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