Politics

Under Kennedy’s leadership, HHS has seen mass firings across health agencies, including staff responsible for outbreak response and vaccine access.

Former VP Mike Pence will receive the Profile in Courage Award for ensuring the constitutional transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. The review will also look at other defense officials’ use of the the publicly available encrypted app, which is not able to handle c...

President Donald Trump fired at least three National Security Council officials this week after far-right activist Laura Loomer met with him and expressed dissatisfaction with some officials on his national security team, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News.

As a condition for receiving federal money, the Trump administration is ordering K-12 schools to certify that they are following federal civil rights laws and ending any discriminatory diversity, equity and inclusion practices. A notice sent Thursday by the Education Department gives states and schools 10 days to sign and return the certification. ...

One month after Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death, Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to call a special election to fill his seat.

President Donald Trump’s rollout of sweeping tariffs on virtually all U.S. imports slammed into markets Thursday as investors issued an emphatic rebuke of his effort to reorder global trade.

Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities argued Thursday that her case should be handled by the federal court in Massachusetts, while U.S. government attorneys said it should be dismissed and go before an immigration judge.

A group representing American egg farmers said it had discussions about the matter, but ultimately, it won’t scramble its plans to supply roughly 30,000 eggs for the event.

The stock market spiraled on Thursday after President Donald Trump announced expansive new tariffs. Follow along for live updates.

The EC president said that Trump’s move was a “major blow” to the world economy.

A group of Senate Republicans delivered a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, helping to pass a resolution to block his tariffs on Canadian products as he escalated his broader trade war.

The announcement, which came alongside a set of sweeping new tariffs, gives customs officials, retailers and logistics companies a month to prepare.