Washington — President Trump and first lady Melania Trump landed in Central Texas on Friday to survey the devastation wrought by last week’s deadly flooding, as first responders and family members continue their search for the missing. The Trumps are speaking with local officials and first responders in Kerrville, Texas, as the death toll in
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) heads to the Senate Chamber for a vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 10, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) voiced support this week for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), calling demands to dismantle the agency “inappropriate and outrageous.” The Pennsylvania Democrat shared the message on
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at Lackland Air Force Base on July 11, 2025, before heading to Kerrville, Texas where they plan to visit with state and local leaders, first responders and victims of last week’s flash flooding. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump landed in Central Texas on July 11
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are visiting flood-ravaged areas of Texas on Friday as a dozen states send teams to help in the search for victims. Trump has imposed a 35 percent blanket tariff on Canadian imports. He blamed Ottawa for failing to stop deadly fentanyl smuggling and for targeting U.S. dairy
Washington — Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official who previously served as President Trump’s criminal defense attorney, declined to rule out the possibility of the president running for a third term and did not denounce the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in a questionnaire submitted to a Senate panel considering his nomination for
The Department of Health and Human Services has asked some laid-off staff if they could return to work temporarily, as the department grapples with a backlog of grants that has swelled to more than a billion dollars in the wake of hurdles set up by DOGE. Multiple HHS officials, who were not authorized to speak
Washington — The State Department on Friday began laying off more than 1,300 staffers as it seeks to cut the size of its U.S. workforce by about 15%, part of the Trump administration’s sweeping plan to reorganize the department. The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a