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Nearly two weeks after a reporter was erroneously looped into a Signal messaging chat between top national security officials, the White House said it is "making changes" to address the issue. President Donald Trump Thursday called for defunding National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service, two partially federally funded groups under scrutiny in the DOGE era. Boeing earned a contract to build the U.S. Air Force's top air dominance fighter, the F-47 and the service has plenty of options to base operational squadrons both in the U.S. and overseas. And more...

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White House playing defense amid fallout of Signal blunder

Trump calls for defunding NPR, PBS

Air Force options plentiful for basing of new F-47 fighter

WATCH: Jury finds Greenpeace liable over Dakota Pipeline protests, awards $660 million

LA seeks $1.9B bailout amid $1B deficit, $38M in lost revenue from fires

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 In a move that will undoubtedly incite legal challenges, President Donald Trump dismantled the U.S. Department of Education via executive order Thursday, sending education policy back to the state level. The cost to bring home a pair of stranded astronauts that have spent most of a year in space aboard the International Space Station could be as much as $150 million. U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts criticized President Donald Trump's move to impeach judges who have ruled against the president's policies, saying that the court system should be left to resolve legal disputes. And more...

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Trump dismantles Education Department, will 'fully preserve' programs

Cost of SpaceX mission to recover stranded astronauts could top $150M

Chief Justice criticizes Trump's call to impeach judges

26 attorneys general file brief in support of Trump's deportation of gang members

WATCH: Revamped bill critics say undermines parents' bill of rights passes House

Bill to raise Wisconsin report card standards approved by Senate

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday he would suspend the province's 25% tariff on U.S.-bound electricity after getting a meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and hours after President Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on Canada. A California father was shocked when the bill for an ambulance for his daughter doubled after adding his insurance, which he says is because of a new state law that punishes him for having coverage. The U.S. House voted Tuesday evening to advance a Continuing Resolution that, if passed by the Senate, will fund core government services for the rest of the fiscal year and avoid a government shutdown. And more... 

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Ontario walks back U.S. electricity surtax after Trump threats

California dad's bill doubled after ambulance learned he was insured

House passes government funding stopgap, cutting some projects

Shapiro's office deleted emails relevant to sexual misconduct complaint

U.S. Department of Education to cut half of employees

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 President Donald Trump addressed both the House and Senate Tuesday evening in a wide-ranging speech at about the six week-mark into his second term in office. Four sanctuary city mayors who spent millions of state and federal taxpayer dollars to accommodate illegal immigrants denied that blocking federal agents from deporting criminal migrants violated federal law at a committee hearing Wednesday. Stocks sunk Thursday afternoon despite President Donald Trump's decision to grant major exceptions to the 25% tariffs he put on Mexico and Canada earlier this week. And more...

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WATCH: Trump 'just getting started' as he talks border, DOGE, tariffs, more

WATCH: Sanctuary city mayors deflect, defend policies under lawmaker questioning

Trump walks back tariffs on Mexico, Canada for another month

Almost 90% of CCA-funded projects in Washington don’t reduce carbon emissions

Senate confirms school choice advocate Linda McMahon as Education secretary

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 President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, border, defense, and energy promises are one step closer to enactment after the U.S. House narrowly passed its $4.5 trillion budget resolution Tuesday night, officially kickstarting the budget reconciliation process. The Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Fiscal Review Committee has voted to place the city of Bogalusa under fiscal administration, citing severe financial distress. California lawmakers have proposed a bill restricting self-defense, mandating “retreat,” ending crime-stopping protections and limiting force to what’s “reasonably necessary.”  And more...

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House's $4.5T budget resolution overcomes odds, passes

Trump backs Musk's ultimatum as 'great' idea, but some aren't responding

Bogalusa's fiscal issues cross administrations

California bill restricts self-defense, ends crime-stopping protection, mandates ‘retreat’

WATCH: Expert says cutting the Department of Education is complicated

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The month-old Department of Government Efficiency led by billionaire Elon Musk has saved American taxpayers $55 billion, according to the latest update from the group. Washington Democrats on Tuesday passed a bill out of the Senate Government, Tribal Relations & Elections Committee, dubbed by critics to be the “initiative killer.”  In the first 10 days of the Trump administration, apprehensions dropped by 85% between ports of entry at the southwest border, according to new data published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. And more...

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DOGE says it has saved taxpayers $55 billion so far

WATCH: Bill dubbed by critics as the 'initiative killer' passed out of Senate committee

Southwest border apprehensions drop by 85%, at ports of entry by 93%

WATCH: Republicans decry, Pritzker defends ‘Nazi’ references during budget speech

DOGE cuts nearly $1B from Education Department research wing

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Billionaire Elon Musk joined President Donald Trump in the oval office Tuesday as the president signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to work with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE.  Border Czar Tom Homan says information indicates the FBI may have a leak after details of an immigration enforcement operation were leaked to the media. President Donald Trump has promised to lower prices and open up domestic energy production, but his recent tariff threats have raised the question: can Trump really lower energy prices? And more...

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Trump signs order forcing agencies to work with DOGE

Border czar says FBI members seem to have leaked immigration operations to media

WATCH: Can Trump really lower gas prices?

Jury convicts former Speaker Madigan on 10 corruption-related charges

Texas AG demands info from school districts over transgender athlete policies

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Major markets pared some losses after President Donald Trump paused his plans for 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada while starting talks with China on a 10% additional tariff over fentanyl smuggling. The National Transportation Safety Administration says the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines jet over the Potomac River last Wednesday was flying at about 300 feet at the time of the collision, above the permitted flight ceiling. Foreign aid has become the newest target of the Department of Government Efficiency, with President Donald Trump reportedly planning to merge the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the State department. And more...

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Trade war fears ease as Trump pauses tariffs after concessions from Canada, Mexico

Plane crash: NTSB says Army helicopter flying at 300 feet at time of collision

'Illegal takeover' of USAID operations by Trump, Musk draws ire from Democrats

Newsom flies to D.C. seeking wildfire relief after CA passes his 'Trump-proofing' bills

Trump order targets funding of 'radical indoctrination' in K-12 schools

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday rescinded a memo that put a freeze on federal grants and loans after confusion spread throughout the nation, but didn't back off his order. Florida lawmakers passed an immigration bill that was panned by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Within a week of President Donald Trump being sworn into office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers working with multiple federal agencies are arresting nearly 1,000 people every day set to be deported. And more...

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Trump rescinds freeze memo after widespread confusion

DeSantis: Florida's TRUMP Act toothless

In less than a week, ICE agents arrest thousands nationwide

Price cap possible as rising energy costs loom

Trump Department of Education scrubs DEI from website, staff positions

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President-elect Donald Trump addressed the nation from the Capitol Rotunda Monday as his first act as president. Commuter traffic is about to see an uptick in the Washington, D.C. metro area as President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending remote work for federal employees. Trump signed a slew of executive orders upon assuming office. And more...

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GOLDEN AGE: Trump addresses nation for first time after inauguration

End of federal remote work welcomed by Virginia, D.C. leaders

Trump issues series of border security orders 'to protect America from invasion'

Trump declares national energy emergency

Trump order affirms 'biological reality of sex,' attacks Biden's Title IX rewrite

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