Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP, File Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday that the Trump administration has completed its six-week overhaul of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a key agency that has been in operation for six decades. Rubio stated that the 18% of aid and development programs that survived the…… MORE
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Forensic experts came to a simple but heartrending conclusion about the manner of death for 95-year-old actor Gene Hackman — heart failure and Alzheimer’s a full week after a rare, rodent-borne disease took the life of his wife at their Santa Fe home. Authorities revealed Friday that Hackman apparently died…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — A court-appointed lawyer has advised a federal judge to let the Justice Department drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams but prevent prosecutors from ever reviving the case so it doesn’t hang over him “like the proverbial Sword of Damocles.” Paul Clement, a solicitor general under President George…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s campaign of disruption is engulfing the federal government. A series of decisions revealed Friday showed how the turmoil is upending how public servants do their jobs in ways big and small. For example, Environmental Protection Agency officials now need to seek approval from the Department of…… MORE
PARIS (AP) — The disposal of what Paris police called an “excessively dangerous” unexploded World War II bomb caused hours of transportation chaos on rail and road networks in the French capital. Disposal experts managed to unscrew and then destroy the fuse of the half-ton British-made bomb. But their lengthy operation to make it safe…… MORE
Health officials say West Texas now has almost 200 measles cases and New Mexico’s case number has tripled to 30. The case counts were updated on Friday. A child died of measles in Texas last week. New Mexico health officials said Thursday they are investigating a possible adult measles death. Federal health officials announced they…… MORE
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland and 19 other states are suing multiple federal agencies in a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump’s administration has illegally fired thousands of federal probationary workers. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is leading the coalition of attorneys general in the federal lawsuit that was filed late Thursday in Maryland. The…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is “strongly considering” levying new sanctions and tariffs on Russia for its war against Ukraine. He’s floating the possibility of applying new pressure on Moscow after the White House this week paused U.S. military aid and assistance to Kyiv. In a post on his Truth Social platform…… MORE
MIAMI (AP) — A company owned by President Donald Trump is suing Capital One. It claims the bank unjustifiably terminated over 300 of the Trump Organization’s accounts without cause shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The suit had been filed Friday by the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust and Eric…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — A union representing Transportation Security Administration workers calls the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end the collective bargaining agreement with them an “unprovoked attack.” The department Friday criticized the union and said poor performers were being allowed to stay on the job, hindering efforts to “keep Americans safe.” The American Federation…… MORE
