If you think a lot is happening in the federal government all at once on a lot of different issues, you’re right.

At the beginning of a new presidential administration, there is often a flurry of changes – new Cabinet appointments and a few executive orders. But what’s happening right now in Washington, D.C. – actions ...Read more

Experts on policing who were contracted by the U.S. government to help a crisis-racked Haiti take down heavily armed violent gangs are among the first casualties of a sweeping Trump administration 90-day freeze on almost all foreign aid around the world.

Several “subject matter experts” contracted under the Biden administration to help the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration sought to calm the waters Tuesday after stakeholders around the country and overseas, Washington lobbyists and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle scrambled to make sense of a sweeping directive to hit the pause button on federal aid programs.

The White House budget office on Tuesday clarified the scope ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A group of states and a group of national nonprofits announced separate legal challenges Tuesday to halt the Trump administration’s vast freeze of federal grant funding, arguing that the move violated federal administrative law.

A lawsuit from the National Council of Nonprofits, American Public Health Association, Main Street ...Read more

DENVER — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights will open an investigation into Denver Public Schools for “discriminating against its female students” by creating an all-gender bathroom at East High School, the agency announced Tuesday.

East High, the city’s largest high school, converted a girls restroom into a ...Read more

In another bold executive action, President Donald Trump has authorized a broad freeze on $3 trillion in federal funds until his administration completes a full spending review.

According to a two-page memo from Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Matthew J. Vaeth, the pause will become effective at 5 p.m. Tuesday — less ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday approved Sean P. Duffy’s nomination to lead the Transportation Department in a 77-22 vote, marking an end to an easy confirmation process for the former Wisconsin lawmaker.

Duffy’s nomination is the first of many of President Donald Trump’s picks teed up for potential floor votes this week, including ...Read more

MIAMI — A Dubai-based developer has unveiled the details of an ultra-luxury project on the Surfside property where a building collapse in 2021 left 98 people dead and shattered a community.

In a press release, DAMAC said construction has begun on what it’s calling The Delmore, featuring 37 “mansions in the sky” starting at $15 million ...Read more

WASHINGTON — An order from President Donald Trump to temporarily block the disbursement of most federal grants and loans could have a massive impact on health programs ranging from those addressing HIV and AIDS to maternal health and services for older Americans.

The announcement, which created exceptions for direct-aid programs such as ...Read more

ATLANTA — Two former “Young Slime Life” defendants can’t escape a previous murder conviction, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Damone Blalock and Rodalius Ryan were convicted in October 2019 on murder charges in the death of Jamari Holmes. They were both sentenced to life in prison.

Later, the pair were indicted along with ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams, who’s on a limited public schedule this week due to health concerns, met privately Monday night with two key local labor leaders — at least one of whom reaffirmed support for the mayor’s reelection during their sit-down, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The meetings, which come as Adams faces ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Gary Peters announced Tuesday that he won’t seek reelection in Michigan next year, opening up a key seat in a swing state won twice by Donald Trump.

“After three terms in the House and two terms in the Senate, I believe now is time for me to write a few more paragraphs in my current chapter and turn over the ...Read more

CHICAGO — Michael McClain, a longtime confidant of ex-speaker Michael Madigan, was a smart and diligent lobbyist who never agreed to or knew about any bribery scheme, his attorney told jurors Tuesday in closing arguments in Madigan and McClain’s landmark public corruption trial.

“What the evidence of this trial did show is lobbying and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Federal ICE agents launched raids in New York City early Tuesday as part of President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

The agents hit at least three locations in the Bronx and took at least two people into custody, including a Venezuelan gang member wanted for an armed ...Read more

The Atlanta Police Department released preliminary findings into the death of a man who died after city workers cleared a homeless encampment before the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

But an attorney for Cornelius Taylor’s surviving family members says they are “shocked and disappointed” by the findings.

Mawuli Davis, the ...Read more

Venezuela boasts of having the largest oil reserves on the planet, and a massive exodus of its people means that there are almost 8 million fewer mouths to feed, but still some 5 million Venezuelans are going hungry in the country, the United Nations says, a number that surpassed only by Brazil and Haiti in the Western Hemisphere.

According to ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A 15-year-old has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a security guard during an altercation at a McDonald’s in Northwest Baltimore earlier this month, according to Baltimore Police.

Detectives arrested the teenager in a home in the 1500 block of North Smallwood Street on Tuesday. The suspect was transported ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The man accused of ordering the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed hip hop icon Tupac Shakur appeared in court on Tuesday for a separate battery case.

Duane Davis, 61, is accused of fighting with another inmate while at the Clark County Detention Center, defense attorney Carl Arnold told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

“The ...Read more

CHICAGO — More than three years after his conviction on sweeping gang racketeering charges, reputed Four Corner Hustlers boss Labar Spann will get a new trial after a surprise disclosure showed a prosecutor had promised a star witness less time in prison than what was told to the jury.

Spann, 46, had been facing mandatory life in prison after...Read more