Within the span of 90 minutes on Tuesday morning, two airplanes, at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport and at Chicago’s Midway International Airport,...

Amy Gleason Named Acting DOGE Administrator

Amy Gleason, a former health care investment executive, is serving as the acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, the government-overhaul task...

Trial Opens for Illinois Man Accused of Fatally Stabbing Palestinian Boy

Hanan Shaheen walked to the front of an Illinois courtroom on Tuesday and described how, in a matter of days her landlord turned...

As Trump Eyes the USPS, Concerns Grow Over Its Independence

President Trump’s attempt to exert more control over the U.S. Postal Service has fueled concerns that those efforts could hurt the agency’s ability...

To Identify Suspect in Idaho Killings, F.B.I. Used Restricted Consumer DNA Data

As investigators struggled for weeks to find who might have committed the brutal stabbings of four University of Idaho students in the fall...

Kathy Hochul Invites Federal Workers Targeted by DOGE to Apply for Jobs in New York

As the Trump administration cuts thousands of workers and leaves many more in limbo, the governor of New York sees a hiring opportunity.Gov....

Trump Takes Aim at Law Firm Aiding Jack Smith

President Trump plans to punish a prominent Washington law firm that has aided the former special counsel Jack Smith, seeking to strip security...

Ukraine Agrees to U.S. Deal for Mineral Rights

Ukraine has agreed to a deal to turn over the revenue from some of its mineral resources to the United States, a Ukrainian...

Trump Announces Investigation That Could Lead to Tariffs on Foreign Copper

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing his commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, to begin an investigation into whether foreign production of copper...

Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Release Foreign Aid

A federal judge on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid funding within two days after indications that it was failing...

White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump

The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said on Tuesday that the Trump administration would start handpicking which media outlets were allowed to...