Senate Confirms Former Chair of Veterans Appeals Board as VA Inspector General
Cheryl Mason, an adviser to VA Secretary Doug Collins and 28-year employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, was confirmed Thursday to become the department's top...
Elon Musk gave the GOP $10M while he was fighting with Trump
A month after saying he had “done enough” political spending — and amid a bitter falling out with President Donald Trump — Elon Musk gave $10 million to help Republican...
Trump, Bessent knock India as tariff deadline nears
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and President Trump took swings at India as a tariff deadline nears for the country.“India came to the table early. They’ve been slow r...
A 'beautiful' ballroom and a new Lincoln bathroom: Trump relishes remaking the White House
WASHINGTON — One of Donald Trump’s most visible and potentially enduring legacies as president could be the 90,000-square-foot ballroom that he is planning to build, re...
‘We’ll see’: Trump leaves Canada hanging hours before trade deadline
OTTAWA — With just hours left before Donald Trump’s Aug. 1 deadline, Canada remains without a trade deal with the U.S.At a White House event on Thursday, Trump offered...
Ex-Biden cyber director says West Point appointment was "unfortunately" rescinded
Jen Easterly, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency during the Biden administration, said her appointment to a position at West Point was...
Trump revives presidential fitness test – will US students run a mile?
Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is re-establishing the presidential fitness test, a way of assessing the fitness level of American students.The test was admi...
Gavin Newsom floats November special election for his anti-Trump redistricting push
SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will seek to call a November special election to have voters approve new House maps that boost Democrats.By...
Blue-state Democrats want immigration agents to show their faces
SACRAMENTO, California — Democratic leaders in California and other blue states are taking aim at the masks federal immigration officers use to conceal their identities...
Senate panel advances more than $1 trillion in government funding for 2026
The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced legislation Thursday amounting to more than $1 trillion in government funding for fiscal 2026, ahead of a late September sh...