• House Oversight Democrats call for investigation into Trump administration’s shutdown messages

    House Oversight Democrats call for investigation into Trump administration’s shutdown messages

    Oct 02, 2025 08:13 PM EST

    Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, suggested in a letter to the U.S. Office of the Special Counsel that the Trump administration has made “apparent violations of the Hatch Act, and illegal use of government resources to promote a false, partisan Republican political agenda ...

  • Trump says he could cut 'favorite projects' of Democrats because of shutdown

    Trump says he could cut 'favorite projects' of Democrats because of shutdown

    Oct 02, 2025 07:15 PM EST

    ... but said there could be other impacts from the shutdown. “We could cut projects that they wanted, favorite projects, and they’d be permanently cut,” Trump said in a clip from the interview, which was released ahead of the full interview set to air Thursday night. Trump said he didn ...

  • Trump declares U.S. in 'non-international armed conflict' with drug cartels

    Trump declares U.S. in 'non-international armed conflict' with drug cartels

    Oct 02, 2025 05:55 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict,” according to a Trump administration memo obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, after recent U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean. A person ...

  • WATCH: With government shuttered, Leavitt says Trump's layoffs likely 'in the thousands'

    WATCH: With government shuttered, Leavitt says Trump's layoffs likely 'in the thousands'

    Oct 02, 2025 03:48 PM EST

    ... economic output,” but that reversed once people returned to work. How Trump and Vought can reshape the federal government With Congress as a standstill, the Trump administration has taken advantage of new levers to determine how to shape the federal government. The Trump administration can tap into funds to pay ...

  • Hamas still considering its response to Trump's peace proposal as Gaza death toll mounts

    Hamas still considering its response to Trump's peace proposal as Gaza death toll mounts

    Oct 02, 2025 02:02 PM EST

    Awaiting word from Hamas A senior Hamas official told The Associated Press on Wednesday that some points in the proposal agreed upon by Trump and Netanyahu are unacceptable and must be amended, without elaborating. WATCH: What’s in the plan to end the Gaza war proposed by Trump and Netanyahu ...

  • WATCH: Vance addresses shutdown outlook, plays down Trump meme video of Jeffries

    WATCH: Vance addresses shutdown outlook, plays down Trump meme video of Jeffries

    Oct 01, 2025 03:44 PM EST

    ... our government, to the president of the United States, to secure world peace, and that is a very noble thing,” Leavitt added. White House calls Trump posting — then deleting — medical conspiracy meme ‘incredibly refreshing’ Leavitt was asked about Trump posting, then deleting, last weekend an apparently AI-generated video of ...

  • Trump signs an executive order vowing to defend Qatar in the wake of Israel's strike on Doha

    Trump signs an executive order vowing to defend Qatar in the wake of Israel's strike on Doha

    Oct 01, 2025 03:43 PM EST

    ... people, including a member of the Qatari security forces, the White House said. Qatari officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump's order. However, the Qatari-funded satellite news network Al Jazeera prominently reported about it Wednesday under the headline: "New Trump executive order guarantees ...

  • At gathering of military leaders, Trump hints at deployment in U.S. cities

    At gathering of military leaders, Trump hints at deployment in U.S. cities

    Sep 30, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    Again, how different is President Trump's vision of the military from those two historical examples? Capt. Margaret Donovan (RET.): Yes, precisely. We're talking about foreign adversaries, right? We want to be able to defend the homeland from foreign adversaries, from foreign threats. What he's talking about now ...

  • A deal with Harvard University is close, Trump says

    A deal with Harvard University is close, Trump says

    Sep 30, 2025 09:51 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is close to reaching a deal with Harvard University, which it has targeted with a series of investigations and billions of dollars in funding cuts as it presses for changes to its policies and governance. A truce with the country ...

  • Here’s why experts think Trump took 'a sledgehammer' to the H-1B visa worker program

    Here’s why experts think Trump took 'a sledgehammer' to the H-1B visa worker program

    Sep 30, 2025 08:05 PM EST

    ... S. economy, Hunt said. But she believes there’s a widespread misconception that temporary IT professionals bring no value. “The more charitable interpretation” of the Trump administration’s proposed changes is that they are “trying to keep the stars and eliminate the computer programmers,” Hunt said, even though the computer ...