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Press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to the press outside the White House on April 24.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, are heading to Pakistan on April 25, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Leavitt confirmed the move on Fox News on April 24, saying the Iranians…

The White House announced that a fresh round of peace talks with Iran are set for this weekend. Find out who’s going and who’s not, and why the President says he’s under no time pressure to make a deal. For…

Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth said on April 24 that a nearly two-week-long U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports is increasing and “going global” as Washington seeks to exert economic pressure on Tehran ahead of possible negotiations. The U.S.…

The Department of Justice has ended its criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in the District of Columbia, said in an April 24 post on X that she has directed her office…

The Pentagon holds a briefing at 8 a.m. ET on April 24.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on April 23 that Israel is prepared to launch large-scale military operations against Iran that he described as “different and deadlier” than prior attacks, including potential strikes on critical energy and economic infrastructure, but…

Members of Congress from both parties want to let people on the federal food stamp program buy hot rotisserie chickens with their benefits. Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) and 17 other members of the House of Representatives on April 22 introduced…

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on April 23 gave the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) until April 30 to hand over documents regarding its relationship with the Biden–Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI, as part of a…

President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out using a nuclear weapon in the war with Iran. He told reporters in the Oval Office that the United States has already greatly weakened the Islamic Republic with conventional weapons, declaring that “a…

MAYSVILLE, Ky.—A man representing an undisclosed company stepped on 82-year-old Ida Huddleston’s farmhouse porch last year and made an offer he seemed confident she would not refuse. Huddleston and her daughter, Delsia Bare, were offered $26 million for around 1,000…

Congress passed the No Surprises Act in 2020 to protect patients from receiving unexpectedly high medical bills. Yet patients may still get hospital charges that seem unreasonably high or are difficult to understand. More than 5 million billing disputes have…

President Donald Trump said on April 23 that his administration plans to coat the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s surface in an “American flag blue” hue. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the renovation would take one week…

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has opened an investigation into the New York public school system in regard to a pro-Palestine teachers’ group, the DOE announced on April 23. The DOE’s Office of Civil Rights received complaints that NYC…

President Donald Trump holds an Oval Office event with the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors on April 23.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on April 23 became the latest drug manufacturer to enter a Most Favored Nation drug pricing agreement with the United States. President Donald Trump announced the deal from the Oval Office. “With this announcement, 17 of the world’s…

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended for three weeks, after an Oval Office meeting with envoys of both governments, as well as his senior national security team. The extension extends…

WASHINGTON—First Lady Melania Trump was the guest of honor at the 113th First Lady’s Luncheon hosted by the Congressional Club on Thursday commemorating the country’s semiquincentennial celebration.  She called on audience members to work together prioritizing opportunities for young minds…

House Republicans on April 23 unveiled legislation to extend for three years a surveillance authority that permits the collection of communications from non-U.S. persons located abroad without a warrant. The House Rules Committee released the nine-page bill, which would renew…

Requests related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for faculty job candidates in higher education have decreased dramatically—at least on paper—since President Donald Trump began his second term, a new report from Heterodox Academy says. This includes the removal of…