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US Steel to stay American regardless of Nippon Steel plans: Ishiba
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday that United States Steel Corp. will remain an American company regardless of how ...
Donald Trump shunned Project 2025 as a candidate, but is adopting its ideas in office
WASHINGTON — On the presidential campaign trail, candidate Donald Trump consistently distanced himself from Project 2025, a ...
Trump chops away at the government and the fallout is felt in the Virginia governor's race
The Trump administration's aggressive push to cut government jobs is reverberating in the early stages of this year's race ...
Trump Says He's Firing Kennedy Center Board Members, Naming Himself Chairman
President Trump's move to reshape the Kennedy Center's leadership and programming raises questions about artistic freedom and ...
'We're figuring it out': Democrats struggle to keep up with Trump's dizzying pace
An NBC News review shows that Trump signed more executive orders in 10 days than any of his recent predecessors had signed in ...
Russell Vought, CFPB's new acting head, issues directives to halt portions of bureau activity
Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, an advisory body led by Elon Musk, has zeroed in on some agencies as part of its ...
The ‘punking of Republicans’: What Trump’s push to gut USAID reveals about his grip on the GOP
Trump's attempt to gut the USAID workforce is on hold after a federal judge temporarily blocked the effort. MSNBC Political ...
Inside El Salvador’s brutal mega-prison home to the world’s most deadly gangs
Donald Trump has been offered the use of El Salvador’s infamous CECOT mega-prison as he seeks to deport criminals from the US ...
Fox News’ Bret Baier on interviewing Trump and why it was ‘tough’ wearing an Eagles jersey
Fox News anchor Bret Baier plans to ask Donald Trump about Elon Musk in the return of a spotty Super Bowl tradition that ...
‘Terrifier’ Hits the Trump Tipping Point: Can the Real Damien Leone Please Stand Up? — Opinion
IndieWire breaks down the political side to “Terrifier” amid ongoing controversy sparked by a recent statement from director ...
Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? | Fact check
The report says in 2024, “USAID provided $2.1 billion directly to local non-governmental, private sector and government partners, or 12.1 percent of USAID’s acquisitions and assistance (A&A) and ...