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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington.

Head Start and other services for low-income families hit glitches as Trump freezes federal money

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington.

January 28, 2025, 3:09pm Latest News

As the White House paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching executive order, early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care for some of the nation's neediest families and children. Read story

FILE - The logo for the Justice Department is seen before a news conference at the Department of Justice, Aug. 23, 2024, in Washington.

Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president

FILE - The logo for the Justice Department is seen before a news conference at the Department of Justice, Aug. 23, 2024, in Washington.

January 28, 2025, 2:51pm Nation & World

The Justice Department said that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump, moving rapidly to pursue retribution against lawyers involved in the investigations and signaling an early willingness to take action favorable to the president’s personal interests. Read story

FILE - Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, before she christened the nuclear aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., on Dec. 7, 2019.

Caroline Kennedy warns senators that cousin RFK Jr. is a ‘lie and cheat’

FILE - Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, before she christened the nuclear aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., on Dec. 7, 2019.

January 28, 2025, 2:05pm Health

Calling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “predator” who is addicted to power, Caroline Kennedy urged the U.S. Senate in a Tuesday letter to reject the nomination of her cousin to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary Read story

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J.

Six active duty service members file first lawsuit challenging Trump’s transgender troop ban

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J.

January 28, 2025, 11:30am Nation & World

Six transgender active duty service members and two former service members who seek re-enlistment on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that calls for revising policy on transgender troops and probably sets the stage for banning them in the armed forces. Read story

FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.

New top prosecutor for DC advocated for Jan. 6 rioters and echoed Trump’s false 2020 election claims

FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.

January 28, 2025, 8:25am Nation & World

For years, conservative activist Ed Martin has promoted Donald Trump’s false claims about a stolen 2020 election, railed against the prosecution of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol and represented some of them in court. Read story

In the early going, Trump 2.0 approach on foreign policy is to talk loudly and carry a big stick

January 28, 2025, 8:21am Politics

Donald Trump in his first week back in the White House has offered an early preview to his second-term foreign policy approach: Talk loudly and wield a big stick. Read story

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington.

Karoline Leavitt, youngest White House press secretary, will make her debut in the briefing room

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in Washington.

January 28, 2025, 8:21am Politics

Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, will make her debut in the briefing room on Tuesday. Read story

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, Dec. 9, 2024.

Netanyahu hopes to meet Trump in Washington as soon as next week, US officials say

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, Dec. 9, 2024.

January 28, 2025, 8:16am Politics

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to meet with President Donald Trump in Washington as early as next week, according to two U.S. officials familiar with preliminary planning for the trip. Read story

FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks during a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s famous name and controversial views collide in his bid for top health job

FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks during a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J.

January 27, 2025, 8:08am Health Wire

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made conservatives uncomfortable. And farmers across the Midwest are nervous over his talk of banning corn syrup and pesticides from America’s food supply. Read story

Supreme Court leaves in place Mississippi’s voting bar for people convicted of some crimes

January 27, 2025, 8:05am Nation & World

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes such as forgery and timber theft. Read story