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1865 episodes transcribedOn Monday, the White House budget office ordered a freeze on all federal funding. Yesterday, the White House walked that memo back after days of chaos...
During his confirmation hearing Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick to run Health and Human Services, defended his stances on vaccines and a...
The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants, loans, and financial assistance programs according to a memo released Monday...
This past weekend, President Trump showed the country how he plans to govern in his second term. On Friday, he fired independent inspectors general an...
President Trump campaigned on a promise of mass deportation and reducing the size of the federal workforce. Has he followed through on those promises?...
During his inaugural address, President Trump said, "I will also declare a national energy emergency — we will drill, baby, drill." What does that dec...
The president argues such programs, meant to increase the diversity of the federal workforce, were discriminatory in nature. The actions place employe...
Fulfilling a campaign promise, President Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people who had been charged with or convicted of crimes associated with the Ja...
"I return to the presidency, confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success," Trump said after being swo...
Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump's cabinet picks continued Friday, as Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) took questions about immigration...
After more than a year of fighting, President Biden announced a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas had been reached. What's in the deal, and...
President-elect Trump's picks to run the Departments of Justice and State faced senators today in confirmation hearings. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), th...
The Department of Justice's long-awaited election interference report against Donald Trump, released early Tuesday, said the evidence against the pres...
The Los Angeles area has been devastated by wildfires over the past week. As officials work to get the two biggest fires contained, president-elect Tr...
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced today in his New York hush money case. While there weren't any real consequences, he does walk away a convi...
Former president Jimmy Carter was honored today at Washington's National Cathedral. The funeral brought together all five living presidents, including...
When he took office, President Biden promised to diversify the federal bench. During his four years in office, he succeeded in making that promise a r...
President-elect Donald Trump held a press conference today from his home in Mar-a-Lago. Topics of discussion included his dissatisfaction with the out...
Every four years, Congress meets to certify the results of the previous November's presidential election in what is usually a calm and straightforward...
The FBI continues investigating the motivation of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who drove a truck into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing at leas...
