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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, listens at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Iowa's top leaders are strongly endorsing Musk and DOGE. Iowans are watching closely

Read full article: Iowa's top leaders are strongly endorsing Musk and DOGE. Iowans are watching closely

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has hailed Elon Musk and the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.

Demonstrators and lawmakers rally against President Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk as they disrupt the federal government, including dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, which administers foreign aid approved by Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
7 hours ago

Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say

Read full article: Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say

The Trump administration has presented a plan to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Law officials escort a suspect from an apartment to a waiting utility vehicle for transport during a raid Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in east Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
9 hours ago

US border czar blames leaks for hindering immigration raids in Colorado suburb spotlighted by Trump

Read full article: US border czar blames leaks for hindering immigration raids in Colorado suburb spotlighted by Trump

Donald Trump's border czar is blaming news leaks for hindering a large-scale immigration operation in Colorado.

FILE - In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, flags fly at half-staff at Camp Justice, Aug. 29, 2021, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
10 hours ago

Newly unsealed documents reveal more details of prosecutors' evidence in 9/11 attacks

Read full article: Newly unsealed documents reveal more details of prosecutors' evidence in 9/11 attacks

Newly unsealed documents give one of the most detailed views yet of the evidence gathered on the accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, including how prosecutors allege he and others interacted with the hijackers who carried out the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

FILE - Elon Musk listens as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
11 hours ago

DOGE was tasked with stopping Treasury payments to USAID, AP sources say

Read full article: DOGE was tasked with stopping Treasury payments to USAID, AP sources say

Officials working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency sought access to the Treasury Department payment system to stop money from flowing to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks after being sworn in by Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump looks on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
11 hours ago

Trump's Justice Department ends Biden-era task force aimed at seizing assets of Russian oligarchs

Read full article: Trump's Justice Department ends Biden-era task force aimed at seizing assets of Russian oligarchs

The Trump administration's Justice Department has disbanded a Biden-era program aimed at seizing the assets of Russian oligarchs as a means to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

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

13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data

Read full article: 13 states to sue over DOGE access to government payment systems containing personal data

Democratic attorneys general in several states are vowing to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans’ sensitive personal information.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a joint news conference with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader at the National Palace in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
11 hours ago

How Rubio’s trip abroad was overshadowed by foreign policy at home, from USAID to Trump's Gaza plan

Read full article: How Rubio’s trip abroad was overshadowed by foreign policy at home, from USAID to Trump's Gaza plan

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his heart: immigration, counternarcotics and curbing Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere.

Firefighter Jack Tidrow speaks in opposition to a Utah bill that would ban collective bargaining in public sector jobs, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, at the Capitol Building in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)
10 hours ago

Utah Legislature bans collective bargaining for teachers unions and other public sector jobs

Read full article: Utah Legislature bans collective bargaining for teachers unions and other public sector jobs

Labor unions that serve teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees in Utah will no longer be able to negotiate on behalf of their workers under a bill that has received final legislative approval.

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, attends a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
8 hours ago

Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office

Read full article: Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office

The Senate has confirmed Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director.

Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Labor, left, arrives to meet with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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More of Trump's Cabinet picks are set for Senate hearings. Here's the schedule

Read full article: More of Trump's Cabinet picks are set for Senate hearings. Here's the schedule

More Senate hearings are coming up for President Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington, as Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, Oracle chief technology officer Larry Ellison and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, listen. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
8 hours ago

OpenAI looks across US for sites to build its Trump-backed Stargate AI data centers

Read full article: OpenAI looks across US for sites to build its Trump-backed Stargate AI data centers

OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology, expanding beyond a flagship Texas location and looking across 16 states to accelerate the Stargate project championed by President Donald Trump.

File - In this June 30, 2011 file photo is an exterior view of San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
10 hours ago

San Jose State and Penn face inquiries in Trump crackdown on transgender athletes

Read full article: San Jose State and Penn face inquiries in Trump crackdown on transgender athletes

The Education Department says it is investigating potential civil rights violations at two universities and a high school sports league that allowed transgender athletes to compete on women’s teams.

President Donald Trump talks to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left and and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, after he spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
7 hours ago

Trump meets with congressional Republicans as GOP lawmakers argue over tax and spending cuts

Read full article: Trump meets with congressional Republicans as GOP lawmakers argue over tax and spending cuts

President Donald Trump hosted an unusually long meeting with House Republicans at the White House on Thursday.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears for an interview with FOX Business Network's Larry Kudlow in the Washington bureau of FOX News, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Moriah Ratner)
15 hours ago

US imposes sanctions on network that helps ship Iranian oil to China

Read full article: US imposes sanctions on network that helps ship Iranian oil to China

The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on a network of more than a dozen people and firms that are accused of facilitating the shipment of millions of barrels of Iranian oil to China.

FILE - Elon Musk reacts as President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
16 hours ago

Musk uses his X ownership and White House position to push Trump priorities, intimidate detractors

Read full article: Musk uses his X ownership and White House position to push Trump priorities, intimidate detractors

The emergence of X owner Elon Musk as the most influential figure around President Donald Trump has created an extraordinary dynamic — a White House adviser who's using one of the world’s most powerful information platforms to sell the government’s talking points while threatening its detractors.

FILE - Jamieson Greer, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the U.S. Trade Representative, poses for a photo with Cabinet picks, other nominees and appointments, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
16 hours ago

Trump's US trade negotiator choice vows hardline policies

Read full article: Trump's US trade negotiator choice vows hardline policies

Jamieson Greer, President Donald Trump’s choice to be the top U.S. trade negotiator, is promising to stick to the president’s hardline trade policies.

JD Vance is sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as Usha Vance holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)
20 hours ago

What is 'ordo amoris?' Vice President JD Vance invokes this medieval Catholic concept

Read full article: What is 'ordo amoris?' Vice President JD Vance invokes this medieval Catholic concept

Vice President JD Vance recently cited medieval Catholic theology in justifying the immigration crackdown under President Donald Trump.

Vice President JD Vance speaks before swearing in Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Vice Presidential Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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A short honeymoon for Catholics in D.C. as Vice President Vance clashes with bishops on migration

Read full article: A short honeymoon for Catholics in D.C. as Vice President Vance clashes with bishops on migration

Less than a week after he shared the inauguration stage with a senior Catholic cardinal, Vice President JD Vance picked a fight with the top American leaders of his church.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown departs a press availability after a federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship in a case brought by the states of Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
8 hours ago

Justice Department appeals as second judge in 2 days blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order

Read full article: Justice Department appeals as second judge in 2 days blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order

A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.

A "seized" sign is placed on a Venezuelan government airplane during a press conference where U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced its seizure at La Isabela International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
9 hours ago

US seizes Venezuelan president's plane held in Dominican Republic during Rubio visit

Read full article: US seizes Venezuelan president's plane held in Dominican Republic during Rubio visit

The Trump administration has seized the second of two planes belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government that is currently in the Dominican Republic.

FILE - Audience members gather at Made By Google for new product announcements at Google on Aug. 13, 2024, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File)
1 day ago

Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules

Read full article: Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules

Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have been abandoning or scaling back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

FILE - Britain's Prince Harry arrives to attend the WellChild Awards ceremony in London, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. The event celebrates inspirational young people living with serious illnesses.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
1 day ago

As case involving Prince Harry's immigration paperwork inches forward, judge considers next steps

Read full article: As case involving Prince Harry's immigration paperwork inches forward, judge considers next steps

A federal judge is considering next steps in a slow-moving court case that could spell legal trouble for Prince Harry.

FILE - West Point cadets salute during the National Anthem prior to the NCAA college football game between the Army Black Knights and Massachusetts at Michie Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
1 day ago

West Point shuts down clubs for women and students of color in response to Trump's DEI policies

Read full article: West Point shuts down clubs for women and students of color in response to Trump's DEI policies

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has ordered a dozen cadet clubs focused on ethnicity and gender to disband in response to the Trump administration’s push to eliminate diversity programs throughout government.

President Donald Trump gestures after signing an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls' sporting events, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Trump is targeting antisemitism in schools. Experts fear other civil rights will be ignored

Read full article: Trump is targeting antisemitism in schools. Experts fear other civil rights will be ignored

The federal office that enforces civil rights at school across the nation has been ordered to prioritize complaints of antisemitism above all else as it molds to President Donald Trump’s agenda, raising fears that other rights violations will go unpunished.

Treasury Union Employees president Doreen Greenwald speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
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IRS workers involved in 2025 tax season can't take buyout until after the taxpayer filing deadline

Read full article: IRS workers involved in 2025 tax season can't take buyout until after the taxpayer filing deadline

IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season will not be allowed to accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration until after the taxpayer filing deadline.

Former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris stand as Christopher Macchio performs "The Star-Spangled Banner" after President Donald Trump was sworn in during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool photo via AP)
1 day ago

'60 Minutes' publicly releases transcripts of interview at heart of its dispute with Trump

Read full article: '60 Minutes' publicly releases transcripts of interview at heart of its dispute with Trump

CBS' “60 Minutes” on Wednesday released a full, unedited transcript of its October interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

President Donald Trump speaks before Pam Bondi is sworn in as Attorney General by Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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With Gaza rehab and other global policy ideas, Trump goes from America First to America Everywhere

Read full article: With Gaza rehab and other global policy ideas, Trump goes from America First to America Everywhere

President Donald Trump promised voters an administration that wouldn’t waste precious American lives and taxpayer treasure on far-off wars and nation building.

FILE - Elon Musk arrives before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP, File)
1 day ago

Democratic senators protest after they say Trump gives Musk's staff access to classified info

Read full article: Democratic senators protest after they say Trump gives Musk's staff access to classified info

Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are demanding answers after they say President Donald Trump gave Elon Musk's staff access to sensitive and classified government information.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, is joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., right, during the Senate Republican policy luncheon press conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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Trump unleashes a supercharged MAGA agenda and Republicans come aboard

Read full article: Trump unleashes a supercharged MAGA agenda and Republicans come aboard

President Donald Trump’s early moves, such as trying to slash the federal government and imposing tariffs on key allies, are testing how far Republicans are willing to go in supporting his supercharged “Make America Great Again” agenda.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after a tour of a migrant return center and a demonstration of a dog trained to sniff out narcotics, at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
1 day ago

Guatemala gives Rubio a second deportation deal for migrants being sent home from the US

Read full article: Guatemala gives Rubio a second deportation deal for migrants being sent home from the US

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from the United States.

President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
1 day ago

Why conservative American evangelicals are among Israel's strongest supporters

Read full article: Why conservative American evangelicals are among Israel's strongest supporters

One of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first meetings in the United States this week was with American evangelicals on Monday.