After slashing its staff by nearly half, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to further dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Thursday won Senate confirmation by a comfortable 52-48 vote to be President Trump’s secretary of health and human services, capping a remarkable rise from fringe environmental and anti-vaccine activist to the pinnacle of power.
A passenger aircraft from Wichita collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Donald J. Trump was sworn in for a second time as president Monday.
More than 15 months into Israel's devastating war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the two sides have agreed to a cease-fire deal that would pause fighting and free some Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners, according to U.S. officials Wednesday.
The sentence confirms Trump's status as a convicted criminal just 10 days before his inauguration for a second term as US president.
“At the conclusion of the rally there were shots fired west of Union Station near the garage, and several people were struck,” said Capt. Jake Becchina, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department.
President Joe Biden says he will seek a second term in the White House, announcing his reelection campaign in a video on Tuesday promising to finish the job if given four more years. Biden’s announcement comes four years to the day after he launched his successful campaign in 2019 against a sitting Republican president, Donald Trump, who has already announced his own reelection bid and currently leads the polls for the GOP nomination.
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 27, 2024: Independent candidate for president Robert F Kennedy Jr. participates in his own debate after being excluded from CNN's debate with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump at XR Studio on June 27, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The high court Jan. 17 upheld a law that requires the social media app's Chinese owner to sell off TikTok's U.S. business or face a nationwide ban. (Michele Ursi/Dreamstime/TNS)
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during the State of the State address in the house chambers at state capitol building in St. Paul on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
