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President Donald Trump is taking executive action to override California's "actively harmful" state and local environmental policies in an effort to maximize water supply in the aftermath of January's deadly wildfires.

In an executive order issued Sunday, Trump called on federal agencies to overrule California regulations on endangered species to create more water availability, expedite the removal of debris in the areas affected by the fires, and conduct investigations into the city of Los Angeles' use of federal grants.

The president's order...

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., was blasted by conservatives on social media on Wednesday over his contentious line of questioning toward President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

"Frankly, you frighten people," Whitehouse told Kennedy while seemingly linking Kennedy's skepticism of some vaccines to the first case of measles in Rhode Island since 2013.

"Americans are going to need to hear a clear and trustworthy recantation of what you have said on vaccinations, including a promise from you...

The Justice Department filed a motion Wednesday to drop all criminal proceedings against two former Trump co-defendants charged in the special counsel's classified documents case, putting a final end to the probe more than two years after it began.

The request for the charges to be dropped was filed Wednesday by the acting U.S. attorney in Miami, Hayden O’Byrne, without explanation.

The co-defendants, Carlos De Oliveira, a Mar-a-Lago property manager, and Walt Nauta, a valet at the property, were charged alongside President Donald Trump in the...

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has joined forces with five other figures to found Watchtower Strategy, a public affairs organization.

The other people involved include Jeff Miller, Dan Conston, Arthur Schwartz, Cliff Sims and Brian Walsh.

"Watchtower Strategy is a premier public affairs firm founded by six leaders at the pinnacle of American politics. Watchtower specializes in strategy, advocacy, and crisis communications," the organization's website declares.

TRUMP ACCUSES FORMER SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY OF ‘ONE OF THE DUMBEST POLITICAL...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s former presidential running mate Nicole Shanahan called out various senators by name, warning that she will fund primary challenges against them if they oppose confirming RFK Jr. to serve as secretary of Health and Human Services.

"Dear U.S. Senators, Bobby may play nice; I won’t," she wrote in a post on X.

In a video, Shanahan said that in 2020 she "cut large checks to Chuck Schumer to help Democrats flip two Senate seats in Georgia from red to blue." Peach State Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and John Ossoff both...

HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden were involved in a tense exchange on Capitol Hill where Kennedy accused the senator of intentionally misrepresenting his past comments.

Wyden, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee which held a confirmation hearing for Kennedy on Wednesday, pressed the nominee on comments made on podcasts in recent years.

"During a podcast interview in July of 2023, you said, quote, no vaccine is safe and effective, in your testimony today in order to prove you're not...

FIRST ON FOX: Two former Trump administration Cabinet secretaries are launching a nationwide coalition to back the president’s "energy dominance" agenda, which aims to boost oil and gas production and scale back climate change policies.

Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and former U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt are launching the Restoring Energy Dominance Coalition on Wednesday, which will rally conservatives behind President Donald Trump's broad energy approach, a central theme of his 2024 campaign.

According to the...

Trump's pick for Health Secretary was interrupted during the opening statement of his confirmation hearing.

Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

The order is in response to a lawsuit that says the freezing of billions of dollars in already approved funding violates the law.

Authorities say the plane carrying oil workers crashed three minutes after take-off.

A trial date has been set for It Ends With Us co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's dispute.

Aid agencies have described a catastrophic situation in north Gaza, where 300,000 displaced Palestinians have returned.

President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday rescinded an order that attempted to freeze federal aid spending just one day after it was issued.

The order, which sparked chaos and confusion across Washington, was temporarily halted by a federal district judge Tuesday evening.

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Private school vouchers and other school choice initiatives would expand under an order coming from President Donald Trump telling government agencies to repurpose federal dollars.

The Education Department is being told to use discretionary money to prioritize school choice programs and give states new guidance on how they can use federal money to support K-12 voucher programs.

The executive order that he plans to sign Wednesday could free up some pockets of federal money to be used on school choice, but it is not clear how far he could move the...