Trump executive order aims to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald Trump sent a sharply different message on Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at rebranding the Department of Defense as the
Exam administrator College Board scraps tool for identifying disadvantaged students
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -College Board, the non-profit administrator of the SAT college admissions exam, has said it is discontinuing a tool aimed at helping to identify promising college applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds and neighborhoods. President
U.S. will enforce foreign worker laws, White House says after Hyundai raid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration will enforce laws that require foreign workers have proper authorization to be in the United States, the White House said on Friday after immigration authorities raided a Hyundai facility in Georgia. “Any
Trump’s push to change Department of Defense to ‘War Department’ would turn back the clock to WWII
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to rename the Department of Defense goes beyond subjective word choices about whether to change a name that’s been in place since 1949. On one hand is Trump’s argument that
Neurosurgeon says there are ‘rays of hope’ for girl critically hurt in Minneapolis church shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — There are “rays of hope” for a 12-year-old girl critically injured in last week’s deadly shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis, though her neurosurgeon cautioned Friday it is still hard to predict whether
Prosecutors drop federal case against woman accused of threatening to kill Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department prosecutors are dropping their federal case against a woman who was charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump — the latest in a string of self-inflicted setbacks for prosecutors during President
New York Mayor Adams vows to stay in race and seek re-election
NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared on Friday he would continue to seek re-election, following days of reports that President Donald Trump planned to offer him a federal job in exchange for dropping
Trump says short list for Fed chair includes Hassett and Bessent
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday that his short list of candidates to succeed Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve is down to four people and includes Kevin Hassett, director
FCC taking steps that would allow US prisons to jam prisoners’ cellphone signals
CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Federal officials on Friday said they are taking steps that will give state and federal prisons the right to jam the signals of cellphones smuggled to inmates, devices they argue allow prisoners to
Judge blocks Trump administration’s ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ruled against the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work
