Politics

Federal worker who went rogue against DOGE says 'I hope that it lights a fire under people'

By Claire Savage, Associated Press

To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats. But to some of her colleagues, she is giving a voice to those who feel they…

Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders emerges as the leader of the anti-Trump resistance

By Steve Peoples, Associated Press

At 83 years old, Sanders is not running for president again. But the stooped and silver-haired democratic socialist has emerged as a leader of the resistance to Donald Trump's second presidency.

Secretary of State Rubio says purge of USAID programs complete, with more than 80% of agency's programs gone

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Rubio made the announcement in a post on X marking one of his relatively few public comments on what has been a historic shift away from U.S. foreign aid and development.

Supreme Court will hear Colorado case about state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case.

Trump has touted Gilded Age tariffs, an era which saw industrial growth together with poverty

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

The desire to recreate the Gilded Age is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th president, William McKinley, a Republican who was in office from 1897 until being assassinated in 1901.

Young people devoted to government service dismayed by Trump cutting the federal fellows program

By Gary Fields, Christine Fernando, Associated Press

One of President Donald Trump's executive orders ended the Presidential Management Fellows program, which was created in 1978 to entice highly qualified workers with advanced degrees to join the federal government.

DHS Secretary Noem taps new leaders for ICE and moves to identify leakers inside agency

By Christine Fernando, Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday announced new leadership at the agency tasked with immigration enforcement as she also pledged to step up lie detector tests on employees to identify those who may be leaking information about operations to…

60th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' marked in Selma amid concerns about future of voting rights

By Kim Chandler, Safiyah Riddle, Associated Press

Selma on Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were attacked on March 7, 1965. The annual commemoration pays homage to those who fought to secure voting rights for…

Trump doesn't rule out recession while downplaying business concerns about his tariffs

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Donald Trump is dismissing business concerns over the uncertainty caused by his planned tariffs on a range of American trading partners and the prospect of higher prices, and isn't ruling out the possibility of a recession this year.

Secret Service shot armed man near White House while Trump out of town, authorities say

By Associated Press

No one else was injured in the shooting that happened around midnight about a block from the White House, according to a Secret Service statement. President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of the shooting.