Forest Service fires 3,400 people after ‘deferred resignation’ deadline passes
The layoffs come one day after the deadline for the Trump administration’s “Fork in the Road” program, which encouraged employees to resign but stay on the government payroll through September. It’s ...
Key bird flu lab threatens to strike as California cases and egg prices climb
The only facility in the state able to handle high-risk cases could go offline as workers allege burnout and injuries.
Judge blocks Trump order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth
The nationwide restraining order seeks to restore access to health services for transgender patients 19 years and younger that had been disrupted by a Trump executive order.
Trump upbeat about a TikTok deal as deadline ticks down
Trump’s view of TikTok evolved after a presidential campaign in which influencers on the app helped return him to the White House. Since extending the deadline, he has been in talks to help find a new ...
After weeks of GOP tension, Florida Legislature passes sweeping illegal immigration bills
The legislation passed both chambers easily. The main bill that was sponsored by long-time Trump ally state Sen. Joe Gruters (R-Sarasota) passed that chamber by a 27-10 tally and was then approved by ...
Elise Stefanik’s UN posting is on ice
Senate Republicans are keeping Rep. Elise Stefanik ’s United Nations ambassador nomination in limbo amid concerns from the White House that her confirmation would risk President Donald Trump’s agenda ...
The costs of climate disaster come home
This kind of rate hike — which Floridians already know as a “hurricane tax” — marks a turning point for the nation’s most populous state. It means individual residents, including those far from the ...
Fed suit against New York license law just the latest chapter in decades of political tumult
Kathy Hochul was once a top critic of letting undocumented immigrants have driver's licenses. Now, she has to defend the idea from the Trump administration.
Mexican president floats lawsuit against Google for adopting ‘Gulf of America’
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday said her government was weighing a civil lawsuit against Google for recasting the “Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America” in its mapping technology ...
Mitch McConnell’s party of one
McConnell was hardly alone among Senate Republicans in raising doubts about Gabbard, Kennedy and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whose confirmation he opposed last month. Several colleagues who hail ...
Judge extends hold on Trump’s move to put USAID employees on leave
A Trump-appointed judge extended until Feb. 21 an order he issued last week blocking much of the administration’s plan for ...
Trump’s beef with Boeing
RED, WHITE AND POWER BLUE: Trump has beef with Boeing. “Boeing, we’re not happy with the service we’re getting in terms of those planes,” he told reporters Wednesday in the Oval Office.