Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said on Tuesday that President Trump’s federal aid freeze could end up at the Supreme Court. “How does this end? This is already in the courts, you know [the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)] better than anyone,...
President Trump is expected to issue an executive order to boost school choice programs by freeing up federal government spending towards it, a White House official confirmed. CBS first reported on the expected order, which Trump is expected to sign on Wednesday. The order would direct...
The recent wildfires in California were worsened by climate change, a new report found. The study, released Tuesday by the World Weather Attribution, found that human-caused climate change increased the chances of hot, dry and windy conditions in the area, which caused the fires to worsen....
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce the immediate rescission of the personal security detail and security clearance for former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Army Gen. Mark Milley, several news outlets report. The Trump administration is also aiming to get Milley...
The shifting labor market has fueled a huge spike in undergraduate certificate programs, which are vastly outpacing the growth in undergraduate enrollment in general. From 2019 to last fall, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found a 28.5 percent increase in enrollment in the programs,...
Florida will hold two special election primaries on Tuesday to replace President Trump’s national security adviser Mike Walz in the sixth congressional district and former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in the first congressional district. The winners of each primary will likely go on to win in...
Republican lawmakers are grappling with the fallout from President Trump’s first week in office, which has brought a dizzying array of changes to Washington and has already spawned major controversies. Trump’s firing of 17 inspectors general, his sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 protesters and a stop...
President Trump is pressing full steam ahead with an agenda that Democrats worry has an increasingly autocratic bent. But right now, there’s not much they can do about it. News emerged late on Monday afternoon that the Justice Department was firing more than a dozen officials who had...
President Trump’s mass firing of 17 inspectors general late Friday flouted the law and sparked widespread condemnation from those who see it as an effort to block oversight of his administration. The removals topple those responsible for providing an independent check on agencies and an avenue...
Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said on Monday he thinks, at some point, at least one country will call President Trump’s bluff on his tariff threat, which could have consequences on the United States economy. Trump caused a stir Sunday when he announced tariffs and...
