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FILE - Harmeet Dhillon walks through a hallway after talking to reporters at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
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Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump's elections order, memo says

Read full article: Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump's elections order, memo says

A new mission statement for the Justice Department unit that upholds voting rights shows it's being redirected toward prioritizing President Donald Trump's executive order on elections.

FILE - National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks during a television interview at the White House, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Waltz ouster adds to tumult in Trump's national security team but consolidates power in fewer hands

Read full article: Waltz ouster adds to tumult in Trump's national security team but consolidates power in fewer hands

President Donald Trump’s removal of national security adviser Mike Waltz brings further disruption to his national security team.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to media as he departs Agra, India en route to Jaipur, India after visiting the Taj Mahal on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Agra, India. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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VP Vance's global travels are a mix of diplomacy, dealmaking, soft power and family time

Read full article: VP Vance's global travels are a mix of diplomacy, dealmaking, soft power and family time

President Donald Trump has dispatched Vice President JD Vance all over the world in the opening months of the administration.

FILE - Officers gather outside one of the condemned buildings of an apartment complex called The Edge at Lowry after a news conference to outline that the five housing structures have been closed by the city, Feb. 19, 2025, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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Trump administration sues Colorado and Denver for allegedly interfering in immigration enforcement

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The Department of Justice is suing Colorado and Denver for allegedly interfering with federal efforts to enforce immigration laws.

FILE - Students help put away supplies at the end of a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program run by Easterseals, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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Head Start survives Trump administration budget proposal

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President Donald Trump's administration apparently has backed away from a proposal to eliminate funding for Head Start.

FILE - President Donald Trump, pictured on screen from left, French President Emmanuel Macron and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus watch a Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Military parade to celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary will be held on Trump's birthday

Read full article: Military parade to celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary will be held on Trump's birthday

The Army has confirmed there will be a military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June, as part of the celebration around the service’s 250th birthday.

President Donald Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting elite law firm, a blow to his retribution campaign

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A federal judge has blocked a White House executive order targeting an elite law firm, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump’s campaign of retribution against the legal profession.

FILE - Micki Witthoeft, center, mother of Ashli Babbitt, the woman fatally shot by police inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, joins protesters outside of the Supreme Court on the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, assault on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington,, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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US reaches agreement to settle lawsuit brought over Ashli Babbitt's shooting during Capitol riot

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Lawyers say the Trump administration has reached a preliminary agreement to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt over her shooting by an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot.

FILE - Elon Musk flashes his T-shirt that reads "DOGE" to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security systems

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The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to clear the way for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe departs after a television interview at the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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CIA releases Mandarin-language videos to encourage Chinese officials to spill secrets

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The CIA has released two Mandarin-language videos online designed to encourage disgruntled Chinese officials to share government secrets with America's spies.

FILE - Marquetta Wheeler, right, with Samaria Williams and Jemaria Shaw, walk through flood waters as they leave their home on Marietta Drive in Hopkinsville, Ky., April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
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Scientific societies say they'll step up after Trump puts key climate report in doubt

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Two major scientific societies say they will try to fill the void from the Trump administration’s dismissal of scientists writing a cornerstone federal report on what climate change is doing to the United States.

FILE - Women and children migrants walk with a larger group of migrants through Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, in an attempt to reach the U.S. border, Jan. 20, 2025, the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente, FIle)
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Door knocks and DNA tests: How the Trump administration plans to keep tabs on 450,000 migrant kids

Read full article: Door knocks and DNA tests: How the Trump administration plans to keep tabs on 450,000 migrant kids

President Donald Trump's administration is conducting a massive, multi-agency review of 450,000 migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without their parents during President Joe Biden’s term.

FILE - The United Nations flag flies on a stormy day at the U.N. during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
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UN memo lays out proposals for sweeping reforms and consolidation of its operations

Read full article: UN memo lays out proposals for sweeping reforms and consolidation of its operations

United Nations officials have circulated proposals for a consolidation of its operations and other reforms to root out inefficiencies, overlaps and cost overruns.

FILE - Paula Kerger, President and CEO at PBS, speaks at the executive session during the PBS Winter 2020 TCA Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena, Jan. 10, 2020, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
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As Trump sets his sights on public broadcasting, a decades-old institution frets about the future

Read full article: As Trump sets his sights on public broadcasting, a decades-old institution frets about the future

It's the decades-long home to Big Bird, Ken Burns documentaries and “All Things Considered.”.

FILE - Michael Stipe, of the band R.E.M., center, speaks as he accepts the Video Vanguard award during the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Sept. 7, 1995. Standing by are fellow band members, from left, Mike Mills, Peter buck and Bill Berry. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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Worlds collide: R.E.M. rereleases 'Radio Free Europe' single to benefit the threatened news service

Read full article: Worlds collide: R.E.M. rereleases 'Radio Free Europe' single to benefit the threatened news service

The rock band R.

President Donald Trump arrives to give a commencement address at the University of Alabama, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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The Latest: White House unveils Trump's 2026 proposed budget

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The White House is unveiling President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget, a sweeping framework proposing steep reductions in non-defense domestic spending while increasing expenditures on national security.

FILE - President Donald Trump listens as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought speaks during an event on "transparency in Federal guidance and enforcement" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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The White House seeks sharp spending cuts in Trump's 2026 budget plan

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The White House has released President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal.

This combo of images shows incumbent Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval, from left, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, River Church Cincinnati pastor Cory Bowman who is Vice President JD Vance's half brother and Cincinnati mayoral candidate, Sunday, April 20, 2025, and Cincinnati mayoral candidate Brian Frank, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Ohio's primary and special election

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Cincinnati’s mayor faces a primary challenge Tuesday from two first-time candidates, including the half brother of Vice President JD Vance.

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order establishing the Religious Liberty Commission, during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Americans see more overreach from the president than from judges, an AP-NORC poll finds

Read full article: Americans see more overreach from the president than from judges, an AP-NORC poll finds

A new poll shows Americans are more likely to believe the president is the one overstepping his power, rather than the courts.

FILE - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seen in Washington, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs

Read full article: Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs

A Department of Health and Human Services employee has emailed dozens of people this week, mistakenly including plans to slash research related to child safety net programs.

FILE - The National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall is seen on Friday, March 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review

Read full article: Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the institution.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump look on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Rubio takes on dual national security roles after embracing Trump's 'America First' vision

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been thrown into two top national security roles at once after President Donald Trump appointed him to temporarily replace Mike Waltz as national security adviser.

FILE - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, speaks as he's briefed by Army soldiers while visiting the US-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M., Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)
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Defense Department designates a second military zone on US border, extending into Texas

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The Defense Department says it has designated a second stretch on the U.S. border with Mexico as a military zone to enforce immigration laws.

President Donald Trump arrives at Tuscaloosa National Airport, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from dismantling library services agency

Read full article: Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from dismantling library services agency

A federal judge has agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from taking any more steps to dismantle an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the nation.

FILE - President Donald Trump, pictured on screen from left, French President Emmanuel Macron and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus watch a Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns

Read full article: Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns

Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and potentially a couple thousand civilians.

Vice President JD Vance makes remarks during an event to mark the Trump administration's first 100 days at a Nucor Steel Berkeley, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Huger, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
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Vance heralds 'industrial renaissance' in his visit to a South Carolina steel plant

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Vice President JD Vance has visited a steel plant in South Carolina, where he heralded the launch of an “industrial renaissance” in the U.S., in part due to President Donald Trump’s moves to boost domestic industry.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Hegseth orders Army to cut costs by merging some commands and slashing jobs

Read full article: Hegseth orders Army to cut costs by merging some commands and slashing jobs

A new memo and U.S. officials say the Army is planning a sweeping transformation that will merge or close headquarters, dump outdated vehicles and aircraft, slash as many as 1,000 Pentagon headquarters staff and shift personnel to units in the field.

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit, Dec. 9, 2024, at the Department of the Interior in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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'60 Minutes' report that prompted Trump lawsuit is nominated for an Emmy Award

Read full article: '60 Minutes' report that prompted Trump lawsuit is nominated for an Emmy Award

Last fall's “60 Minutes” story on Kamala Harris — the subject of a $20 billion lawsuit by President Donald Trump — was nominated for an Emmy Award for “outstanding edited interview.”.

This image provided by ABC shows President Donald J. Trump sitting down with Anchor and Senior National Correspondent Terry Moran for an interview marking his first 100 days in office, Tuesday, April 29, 2025 in Washington. (Michael Le Brecht II/ABC via AP)
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Did Donald Trump — or ABC News —choose who would interview the president? Why does it matter?

Read full article: Did Donald Trump — or ABC News —choose who would interview the president? Why does it matter?

President Donald Trump's remark to Terry Moran in an ABC News interview — that it was his choice to whom he would grant an interview — exposes a delicate question for journalists.