The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Russell T. Vought — an architect of the ultraconservative Project 2025 policy agenda — to lead the White House budget office.

A new memo from OPM directs agencies to reverse the career-only status for those roles, and instead open them to potentially political appointments.

Lawmakers received a closed-door briefing from federal investigators regarding last week’s fatal mid-air collision between an ...

He blamed the DEI bogeyman, aka diversity, equity, and inclusion, for the tragic Wednesday plane crash in Washington, D.C., before any investigation had taken place into what could have caused the ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is ordering a freeze to work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, after being named ...

Federal accident investigators began to piece together the last moments before a U.S. military helicopter and passenger jet ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched ...

Many Africans had known that Trump’s “America First” outlook meant their continent was likely to be last among his priorities ...

Week 2 of Trump’s tenure showed the president Americans grew to distrust in his first term — erratic, conspiratorial, and ...

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Trump threatens tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada. Follow the latest news on Cabinet picks Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy ...