed by an American and an Iranian president since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution — is being hailed by its backers as
June 18, 2026
White House staff bids farewell to planes used as Air Force One for more than 35 years
June 19, 2026
Parents of kids with disabilities say they have waited months for the Education Department to address complaints of bullying or discrimination
June 18, 2026
Tim Cook says iPhone prices will rise. Trump says Apple will make US chips with Intel
June 18, 2026
Hegseth announces review of US forces in Europe and again criticizes NATO allies
June 18, 2026
Taiwan's top diplomat in the U.S. says the island needs American weapons to bolster its self-defense against the growing threat from China
June 18, 2026
The Trump administration says it’s buying back another energy company’s U.S. offshore wind leases for four more wind projects, as it seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels
June 17, 2026
The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday yet nearly half the central bank’s policymakers said they could support a rate hike later this year, an unexpectedly aggressive outcome that would disappoint President Trump and suggests heightened concerns about persistent inflation
June 17, 2026
The interim deal between the U.S. and Iran is supposed to usher in a two-month period that would address Tehran’s nuclear program
June 17, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor is telling states they have to combat fraud, waste and abuse in their unemployment insurance programs
June 17, 2026
Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use a "softer touch" in the fight against Hezbollah militants in
June 17, 2026
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is downplaying the impact of the Trump administration's decision to reduce military support for allies
June 17, 2026
A Vietnamese man with cardiovascular problems collapsed and died in the “Speedway Slammer,” the repurposed Indiana
June 17, 2026
The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was moving to challenge a reparations program for Black residents in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, while
June 17, 2026
Shortly after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on February 28, U.S.
June 17, 2026
Rising inflation and a 30% jump in oil prices are dampening global growth, but leaders of the world's top economies are unlikely to blame U.S.
June 17, 2026
Exclusive: West Coast emergency oil reserve sparks pushback from Senate Democrats
June 17, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was willing to send his interim deal to end the war with Iran for review by the U.S.
June 17, 2026
The U.S. military has attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors
June 17, 2026
The Trump administration is helping one of Elon Musk’s companies fight a civil rights lawsuit that alleges it is illegally running dozens of natural gas turbines to power a $20 billion data center in Mississippi
June 17, 2026
US officials downplay text of the Iran agreement, saying it doesn’t account for back-channel commitments
June 17, 2026
The Trump administration is pushing back on complaints from Iran’s national team that it was forced to leave the U.S. immediately after its first World Cup match instead of having a day to recover in a hotel, saying that was the plan for the team all along
June 17, 2026
President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies
June 16, 2026
Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding federal agents during a massive immigration surge in Minnesota earlier this year
June 16, 2026
Reflecting Pool woes: Trump administration turns to hydrogen peroxide in latest bid to beat back algae
June 17, 2026
The Senate has tried again to advance a war powers resolution that would force an end to the U.S. military action against Iran
June 17, 2026
Vice President JD Vance is promoting his new book, but that wasn’t the main focus when he went on ABC’s “The View” to plug his memoir on faith
June 17, 2026
The U.S. will allow Iran to immediately begin selling oil and fuel under the memorandum of understanding the two sides reached to end the war, a
June 16, 2026
The White House has informed supporters that President Donald Trump has accomplished his goals in the war with Iran despite the details of an initial agreement remaining unclear
June 17, 2026
‘We want to get this thing over with’: How Trump officials overcame skepticism of Iran to reach an agreement
June 17, 2026
JD Vance confesses to ‘The View’ that he’s an Epstein ‘conspiracy theorist’
June 17, 2026
The Trump administration is giving Indiana more flexibility over how it decides to spend its federal grant money
June 16, 2026
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June 16, 2026
A group of cybersecurity executives and experts is asking the Trump administration to lift its directive preventing the use of Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence models by foreign nationals, saying the move could help U.S. adversaries more than it hurts them
June 16, 2026
U.S. and Mexican negotiators meet in Washington on Tuesday for a second round of talks focused on agriculture and energy in an effort to revamp the
June 16, 2026
Takeaways from JD Vance’s new book, ‘Communion’
June 16, 2026
The Trump administration said on Monday it had closed an investigation, without seeking any penalties, into a July 2024 meltdown at Delta Air Lines
June 16, 2026
The Trump administration and Iran's leadership agreed on Sunday to terms to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a
June 16, 2026
A key platform that Cubans in the U.S. use to send money and goods to relatives in Cuba has stopped operations
June 16, 2026
Iran has emerged with its uranium enrichment knowledge intact, its stockpile buried and fresh reason to believe that only a nuclear weapon would have deterred the US-Israel attack.
June 16, 2026
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June 15, 2026
Cybersecurity leaders at major U.S. firms, including Nvidia and Adobe, have asked the Trump administration to lift restrictions on Anthropic's most powerful AI
June 15, 2026
Two Democratic members of Congress on Monday pressed the administration of President Donald Trump to retain communication records related to pardons
June 15, 2026
US emergency oil stockpile tumbles to lowest since the Reagan administration
June 16, 2026
With UFC fight night wrapped at the White House, days of breakdown and cleanup begin
June 15, 2026
The U.S.
June 15, 2026
The Trump administration's push to boost critical minerals production by regulating prices is facing skeptical G7 allies
June 15, 2026
Supreme Court dumps Trump aide Carter Page’s wiretapping suit against James Comey
June 15, 2026
The White House says the changes it seeks would strengthen transparency, accountability and oversight. Critics say federal grantmaking would become too political.
June 15, 2026
The
June 15, 2026
Vance’s new book puts his Catholic faith at the center of his story — and his political future
June 15, 2026
Oil prices hit three-month lows on US-Iran agreement
June 15, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Markets had suspected President Trump wanted to wrap up the war for his birthday, and so it happened.
June 15, 2026
A new AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll finds that most Asian American and Pacific Islander adults have experienced or witnessed some degree of upheaval because of the Trump administration’s heightened immigration policies
June 15, 2026
With an agreement on a framework for a peace deal with Iran, U.S.
June 15, 2026
Senior Anthropic technical staff are in Washington to meet with White House officials to try resolving a dispute that has taken the company's most advanced AI models offline, Axios
June 15, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says countries must learn the lesson of diversification after AI giant Anthropic said it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals
June 15, 2026
Dissent grows against deal in Iran – but the regime is likely to have final say
June 14, 2026
Who was Niño Guerrero? The alleged drug kingpin the US killed in Venezuela
June 14, 2026
Momentum for a deal to end the Iran war is growing
June 13, 2026
Anthropic suspends all access to Mythos model after US government bans foreign nationals use
June 13, 2026
Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years, new data showed this week, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political challenge for the Trump administration as midterm elections near
June 13, 2026
Anthropic said on Friday it will "abruptly disable" its most advanced AI models for all users after the U.S. government ordered it
June 13, 2026
AI giant Anthropic says it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals
June 13, 2026
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs on topics like slavery and climate change that
June 13, 2026
Trump’s DOJ approves Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, as potential state lawsuits loom
June 13, 2026
The United States and Iran signalled on Friday that an agreement to end their war was close, with a senior
June 12, 2026
Jan. 6 debanking probe once floated as way to pad anti-weaponization fund
June 13, 2026
Judge rejects bid to stop UFC fight at White House
June 13, 2026
A federal judge in Virginia has extended a court-ordered block on the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government
June 12, 2026
Iranians are living between confusion and exhaustion as the country and its economy are squeezed between war and multiplying crises at home
June 12, 2026
UK shares gained in a broad-based rally on Friday amid growing hoping of a peace agreement between Iran and the U.S., which sent crude
June 12, 2026
President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States and Iran could sign a peace deal as soon as this weekend that would
June 11, 2026
President Donald Trump says he’s called off new military strikes on Iran hours after threatening to escalate the 3-month-old war
June 11, 2026
The return of the screwworm parasite to the U.S. has some politicians trying to figure out who to blame
June 12, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war
June 11, 2026
The Trump administration plans to deport a number of Iranians and other migrants to Central African Republic, a
June 11, 2026
The U.S.
June 11, 2026
The U.S.
June 11, 2026
US futures and Asian shares are mixed while oil prices decline as some exporters opt to raise output
Nonprofits and brands are navigating the partisan air of the 250th in search of a unifying tone
Six killed in India's Mumbai as rains wreak havoc, disrupt travel
Australia and Fiji seal a new mutual defense pact in a push to counter China in the Pacific
Dodgers' Eliézer Alfonzo makes MLB debut with sister, stepmother still missing in Venezuela quakes
South Korea's Lee urges speed in launching mega chip projects
Australia PM Albanese apologises for crude Kylie Minogue remark