Politics

What experts think about the $1,000 'Trump accounts' for babies

By Hannah Grabenstein

The program has bipartisan backing and is generally supported by economists and other researchers.

WATCH: Hegseth reacts to concern that Trump administration applies double standard to protests

By Joshua Barajas

Hegseth has strongly defended Trump’s militarized response to protests over federal immigration raids but would not directly answer a question from a lawmaker Wednesday about whether he supported the decision to activate the National Guard during the Jan. 6 attack…

WATCH: McConnell warns Hegseth that U.S. can't be seen as 'allowing the Russians to define victory'

By Joshua Barajas

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was pressed for details Wednesday on how President Donald Trump intended to defend democratic allies abroad, especially when it came to helping Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression.

Southern Baptist delegates call for reversal of Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage

By Peter Smith, Associated Press

Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court's 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide.

Rep. McIver indicted on federal charges over skirmish at New Jersey immigration center

By Mike Catalini, Associated Press

The indictment is the latest development in a legal-political drama that has seen President Donald Trump’s administration take Democratic officials from New Jersey’s largest city to court, tapping into the president’s immigration crackdown and Democrats’ efforts to respond.

PHOTOS: Protests against immigration raids spread across the U.S.

By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

From Seattle and Austin to Chicago and Washington, D.C., marchers have chanted slogans, carried signs against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and snarled traffic through downtown avenues and outside federal offices.

WATCH: Trump's pick to be FAA administrator faces tough questions on safety at Senate hearing

By Leah Askarinam, Josh Funk, Associated Press

Bryan Bedford is facing tough questions about safety on Wednesday during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Elon Musk backs off from feud with Trump, saying he regrets social media posts that 'went too far'

By Associated Press

Musk earlier deleted a post in which he claimed without evidence that the government was concealing information about the president's association with infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Trump has said he has no desire to repair their relationship.

WATCH: White House holds briefing after Newsom accuses Trump of attacking democracy

By Associated Press

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt began her Wednesday briefing by continuing to lambaste California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

Veterans are divided over the Army's big parade, being held on Trump's birthday

By Ben Finley, Associated Press

Saturday's parade will feature hundreds of military vehicles and aircraft and thousands of soldiers. The Army expects as many as 200,000 people could attend and says the parade will cost an estimated $25 million to $45 million.