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Hegseth confired as Trump’s defense secretary in tie-breaking vote despite turmoil over his conduct

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI
Jan 24, 2025 9:47 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to...
Johnson aide advised against subpoena of star Jan. 6 witness over concerns about ‘sexual texts’ from lawmakers

By Jacqueline Alemany
Jan 23, 2025 5:01 pm - An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson advised Republican colleagues against subpoenaing former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson as part of their investigation into the...
Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Jan 23, 2025 4:09 pm - CHICAGO — President Donald Trump announced Thursday he would pardon anti-abortion activists convicted of blockading abortion clinic entrances. Trump called it “a great ho...
Trump tells Davos elite to invest in US or face tariffs

By ZEKE MILLER, JOSH BOAK and JAMEY KEATEN
Jan 23, 2025 2:50 pm - President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S. and threatened to impose tariffs if they don’t.
Trump’s inheriting a solid economy, making it harder to lower borrowing costs or inflation

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jan 23, 2025 2:45 pm - President Donald Trump has pledged cheaper prices and lower interest rates, but an economy transformed by the pandemic will make those promises difficult to keep.
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship

By GENE JOHNSON and MIKE CATALINI
Jan 23, 2025 2:42 pm - A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.
Pentagon is sending 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the US-Mexico border

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP
Jan 23, 2025 2:07 pm - The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days, U.S. officials said Wednesday, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.
Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Trump’s defense secretary; he tells senator he paid woman $50,000 to settle accusation

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Jan 23, 2025 1:19 pm - The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump's defense secretary Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections from Democrats and stirring unease among Republicans over his behavior and qualifications to lead the U.S. military.
State education board issues guidance to schools on Trump immigration actions

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Jan 23, 2025 1:15 pm - The Illinois State Board of Education has issued guidance to schools in the wake of President Donald Trump’s proposed mass deportations of immigrants without legal documentation living in the United States.
Trump revoked an antidiscrimination hiring rule. Here’s what it means.

By Vivian Ho
Jan 23, 2025 10:23 am - As part of his directives targeting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI), President Donald Trump revoked a landmark executive order signed by Lyndon B. Johns...

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