The Trump administration is threatening California with steep fines and legal action days after a transgender athlete won two statewide high school track-and-field events, ramping up the legal threats aimed at the state over transgender issues. The student, AB Hernandez, a transgender 16-year-old, won both the high school girls’ high jump and triple jump at
Washington — The White House on Tuesday sent a formal request to Congress to claw back funding for NPR, PBS and international aid that lawmakers had previously approved. The package would cancel $9.4 billion appropriated by Congress, aiming to make permanent some of the Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts. It focuses on slashing foreign
The cuts proposed by President Donald Trump would codify several cuts put forward by DOGE. WASHINGTON—The White House on June 3 asked Congress to approve $9.4 billion in spending cuts that would primarily affect U.S. foreign aid and federally-funded media including PBS and NPR. The rescissions package proposed by President Donald Trump would codify several
Connolly, who died May 21, had endorsed his former chief of staff, James Walkinshaw, to succeed him in the heavily Democratic district. WASHINGTON—A special election will be held Sept. 9 for the U.S. House seat in Virginia vacated by the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), who died last month at age 75. Connolly, who died
Family members of the man charged with Sunday’s attack in Boulder, Colorado, have been taken into custody, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday. Noem made the announcement on X, calling the suspect, Mohamed Soliman, an “illegal alien” and “terrorist.” He is facing multiple counts of attempted murder and a federal hate crimes charge for the
Despite legal hurdles, the administration is confident ‘Plan A’ will be successful. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is “very, very confident” that the courts will support President Donald Trump’s tariff plans. In a June 1 interview with ABC’s “This Week,” the president’s top economic adviser believes the administration’s “Plan A” will be successful. Original
White House press secretary says Elon Musk’s view ‘doesn’t change the president’s opinion.’ Tech billionaire and former White House adviser Elon Musk on Tuesday criticized a budget bill backed by congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump, drawing a response from the administration. In a post on X, Musk said the bill will cause the U.S.