Republicans are moving closer to their goal of raising defense spending by at least $100 billion in the next decade as two budget resolutions paving the way for a massive bill that targets President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda advance in Congress.
The first to arrive was an entry-level employee at a federal regulatory agency now worried about whether a career in public service was still possible.
The Department of Veterans Affairs fired more than 1,000 newly hired, or probationary, employees. The department says the move will save close to $100 million and that there are more than 43,000 probationary employees who continue to work and will not be terminated.
North Korea may be poised to move into production its intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the US, the Pentagon’s commander of continental defenses told a Senate panel.
Silver rallied to the highest since October after US President Donald Trump’s order for reciprocal tariffs increased uncertainty around trade and the global economy, bolstering haven demand. Gold traded near a record.
As US President Donald Trump pushes to end the war in Ukraine and upend the order of the Middle East, one fellow world leader is at the heart of both initiatives: Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that his country wants “security guarantees” before any talks with Russia, as the Trump administration presses both countries to find a quick endgame to the three-year war.
Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are restoring ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok to their app stores on Thursday following assurances in a letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that a ban wouldn’t immediately be enforced.
Veterans, lawmakers and union leaders protested a hiring freeze at the VA that is part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to reduce the federal workforce. An executive order that Trump signed Tuesday will limit hiring by the VA and many other federal agencies.
More than 100 vehicles were involved in a pileup on a snowy highway near Portland, Ore., as officials in the state’s biggest city and in Idaho opened emergency shelters ahead of the snow.
A court order halting plans to pull all but a fraction of USAID staffers off the job worldwide will stay in place for at least another week.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to restart nuclear arms control talks with Russia and China and that eventually he hopes all three countries could agree to cut their massive defense budgets in half.
President Donald Trump is meeting Thursday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who hopes to avoid additional tariffs that the new administration has slapped on other countries in its opening weeks.
President Donald Trump on Thursday rolled out his plan to increase U.S. tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports.
Navy Seabees rescued two elderly people from a submerged vehicle that crashed last week outside of New Orleans.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to advance the nomination of Kash Patel for FBI director.
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and he was then sworn in as President Donald Trump’s health secretary.
A powerful storm is bearing down on California as an atmospheric river drops through the state. While the fast-moving system will affect nearly the entire state on Thursday, of high concern is Southern California as intense rains fall on the heels of devastating wildfires — downpours that could trigger damaging floods and debris flows.