Officials turned away scores of U.S. Agency for International staffers who showed up for work Monday at its Washington HQ, after a court temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that would have pulled all but a fraction of workers off the job

The Saudis are furious. The Danes are scrambling. Colombia has backed down. Mexico and Canada stand in a purgatory between tariff wars with the US and … not. China has retaliated.. The Brits are leaning into their tradition of quiet diplomacy.

Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington

Meet the woman keeping the adorable pups happy at this year's 'Puppy Bowl'

Trump's 3rd week saw more executive orders, a trade war that wasn't and a Mideast jolt

How the slash-and-burn tactics Musk brought to Washington backfired at Twitter

Vice President JD Vance said Friday that Elon Musk’s DOGE should rehire a staff member who resigned after he was linked to social media posts that espoused racism, with President Donald Trump later endorsing his vice president's view.

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, false and misleading information is being pushed on social media to support the change, much of it spread by the administration and Elon Musk.

U.S. stocks slumped as worries flared again on Wall Street about tariffs and inflation. The S&P 500 fell 0.9% Friday and wiped out what had been a modest gain for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 1%

The Justice Department has agreed to refrain from publicly identifying any FBI agents whose conduct is under review as President Donald Trump examines the investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters

Democrats are pushing back against Elon Musk’s DOGE as it turns its attention to the Education Department, with lawmakers raising concerns about DOGE’s access to internal systems containing personal information on tens of millions of Americans.

Forced leaves pulling all but a small fraction of staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development off the job around the world began, while employee associations turned to federal courts to try to roll back the new Trump administration's move

Republican Assembly Speaker @repvos who has repeatedly clashed with @UWSystem over DEI and funding will be on campus next week to talk about those issues and more. Also, there's a nacho bar.

“Distributing transportation funding based marriage and birth rates is bizarre and a little creepy," said Kevin DeGood, senior director of infrastructure and housing policy at the left-leaning Center for American Progress.

The court relied on the precedent set in its 2022 ruling that allowed GOP-appointee Fred Prehn to remain on the state Natural Resources Board after his term had ended. That ruling came when the court was controlled by conservatives. The court now has a 4-3 liberal majority.

The court said that no vacancy exists and, because of that, the elections commission “does not have a duty to appoint a new administrator to replace Wolfe simply because her term has ended.”

AP's spokeswoman said that “the U.S. government has long been an AP customer — through both Democratic and Republican administrations. It licenses AP's nonpartisan journalism, just like thousands of news outlets and customers around the world."

What is 'ordo amoris?' Vice President JD Vance invokes this medieval Catholic concept