The State Department on Friday is carrying out plans to lay off 1,300 employees as part of a drastic reorganization effort, drawing outrage from former diplomats and Democrats who say the Trump ...

Moody’s downgrades U.S. credit as Congress considers bill that could add to deficits Moody’s knocked the government’s credit rating down a notch as the country’s debt soars. Updated May 16 ...

President Trump fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, via email late Thursday night, the latest in a string of actions the president has taken to shape American cultural institutions.

The U.S. faces a debt dangerous crisis with Congress's overspending pushing the nation towards a fiscal cliff. Trump has to figure a way to fix things before it's too late.

A $2 billion crypto deal involving President Trump's family and a foreign government is threatening to derail bipartisan stablecoin legislation that Congress has been working on for months. Why it ...

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including Elon Musk's legacy as his time in the White ...

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The following is the June 26, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Israel-Iran Conflict, U.S. Strikes and Ceasefire. From the report On June 13, 2025, Israel began a major ...

Over the past several years, Congress has laid the groundwork for a broader, more structural crackdown on how U.S. universities interact with Chinese institutions, researchers and students.

Haiti's full U.S. travel bans draws criticism, concern from South Florida Haitian Americans 02:25. Haiti is the only country in the Western Hemisphere included in the U.S. government's list of ...