The first week of President Donald Trump’s historic second term was spent issuing hundreds of executive orders to reshape the federal government and according to his administration, he’s just getting started.

According to the White House, Trump has issued over 300 executive orders, secured $1 trillion in U.S. investment, seen a remarkable ...Read more

President Trump has signed an order directing federal agencies to “maximize” water deliveries in California and “override” state policies if necessary.

Trump’s executive order outlines steps intended to increase the amount of water pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

The directive was praised by agencies that supply ...Read more

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska House voted Monday to adopt a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his executive order renaming the tallest peak in North America.

The bipartisan House majority sought to quickly move a measure that would signal to the Trump administration that Alaskans opposed his idea of changing the name of the...Read more

MIAMI — She couldn’t stay quiet forever, not in the Internet era.

We’re talking about Donald Trump Jr.’s new girlfriend Bettina Anderson, who just returned to Instagram for the first time in almost four months.

The influencer told her followers all about a pre Galentine’s (girls’ night out meets Valentine’s Day) fundraiser with ...Read more

The abrupt pause in hiring, public communications, meetings and training workshops for some scientists at the Maryland-based National Institutes of Health since President Donald Trump took office is a threat to important medical research, some Maryland Democratic lawmakers warned Monday.

In a letter to the acting head of the U.S. Department of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told House Republicans that he hoped they would pass legislation funding the completion of the border wall and stepped up deportation efforts as part of an ambitious agenda that includes extending his signature tax cuts and enabling more oil and gas production.

“I’m looking forward to working with ...Read more

Lawyers providing detainees with basic legal information in federal immigration detention centers were shut out of facilities last week after the U.S. Department of Justice halted several federally funded programs. One program provided lawyers to children in deportation proceedings and another dispensed basic legal information.

The move is part...Read more

CHICAGO — An Evanston church announced Monday it is opening its doors to immigrants seeking protection from deportation.

The Rev. Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, made the announcement at the church Monday and was joined by several faith leaders, representing different religions, heralding the decision. ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republican leaders on Monday unveiled a sweeping immigration proposal that seeks to strip Gov. Ron DeSantis of much of his authority to oversee immigration — an opening salvo that sets up a showdown between the Legislature and the once overwhelmingly dominant governor.

If adopted, the legislative changes — ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Questions about former Vice President Kamala Harris’ plans have swirled since she lost her presidential bid in 2024 — notably about whether the former California senator and attorney general would run for governor next year. Now, part of the picture has been filled in with the announcement of her husband’s new job.

Former ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Monday was set to ban transgender people from serving in the military and scrap diversity and inclusion programs in the ranks.

With a stroke of a pen, Trump is set to further roll back former President Joe Biden’s 2021 order permitting trans service members to openly serve.

He also ordered an end to programs ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump fired more than a dozen inspectors general across the federal government apparently without giving Congress the required notice and reasons, providing an early test for a recently formed caucus aimed at protecting agency watchdogs.

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, launched the bipartisan Inspector General Caucus ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department fired more than a dozen officials who worked on investigations that former special counsel Jack Smith led into Donald Trump’s actions following the president’s 2020 election loss.

Acting Attorney General James McHenry removed the officials because he didn’t believe those staff members could be ...Read more

Federal law enforcement agents arrested multiple people in South Florida on Sunday, less than a week after President Donald Trump issued sweeping orders to crackdown on illegal immigration.

Homeland Security Investigations Miami posted four photos on X Sunday evening showing agents escorting three different men and one woman in handcuffs, ...Read more

A Southern California man who lost his home in the wildfires proposed to his girlfriend in the wreckage of their residence after miraculously finding his engagement ring.

Brian McShea wasn’t home at the time he and his girlfriend, Stephanie Raynor, were ordered to evacuate their home in Altadena because of the Eaton fire, he told KABC.

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ATLANTA — About 200 soldiers from Fort Stewart near Savannah have deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

The troops, according to the military, will “support enhanced detection and monitoring efforts” and help set up and repair physical barriers. They will operate ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to visit Washington next week to meet with President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter, as the leaders look to maintain the ceasefire in Gaza.

The meeting is not yet finalized and may not come together in that time frame, the people said on condition ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — By midmorning Monday, the heaviest rain and snowfall across Southern California had mostly passed, but cleanup and recovery efforts were ongoing after bursts of intense downpours — some that hit near fragile burn scars.

“There definitely were some issues,” said Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist with the National Weather ...Read more