Trump Health Secretary nominee RFK Jr clears Senate Finance Committee confirmation vote

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will advance to the next step in his effort to become Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary. The vaccine skeptic and environmental crusader who ran for the White House in 2024 before ending his bid and endorsing Trump sustained his bid for a cabinet position in the 47th president’s administration.

Watchdog Sues West Point for Withholding Records About Its False Claims Against Pete Hegseth

West Point falsely told ProPublica that Hegseth was never accepted into the academy Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) A watchdog group sued the United States Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday for allegedly withholding public records related to false claims the school made to the press regarding Defense

Rubio lauds Salvadoran leader’s offer to lock up deportees, U.S. prisoners

San Salvador, El Salvador — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Monday that El Salvador’s president has offered to accept and incarcerate deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, including criminals with American citizenship currently imprisoned in the U.S. President Nayib Bukele confirmed the offer in a social media post, saying El Salvador

Dozens of Department of Education Workers Put on Leave Following Trump Order, Union Says

The head of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252 said at least 55 employees were impacted so far. U.S. Department of Education workers were put on leave in what appears to be a response to President Donald Trump’s order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal government, a labor union