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Social Security whistleblower who claims DOGE mishandled Americans' sensitive data resigns from post

By AAMER MADHANI
Aug 30, 2025 2:55 pm - A Social Security whistleblower whose complaint alleged that Department of Government Efficiency officials mishandled Americans' sensitive information says he's resigning because of actions taken against him since making the claim.
Israeli airstrike kills Houthi rebel prime minister in Yemeni capital Sanaa

By SAMY MAGDY
Aug 30, 2025 2:44 pm - CAIRO — An Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the Houthi rebel-controlled government in Yemen's capital Sanaa, the Houthis said Saturday. He was the most seni...
Trump ends ex-Vice President Harris’ Secret Service protection early after Biden had extended it

By SEUNG MIN KIM and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
Aug 29, 2025 6:53 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection that otherwise would have ended next summer, senior Trump a...
Trump administration plans to remove nearly 700 unaccompanied migrant children, senator says

By REBECCA SANTANA, AMANDA SEITZ and VALERIE GONZALEZ
Aug 29, 2025 6:48 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to remove nearly 700 Guatemalan children who had come to the U.S. without their parents, according to a letter sent Frid...
Missouri is next to answer Trump’s call for redrawn maps that boost GOP in 2026

By JIM VERTUNO and ANDREW DeMILLO
Aug 29, 2025 6:42 pm - Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe said Friday that he is calling Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of a growing national battle between Republicans and Democrats seeking an edge in next year’s congressional elections.
Appeals court strikes down Trump’s tariffs as illegal but leaves them in place

By Rachel Lerman and David J. Lynch
Aug 29, 2025 5:43 pm - President Donald Trump’s cornerstone economic policy was dealt another setback Friday when a federal appeals court ruled he did not have the authority to impose most of his sweeping tariffs on imports from dozens of trading partners.
Trump tries to wrest spending power from Congress as government shutdown looms

By Jacob Bogage and Emily Davies
Aug 29, 2025 5:33 pm - President Donald Trump says he will cancel nearly $5 billion in congressionally approved funding for U.S. international assistance and diplomacy, setting up a fresh confrontation in the White House’s attempt to wrest constitutional spending power away from lawmakers.The Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Friday called the move an “attempt to undermine the law.”
US revokes visas of Palestinian officials ahead of UN General Assembly

By MATTHEW LEE
Aug 29, 2025 3:58 pm - WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of a number of Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization officials ahead of next month...
Israel declares Gaza’s largest city a combat zone as death toll surpasses 63,000

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM METZ and JULIA FRANKEL
Aug 29, 2025 3:53 pm - GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel declared Gaza’s largest city a combat zone and recovered the remains of two hostages on Friday as the army launched the start of a planned ...
Key US inflation gauge holds mostly steady though core inflation ticks higher

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Aug 29, 2025 3:29 pm - The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge mostly held steady last month despite President Donald Trump’s broad-based tariffs, but a measure of underlying inflation increased. Prices rose 2.6% in July compared with a year ago, the Commerce Department said Friday, the same annual increase as in June. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, prices rose 2.9% from a year earlier, up from 2.8% in the previous month and the highest since February.

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