The U.S. president and the Indian prime minister discussed defense strategies and balancing trade through oil and energy sales. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Feb. 13 to the White House, where the two leaders discussed defense, trade, energy, infrastructure, and regional partnerships. This was the first meeting between the two
Lawmakers aired their views on the embattled agency in a pair of forums on Capitol Hill. Republicans and Democrats exchanged vastly different opinions about the U.S. Agency for International Aid (USAID) in a pair of events on Capitol Hill over two days. USAID was the subject of both a roundtable discussion convened by Democratic senators
Trump tried to reach a nuclear arms control deal with Russia and China in his first presidential term and remains interested in mutual arms reductions. President Donald Trump shared his hopes on Feb. 13, that he can bring China and Russia to the negotiating table and agree to reduce their military spending and perhaps even
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as HHS secretary, Trump signed an executive order creating the panel that will target the chronic disease epidemic. Hours after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gained Senate confirmation as secretary of Health and Human Services, President Donald Trump signed a new executive order establishing the President’s Commission to
McMahon said student loans, special education funding, and grants for low-income schools would be streamlined but not cut under her leadership. At her confirmation hearing, just days after President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) embarked on deep cuts to the Department of Education, Linda McMahon, the president’s pick for Secretary of
The IRS collects trillions in taxes. The IRS will be audited by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), President Donald Trump said on Feb. 13. “The Internal Revenue Service will be looked at like everybody else,” Trump told reporters at the White House in Washington. He said that just about every federal agency will be
The proposed bill resurrects a long-defunct presidential authority that expired under the Reagan administration. A bicameral bill put forward by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) aims to fast-track President Donald Trump’s reorganization of federal agencies by resurrecting and expanding a presidential authority that expired in 1984. The Reorganization Act of 2025