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State Department announces plans for $7 billion-plus arms sale to Israel

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The State Department has formally told Congress that it plans to sell more than $7 billion in weapons to Israel, including thousands of bombs and missiles, just two days after President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White…

Courts and Congress struggle to keep up with Trump as he reshapes American government

By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura

Courts and Congress are struggling to keep up with the breakneck pace as the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the American government, national politics and international order. The president promised more cuts and further political payback, even as the courts stepped…

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VA says more than 130 occupations are ineligible for Trump's deferred resignation plan

By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

Most nurses, doctors and other staff caring for military veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs are not eligible for the Trump administration's deferred resignation offer, according to an email sent Friday by VA leadership to staff.

Trump administration temporarily blocked from placing 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by President Donald Trump, sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to a pause in plans to put the employees on paid leave as of midnight Friday.

WATCH: Trump talks trade with Japan's prime minister

By Aamer Madhani, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

President Donald Trump said Friday he wants to slash the U.S. trade deficit with Japan as he welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to the White House for their first face-to-face meeting.

Vance says DOGE staffer who resigned after a report of racist postings should be brought back

By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Vice President JD Vance said Friday that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency should rehire a staff member who resigned after he was linked to social media posts that espoused racism.

Pentagon sends more troops to U.S.-Mexico border, bringing total to 3,600

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

A U.S. official said Friday that the order has been approved to send a logistics brigade from the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Liberty in North Carolina.

Trump says he'll fire some FBI agents 'very surgically'

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump said Friday he wants to see some FBI agents fired as the Justice Department reviews how the agency handled investigations into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Transportation head Duffy's directive to tie funds to birth rates could hinder blue states

By Jeff McMurray, Associated Press

Lawmakers representing Democratic-controlled states are pushing back, arguing it is an arbitrary move to help out red states that supported the president.