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Now, Trump’s big budget bill might require particularly painful cuts in the South.

President Trump has ordered federal agencies to halt their use of “disparate-impact liability,” which has been used to assess whether policies discriminate against different groups.

Before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became pope, a social media account under his name shared criticisms of the Trump administration’s positions on immigration.

Dr. Carla D. Hayden was the first African American and the first woman to serve as the head of the Library of Congress. Her firing drew a furious response from Democrats.

The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions.

President Trump denounced the Biden-era Digital Equity Act as “woke handouts based on race,” raging in a social media post against a broad effort to improve high-speed internet access.

The selection of Dr. Casey Means drew ridicule from a Trump ally, Laura Loomer. But Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the surgeon general nominee.

The Fox News personality has known the president for decades and would provide him with a reliable line into a crucial prosecutors office in the Justice Department.

Much of the agreement President Trump unveiled Thursday still needs to be negotiated, but the administration said the deal with one of America’s closest allies would be the first of many.

The president is said to want to create a new top income bracket for people making more than $2.5 million per year and to tax income above that level at a rate of 39.6 percent.

The ouster of Cameron Hamilton, less than a month before the start of the hurricane season, came a day after he told lawmakers that FEMA was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated.

The acquittal of three former officers in the state trial over the fatal beating adds to a mixed series of verdicts for officers accused of wrongdoing.

A Jan. 29 order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led to canceled classes, book bans and an argument about American greatness.

Democratic supporters of the measure to regulate parts of the industry refused to allow it to move forward amid concerns in their party that President Trump and his family are profiting from cryptocurrency.

The Education Department accused the school of filing inaccurate reports, adding to the growing list of elite schools it has targeted over foreign funding disclosures.

Karen Ortiz wrote to 1,000 colleagues at the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission criticizing the “illegal and unethical orders of our president.”

He coined the term, arguing that a country’s global influence can’t be built on military might alone. Diplomats around the world paid heed.

Officials promised to replace derelict equipment with state-of-the-art technology but said funding was dependent on Congress.

The president nominated Mary Anne Carter to lead the National Endowment for the Arts, which his budget calls for eliminating and which has been withdrawing grants from arts groups.

In an emergency application, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to revoke protections provided to migrants from troubled countries.

After telling House lawmakers that the F.B.I. needed more resources, Kash Patel told senators that he agreed with a proposal to slash more than $500 million from the agency.

Senate Republicans had signaled that they would reject Mhim over concerns about his fitness to hold such an important prosecutorial post.

Representative Buddy Carter became the first Republican to enter the primary field to take on Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia, one of the nation’s most vulnerable Democrats.

G.O.P. lawmakers from swing districts face tough votes as soon as next week, when key House panels are scheduled to consider legislation that would cut popular programs to pay for President Trump’s agenda.

Gen. Dan Caine, who spoke at a special operations conference, has kept a low profile since assuming the military’s top job.

On ABC’s “The View,” the former president dismissed reports that he had declined while in office and said he had not been surprised that Kamala Harris lost the election, citing the role of sexism.

The means of Ed Martin’s ascent as the leading prosecutor for the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington was his path out of power.

A growing number of reports about the island have been included in information circulated in the executive branch and Congress, officials said.

The legislation was all but certain to die in the Senate, but the move put the Republican-led House on the record supporting President Trump’s nomenclature.