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President Trump on Thursday repeated an unfounded claim on Truth Social that billions of dollars had "been stolen at USAID, and other agencies" and given "to the fake news media" to write favorable stories about Democrats. He said Politico had received $8 million.

Trump's claim mischaracterizes the federal government's spending on subscriptions.

Data from USAspending.gov, a government website that tracks federal spending, shows government agencies collectively spent more than $8 million combined in payments for Politico subscriptions and products...

InterAction CEO Tom Hart sits down with Margaret Brennan to discuss the impact of the pause on foreign assistance. InterAction is a coalition of about 170 NGOs.

Democratic mayors of so-called sanctuary cities that protect undocumented immigrants have agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee in March after Attorney General Pam Bondi signed a directive cutting those jurisdictions off from federal funding on her first day at the Justice Department (DOJ).

Bondi, who was sworn in as attorney general Wednesday, issued a number of Day 1 directives, including ordering the DOJ to pause all federal funding for sanctuary cities.

Bondi also directed litigating components of the Justice Department to...

More than a dozen Venezuelan criminal illegal migrants are on their way to the U.S.' most secure prison — the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp (GITMO) in Cuba — some of whom are members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA), according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sources.

TdA is an international criminal group that has been terrorizing U.S. communities from New York to Colorado. As one of his first actions, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 20 instructing the State Department and other government...

A haven for the super rich, or a city built on scams? The BBC was invited to find out.

Washington — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday temporarily prevented the Justice Department from disclosing information about FBI agents who fear they will be targeted because of their work on cases involving President Trump and the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ordered that the Justice Department may not disclose the list of FBI agents who worked on the investigations to anyone outside the department — which would include any other federal entity or outside group, as well as public disclosure —...

Abdul Fatorma, chief executive of the Campaign for Human Rights and Development International, had been working on expanding democracy in Sierra Leone for seven years.

Civil war had plagued the West African coastal nation for decades, ending in 2002 — and slowly, peace had returned, helping to reduce migration and violence. Essential to that progress, Sierra Leone's civil service advocates believe, is nurturing democracy and human rights. Fatorma's grassroots campaign was granted $1 million in U.S. funding in 2023 to continue work on those goals...

Washington — Speaker Mike Johnson urged his Senate GOP colleagues to wait for the House to "do its work" to advance President Trump's agenda. He and House Republicans met with Mr. Trump for several hours Thursday to discuss the budget reconciliation process central to approving key components of the measure, which is expected, among other things, to extend and expand the 2017 tax cuts enacted in his first term.

The speaker said after the White House meeting that Republicans would meet again Thursday night to "finish up some final details" and said...

A man aboard a Frontier Airlines flight was restrained by fellow passengers on Wednesday after damaging the plane window, officials said.

The NCAA's Board of Governors voted to update the association's participation policy on transgender student-athletes after a Trump executive order.

Trump is continuing to outline his vision for U.S. control of Gaza, though is dialing back after widespread rebuke that his first plan would violate international law.

The fight for control of the House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections will be fought on a limited battlefield, a leading nonpartisan political handicapper predicts.

The Cook Political Report, as it unveiled its first rankings for the next midterm elections on Thursday, listed 10 Democrat-held seats and eight Republican-controlled seats as toss-ups.

The GOP, when at full strength, will hold a razor-thin 220-215 majority in the House, which means the Democrats only need a three-seat gain in 2026 to win back the chamber for the first...

Last year, $10 million in taxpayer money was spent creating transgender animals, a study by the White Coat Waste Project revealed.

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., laid out the misuse of taxpayer money funding "gender-affirming care" for animals during opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing Thursday. The hearing, "Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty," featured a witness from the White Coat Waste Project.

"Last year, the White Coat Waste Project exposed more than $10 million in taxpayer funds that were...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday, in response to its May 2024 arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The order unveils financial sanctions and visa restrictions against ICC officials and their family members who support ICC investigations against U.S. citizens and allies.

The White House also signed executive orders on Thursday instructing the Justice Department to establish a task force dedicated to weeding out "anti-Christian bias," and a review...

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