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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, listens as President Donald Trump, left, meets with France's President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.

Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with 83% of agency’s programs gone

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, listens as President Donald Trump, left, meets with France's President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.

March 10, 2025, 9:26am Politics

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development, and said he would move the 18% of aid and development programs that survived under the State Department. Read story

The Supreme Court of the United States is seen on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington.

Supreme Court will take up state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case

The Supreme Court of the United States is seen on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington.

March 10, 2025, 9:00am Politics

The Supreme Court agreed Monday in a case from Colorado to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children. Read story

President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis M.

Trump predicts no shutdown as Congress faces spending deadline this week

President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis M.

March 10, 2025, 8:58am Politics

President Donald Trump alleged Sunday that “the Democrats want” a government shutdown at the end of this week, but he predicted that a lapse in appropriations probably will not take place this time. Read story

FILE - A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore.

Unions seek to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data

FILE - A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore.

March 9, 2025, 12:09pm Latest News

A group of labor unions is asking a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the sensitive Social Security data of millions of Americans. Read story

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walks to the House chamber before President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol.

Health agency offers $25,000 buyouts to most employees

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walks to the House chamber before President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol.

March 9, 2025, 12:09pm Health

Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food, and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department were emailed an offer to leave their job for as much as a $25,000 payment as part of President Donald Trump’s government cuts. Read story

House Speaker Mike Johnson applauds President Donald Trump in Washington Tuesday.

House Republicans unveil bill to avoid shutdown and dare Democrats to oppose it

House Speaker Mike Johnson applauds President Donald Trump in Washington Tuesday.

March 9, 2025, 11:40am Latest News

House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead with a go-it-alone strategy that seems certain to spark a major confrontation with Democrats over the contours of government spending. Read story

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of congress Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Wyandotte, Mich.

Analysis: Slotkin leads return of the national security women for Democrats

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of congress Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Wyandotte, Mich.

March 9, 2025, 6:02am Politics

A handful of Democratic women with national security and military backgrounds rose to power during President Donald Trump’s first term and now they’re back in the spotlight in the early days of his second term. Read story

In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Pfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro prepares to hike to her platoon’s defensive position during patrol week of Infantry Training Battalion near Camp Geiger, N.C. Oct. 31, 2013. (Sgt. Tyler Main/U.S.

War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge

In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Pfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro prepares to hike to her platoon’s defensive position during patrol week of Infantry Training Battalion near Camp Geiger, N.C. Oct. 31, 2013. (Sgt. Tyler Main/U.S.

March 7, 2025, 1:56pm Latest News

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to… Read story

FILE - A fritillary butterfly perches on blooming milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., June 5, 2019.

First national analysis finds America’s butterflies are disappearing at ‘catastrophic’ rate

FILE - A fritillary butterfly perches on blooming milkweed at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., June 5, 2019.

March 7, 2025, 11:13am Latest News

America’s butterflies are disappearing because of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, with the number of the winged beauties down 22% since 2000, a new study finds. Read story

FILE -  Workers sort avocados at a packing plant in Uruapan, Mexico, Nov. 27, 2024.

Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff strategy sows confusion

FILE -  Workers sort avocados at a packing plant in Uruapan, Mexico, Nov. 27, 2024.

March 7, 2025, 9:02am Latest News

President Donald Trump’s frenzied tariff barrage has been marked by reversals and faulty rollouts, baffling U.S. trading partners and businesses while raising questions about the aims of his signature policy. Read story