Mar 05 Trump administration took down its list of hundreds of federal buildings targeted for potential sale By Jill Colvin, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press By Wednesday morning, the list was gone entirely. Continue reading
Mar 05 'We're going to get' Greenland, Trump said in his address. Prime minister says island isn't for sale By Danica Kirka, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press Múte Bourup Egede has a message for President Donald Trump: “Greenland is ours.”… Continue reading
Mar 05 Fact-checking Trump's 2025 address to Congress By PolitiFact staff President Donald Trump recapped six weeks of aggressive efforts to cut the federal workforce, reorganize the economy and reorient foreign policy in his first address to a joint session of Congress. Continue reading
Mar 05 Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to AP report By Stephen Groves, Associated Press The VA's chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, told top level officials at the agency that it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000. Continue reading
Mar 05 Trump grants 30-day exemption for U.S. automakers from tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada By Josh Boak, Rob Gillies, Associated Press The pause comes after Trump spoke with leaders of the “big 3” automakers, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, on Wednesday, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Continue reading
Mar 05 Read the full text of Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress By Associated Press A transcript of President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, May 4, 2025, as transcribed by The Associated Press. Continue reading
Mar 05 WATCH: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for NIH director By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Bhattacharya, a health economist at Stanford University who was an outspoken critic of government COVID-19 shutdowns and vaccine policies, faced questions from senators from both parties Wednesday about drastic funding cuts and research priorities at the National Institutes of Health. Continue reading
Mar 05 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on nuclear storage and federal agency power By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with whether to restart plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico even as some justices worried about safety issues and the lack of progress toward a permanent… Continue reading
Mar 05 Divided Supreme Court upholds order requiring Trump administration to release $2 billion in foreign aid By Mark Sherman, Associated Press By a 5-4 vote Wednesday, the court rejected an emergency appeal from the Republican administration, while also telling U.S. District Judge Amir Ali to clarify his earlier order that required the quick release of nearly $2 billion in aid for… Continue reading
Mar 05 7 takeaways from Trump's first address to Congress after his return to the White House By Chris Megerian, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press A president's speech to Congress is typically a time for a call to national unity and predictable claims about the country being strong. That wasn’t President Donald Trump’s plan. Continue reading