Citing financial problems, Hunter Biden this week asked a federal judge to drop the laptop hacking lawsuit he filed against a former Trump administration aide in 2023.

The lawsuit accused Garrett Ziegler, a former aide to White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, of improperly "accessing, tampering with, manipulating, altering, copying and ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Thursday delayed plans to order the elimination of the federal Department of Education, a move that would likely face fierce opposition from Congress and in the courts.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called reports that Trump would sign the order “fake news” and said no signing was immediately ...Read more

Six weeks into his second term, Donald Trump took an early victory lap Tuesday in his 100-minute address to Congress, promising Americans he will “usher in the greatest and most successful era in the history of our country.”

Trump has never lacked confidence, of course, and the address was typical of his unique oratory style and hyperbolic ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — In a dizzying turn, President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. would temporarily reverse the sweeping tariffs it imposed just days ago on most Mexican products.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he would delay for one month the imposition of 25% taxes on Mexican imports that fall under a free trade agreement that he...Read more

President Donald Trump was poised Thursday to order the elimination of the federal Department of Education although the move would likely face fierce opposition from Congress and in the courts.

A draft of an executive order reportedly instructs newly confirmed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to take all available steps “permitted by law�...Read more

The U.S. State Department abruptly canceled foreign aid programs supporting opposition activists, political prisoners and religious groups in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, raising concerns about a shift in U.S. foreign policy.

Projects supporting political prisoners in Cuba, church groups opposing strongman Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua and ...Read more

Barring any late developments, the U.S. is set to see its first execution by firing squad in 15 years on March 7, 2025.

Photos released by the South Carolina Department of Corrections suggest that the prisoner, Brad Sigmon, will be strapped to a metal seat in the same small death chamber that has been the location of the state’s ...Read more

Healthcare.gov, the government health insurance marketplace website, launched in October 2013 only to buckle under the weight of just 2,000 simultaneous users. As millions of Americans stared at error messages and frozen screens, a political crisis unfolded, but so did a new era of government technology.

The result was 18F, an in-...Read more

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order to address the transgender athletes participating in high school sports. Trump’s order threatened the loss of federal funding if public schools permit transgender students to participate in sports — the latest attack against trans people that attempts to harm trans children.

School ...Read more

President Donald Trump says he is opposed to war, but he has started an unwinnable trade war that will make losers of the American people, American companies and the American economy.

Trump has now instituted 25% across-the-board tariffs against Mexico and Canada, our biggest trading partners, which also happen to be our neighbors with ...Read more

In his first address to Congress since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump emphasized his campaign to restrict transgender athletes, and culture war favorites such as renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali, for nearly 20 minutes before turning to pocketbook issues that are frustrating so many Americans.

For Trump, this ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As members of Congress introduce more and more legislation in recent years, the public is waiting longer to see it.

The agency responsible for publishing bills has a backlog and can’t keep up with all the new ones rolling in, which means a delay before official text appears online.

“We were still processing the 118th bills, ...Read more

President Donald Trump has long needled news outlets that got under his skin.

He branded CNN and others “fake news.” He repeatedly railed against journalists as the “enemy of the people” during his first term — rhetoric that news groups tried to shrug off or wore as a badge of honor.

But six weeks into Trump’s second administration...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is considering exempting certain agricultural products from tariffs imposed on Canada and Mexico, the latest move by the administration on Wednesday to offer relief to certain sectors from the sweeping new import taxes.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told Bloomberg News that “everything is on the ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday waded into the decadeslong debate over nuclear waste, hearing debate over whether a private company can build a repository designed to store tons of spent fuel that has stacked up over the years at commercial power plants across the country.

The case examines whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the ...Read more

Senate Republicans called on the Trump administration Wednesday to use the formal rescissions process to claw back money already appropriated by Congress that the “Department of Government Efficiency” has identified as wasteful.

It’s also a way to avoid legal setbacks that have befallen the White House in its push to freeze agency budgets...Read more

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, marking the first time in the country’s 248-year history that the government has established a formal tongue.

“From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language,” the order, which was...Read more

WASHINGTON — Hayden Haynes, Speaker Mike Johnson’s longtime chief of staff, hit an unoccupied police vehicle and was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence Tuesday night after President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress.

The speaker’s office and Capitol Police confirmed the incident Wednesday.

“A driver backed into...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s use of thousands of U.S. troops to aid in immigration enforcement is set to cost the Defense Department from $1 billion to $2 billion this year, Pentagon officials recently told lawmakers.

The money will support a bolstered U.S. military force along the U.S.-Mexico border and the transport of immigrants...Read more

One of the largest investments in Idaho’s 134-year history could be in question after President Donald Trump called for the end of a $280 billion subsidy program called the CHIPS and Science Act.

The law, which passed with bipartisan support in 2022, directed $52 billion in federal funding to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the United ...Read more