The House GOP's budget resolution could be in jeopardy of not clearing the full chamber amid concerns from moderates over likely cuts to social safety net programs — particularly Medicaid — with a handful undecided on whether they will support the key measure.
Reps. David Valadao (R-Calif.) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) — both of whom represent districts with a significant percentage of Medicaid recipients — told The Hill that they are withholding support from the budget resolution as they seek more information on the severity of the cuts and how they could impact their constituents. |
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk's bid to take control of OpenAI is fanning the flames of a longtime feud with co-founder and CEO Sam Altman and complicating the path forward for the popular ChatGPT-maker.
Whether Musk has a real desire to run OpenAI or get ahead of a competitor, observers agree the bid is likely to slow down the artificial intelligence (AI) firm's plans to change its corporate structure. |
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BY LAURA KELLY AND RACHEL FRAZIN |
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is leveraging the country's large deposits of rare earth materials and critical minerals to win the favor of President Trump ahead of high-stakes negotiations to end Russia's war of aggression.
Trump said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to begin negotiations immediately, with plans to meet in Saudi Arabia. Trump's top officials are in Europe this week huddling with Ukrainian and European officials on plans to end the war. |
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House Democrats howling over the flood of unilateral actions streaming from the White House are voicing confidence that the courts will provide a check on potential abuses of power. They're less certain, however, about how President Trump will respond. |
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The Trump administration dismissed 20 immigration judges over the weekend without explanation, as it continues its efforts to reduce the size of the federal government, the Associated Press reports. Matthew Biggs, the president of the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, a union representing immigration judges, said that 13 judges who hadn't been sworn in yet and five assistant chief immigration judges were fired on Friday without warning. |
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Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has officially begun the process of running for governor of Ohio as he filed the necessary paperwork with the Ohio secretary of state on Friday. Ramaswamy's campaign filed the Designation of Treasurer form, which must be filed before a candidate's campaign or political party makes any expenditures or receives any contributions. |
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The Trump administration ousted 405 employees at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in an ongoing workforce purge that has affected other federal agencies and departments. The majority of the cuts occurred at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the country's disaster relief agency, where 200 workers lost their jobs on Friday while over 130 employees were terminated at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), according to a source familiar with the matter. |
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) argued that while she agrees with President Trump's administration goal to downsize the federal government, the current mass firings of workers across several departments and agencies are doing "more harm than good." Murkowski said that "dozens" of Alaskans, possibly over 100 "are being fired as part of the Trump administration's reduction-in-force order for the federal government," a development that, in her view, will hinder the country's preparedness for natural disasters and limit energy production. |
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff are likely to meet with senior Russian officials in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to discuss an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, NewsNation reported on Saturday. This meeting would be the first major interaction between Russian and Ukrainian officials since the 2022 war, and could prove crucial for President Trump's peace plan. |
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OPINION | Not long ago, Volodymyr Zelensky was a comedian in Ukraine. He made his living playing a fictional president on television. Then, by a twist of fate, he became the real thing. And before he had time to adjust to the role, history threw him onto the world's stage, catapulting him from a middling entertainer into an international symbol of resistance. |
OPINION | Corrupt politicians. Ultra-wealthy business tycoons. A massive wealth gap. Social unrest. Material excesses. Regressive racial policies. A rapidly changing population due to immigration. No, I am not talking about present-day America — I am talking about the Gilded Age. It was a time of immense wealth and power for a select few Americans and a time of poverty and division for everyone else. That time in America ended with the onset of the Progressive Era. And while political parties may have changed platforms, Democrats need to look at one of history's greatest Republicans as a guide on how to defeat President Trump's MAGA movement and fix the problems that led to Trump's rise. |
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Remarks by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are fueling concerns that the U.S. will move away from Europe and align with Moscow. |
BY ALEX LEARY, JOSH DAWSEY AND TARINI PARTI |
Around the White House, some call it season two of the reality show—only with a bigger budget. |
The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency's plans, and cuts could happen as soon as next week. |
BY NICK MIROFF AND MARIANNE LEVINE |
Arrests have sagged so far this month, according to data provided by the Department of Homeland Security, declining from about 800 per day in late January to fewer than 600 during the first 13 days of February. |
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