The Trump administration is systematically exploiting loopholes to effectively keep much of the president’s blanket spending freezes in place, accounts by officials and court filings show, despite restraining orders from…
Skylar Holden, a cattle rancher in Missouri, had signed a $240,000 cost-sharing contract with the Agriculture Department to add fencing and improve the watering system for his property. But after…
Rep. John Larson, D-Ct., appeared to freeze mid-remarks on the House floor on Monday. In the middle of impassioned remarks aimed against President Donald Trump and his team, including Elon…
Philippa Roxby, Smitha Mundasad & Dominic HughesBBC NewsAFPExperts in global health have been expressing their dismay and concern over the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),…
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order cutting all foreign aid to South Africa, citing concerns about the country "seizing" ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation.Trump alleged…
Several U.S. military branches are pausing training related to the prevention of sexual assault in order to comply with one of President Trump’s executive orders related to diversity, equity and…
When marble-size hail fell on Alabama in 2023, it devastated Camp Hill, a town of 1,000 where nearly half the residents live below the poverty line. Decks were demolished, cars…
Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona is managed by a consortium of universities and the National Science Foundation. VisionsofAmerica/Joe Sohm/Getty Images/Photodisc hide caption toggle caption VisionsofAmerica/Joe Sohm/Getty Images/Photodisc Julia…
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Star Wars is back, with an executive order from President Trump that the White House said “directs the building of the Iron Dome missile defense shield for America.”The order, issued…
