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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Nov. 6, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Nov. 23 that he is planning to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, a move he has considered since his first term. “It will be done

US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent listens as US President Donald Trump meets with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2025. Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said the government shutdown that ended earlier this month

National Guard members walk at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago on Oct. 9, 2025. Jeenah Moon/Reuters Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that the Texas National Guard troops deployed to Illinois weeks ago have been told to return to their home state this week. During an event on Saturday, Abbott

National Guard members walk at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago on Oct. 9, 2025. Jeenah Moon/Reuters Texas and California National Guardsmen who had been deployed to Chicago and Portland, Oregon are returning home, the two states’ governors have said. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on Nov. 22 that his

U.S. Customs and Border Protection security agents guide illegal immigrants onboard a C-17 Globemaster III for a removal flight at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Jan. 23, 2025. Dept. of Defense photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas J. De La Pena The Trump administration will not be allowed to expand certain efforts aimed at

It’s been nine months since President Donald Trump signed his executive order to dismantle the Education Department—something other U.S. leaders have called for, but never attempted.  Trump has acknowledged that only Congress can completely eliminate the department. Instead, his plan is to press ahead and dismantle it, to move its functions to other agencies, and