Trump administration

After initially struggling to define habeas corpus, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testified that the president has the authority to suspend the Constitutional right against unlawful detention.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem mangled a response to a question about habeas corpus at a Senate hearing Tuesday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. returned to Capitol Hill to face more heated questions from lawmakers about the drastic funding cuts his department has made.

Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy.

Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin blasted HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during Tuesday’s hearing on cuts to medical research grants. “Is funding for cancer centers DEI? Because you’re holding up $47 million in cancer center support grants at nine cancer centers in eight states.”

At an Oval Office event this afternoon, Trump announced some details of his plan for a “Golden Dome” missile defense system. Follow along for live updates.

It’s the first such order in the mounting legal saga surrounding President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of men to a supermax prison in El Salvador.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted a signing ceremony for the bipartisan “Take it Down Act” on Monday.

Vice President JD Vance met with the first American pope at the Vatican on Monday morning.

A federal judge tossed out the takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace by the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency Monday.

Vice President JD Vance said Monday that one of the primary reasons for foregoing a delegation to Israel were logistical concerns over childcare. “Who the hell is going to take care of our kids if we take another couple of days overseas?”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt previewed the Take It Down Act, a bipartisan bill that outlaws publishing, or threatening to publish, explicit or intimate images without a person’s consent. Trump is expected to sign the bill into law Monday afternoon.

The president today held a two-hour call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The House Budget Committee’s vote came two days after a group of GOP hard-liners rejected the package.

The same panel voted against advancing the measure, which includes massive tax cuts and changes to border security, two days earlier.

In a “Meet the Press” interview, Trump’s former vice president was careful to balance praise of Trump with specific disapproval in certain areas.

The FDA has issued a long-awaited approval of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine but with unusual restrictions.

The two sides held direct talks on Friday for the first time since the war began.

Trump blasted Walmart after the retailer warned it would raise prices due to tariffs.

Secret Service agents interviewed former FBI director James Comey on Friday regarding his “8647” social media post.