Transportation Department Redirecting $2.4 Billion From California High Speed Rail to Other Infrastructure Needs

An aerial image shows construction workers building the Hanford Viaduct over Highway 198 and past agricultural fields as part of the California High Speed Rail (CAHSR) transit project in Hanford, Calif., on Feb. 12, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Monday that his department is

First Lady Launches Global Coalition for Children, ‘Fostering the Future Together’

First lady Melania Trump attends an event unveiling a U.S. Postal Service Stamp honoring former First Lady Barbara Bush, on May 8, 2025, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin / AP First Lady Melania Trump announced a new campaign to support the world’s youth during the United Nations General

US Designates Barrio 18 as Foreign Terrorist Organization, Joining Tren de Aragua, MS-13, Others

Prison officers guarding gang members in a cell at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador, on April 4, 2025. Alex Peña/Getty Images The U.S. State Department has designated the Barrio 18 street gang as a foreign terrorist organization, expanding Washington’s campaign against transnational gangs

Judge Orders Trump Admin to Unfreeze $500 Million in Grants to UCLA

People walk through the campus of the University of California—Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles on Aug. 11, 2025. Daniel Cole/File Photo/Reuters A federal judge in San Francisco on Sept. 23 ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to restore $500 million in grant funding to researchers at the University of California—Los Angeles (UCLA). U.S. District Judge

Trump Says Ukraine Can Win Back All Territory Lost to Russia

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) speaks during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the 80th session of the UN’s General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sept. 23 that Ukraine should go on the

Secret Service Dismantles Cyber Network Threat to UN Assembly

The U.S. Secret Service has dismantled a network of sophisticated electronic devices in the greater New York area that had been used to threaten U.S. government officials. The devices were concentrated within 35 miles of the meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. First Lady Melania Trump is attending an event in New York City on…

Ryan Routh Tries to Stab Himself After Guilty Verdict in Trump Assassination Attempt Trial

Ryan Wesley Routh speaks during an interview at a rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 27, 2022. AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images FORT PIERCE, Fla.—Ryan Routh attempted to stab himself with a pen in a Florida courtroom after a jury on Sept. 23 found him guilty of attempting to assassinate then-presidential nominee Donald Trump in September