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Kristi Noem joined the operations just days after she was confirmed by the Senate to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Simon, a basset hound-cattle dog mix, ultimately beat out 15 other candidates, from all five boroughs, for the highest office in the land, or at least for dogs in NYC.

A memo from the White House budget office is calling for a spending freeze on federal assistance by 5 p.m. Tuesday, which could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans and state and local government grants.

The freeze could have wide-ranging implications, with the White House noting that $3 trillion was spent in 2024 on federal assistance programs.

"This memorandum requires Federal agencies to identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President's...

President Donald Trump has ordered a freeze to domestic and foreign federal aid in a sweeping attempt to stop government funding for "woke" causes that don't fit with his agenda.

A memo sent out Monday night and seen by NBC News from Matthew J. Vaeth, acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the changes would go into effect Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET and relate to a string of executive orders Trump has signed since taking office last week.

“Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or...

The White House has reportedly issued a memo that broadly suspends federal grants, loans and other financial assistance programs for executive departments pending an assessment of the funding.

The Wall Street Journal first reported the memo, saying it was sent out by the Office of Management and Budget around 5 p.m. on Monday.

The memo, which takes effect Tuesday at 5 p.m., said agencies "must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined an immigration enforcement raid in New York City on Tuesday, and saw Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers nab what she called a "dirtbag" in the sanctuary city.

"Just now. Enforcement operation in NYC. Criminal alien with kidnapping, assault & burglary charges is now in custody - thanks to @ICE," Noem said on X alongside a video of an arrest.

"Dirtbags like this will continue to be removed from our streets."SENATE CONFIRMS KRISTI NOEM AS TRUMP'S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY...

President Donald Trump claimed Monday night that the military entered California and "turned on the water," but state water officials contend that the president's claim is false.

"The United States Military just entered the Great State of California and, under Emergency Powers, TURNED ON THE WATER flowing abundantly from the Pacific Northwest, and beyond," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"The days of putting a Fake Environmental argument, over the PEOPLE, are OVER. Enjoy the water, California!!!" he added.

But the California Department of Water...

How did a little-known Chinese start-up build a powerful new AI model despite restrictions?

The BBC is the first media to fly with a Jordanian aid flight into Israeli-held territory in southern Gaza.

Milos Vucevic's resignation follows months of nationwide demonstrations over the collapse of a station roof which killed 15.

The full scale of the humanitarian challenge ahead is emerging as displaced Palestinians return home, writes the BBC's Paul Adams.

World leaders rubbed shoulders with 56 survivors of Hitler's death camp as they marked 80 years since its liberation.

The Office of Management and Budget instructed federal agencies to pause any financial aid programs that might conflict with President Donald Trump's executive orders.

A storm system that brought rain and snow to Southern California will move into Texas and the South by Wednesday, bringing flash flood and severe weather threat.

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., and more than a dozen other House Republicans are pushing a proposal to ban the provision of chemical abortion drugs.

The congressman reintroduced the proposal that he previously put forward in 2023, according to a press release, which provides a link to the text of the 2023 version.

"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whoever prescribes, dispenses, distributes, or sells, any drug, medication, or chemical for the purpose of procuring or performing an abortion on any woman, shall be imprisoned for not more than 25...