Attorneys general from 14 states challenged the authority of billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive government data and exercise “virtually unchecked power" in a lawsuit filed Thursday. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., says the actions taken by Musk at the helm of DOGE can only be taken by a nominated and Senate-confirmed official. The attorneys general said the court should bar Musk from issuing orders to anyone in the executive branch outside DOGE and declare that his actions have no legal effect.
President Donald Trump seemed to question a well-documented part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life — his childhood battle with polio — after the Kentucky Republican opposed vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation Thursday as the nation's top health official. Trump attacked McConnell's mental acuity and said he had “no idea” if the senator had polio. McConnell's office did not immediately respond to the president's attack Thursday.
The White House terminated multiple U.S. attorneys on Wednesday amid a period of upheaval at the Justice Department initiated by President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Thursday calling for "fair and reciprocal" trade tariffs on all major U.S. trading partners, including longtime allies.
A 37-year-old Memphis woman who is banned from every Walmart store in the US, was arrested Feb. 10 for an alleged self-checkout scam.
The United States has released Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik, as part of an exchange deal that saw Moscow free US teacher Marc Fogel, a senior US official said Thursday.Vinnik was extradited to the United States from Greece in August 2022, hours after he had been released from a French jail.
Since Russia's invasion three years ago, the United States and its allies have insisted that no decisions on Ukraine can take place without Ukraine.- 'Much bigger' than Ukraine - Russia has long sought direct negotiations with the United States about Ukraine.
The Department of Government Efficiency is not like other government agencies. Run by tech billionaire Elon Musk, DOGE is less than a month old.
An 86-year-old Kansas City man will plead guilty Friday to the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the man’s doorbell by mistake, two people familiar with the case told The Associated Press. Yarl showed up on Lester’s doorstep in April 2023 after he mixed up the streets where he was supposed to pick up his twin siblings. Lester’s attorney, Steve Salmon, has long argued that Lester was acting in self-defense and that he was terrified by the stranger who knocked on his door as he settled into bed for the night.
Newly confirmed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday accused US institutions of "stealing the health of our children" and suggested they should meet the same fate as USAID, which President Donald Trump's administration is working to slash.He backed Trump's recent actions at the humanitarian agency, adding, "we want to do the same thing with the institutions that are stealing the health of our children."
Here's a look at some of the top Valentine's Day search trends and what they reveal about how Americans planned to celebrate.
There's no evidence the Mint ever claimed to have stopped penny production in April 2023. Its own data shows billions have been minted since then.
US President Donald Trump inked plans Thursday for sweeping "reciprocal tariffs" that could hit both allies and competitors, in a dramatic escalation of an international trade war that economists warn could fuel inflation at home.But economists caution that sweeping tariffs on US imports would likely boost inflation, not reduce it, in the near term and could weigh on growth eventually.
The only facility in the state able to handle high-risk cases could go offline as workers allege burnout and injuries.
Hundreds of millions of dollars of life-saving medical supplies are stranded in warehouses and on ships around the world due to President Donald Trump's move to freeze foreign aid, half a dozen sources familiar with the humanitarian program told Reuters. That order and other Trump administration efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development have broken a complex global supply chain for U.S.-funded medical aid, regardless of subsequent waivers intended to restart some work, the sources said. "It has become very difficult," said Jerry Amoah-Larbi, coordinator of West Africa's Ghana National TB Voice Network, which works to improve access to tuberculosis prevention and care.
A restaurant owner is being accused of stealing more than $250,000 worth of wine in California.
Major stock markets mostly rose Thursday on hopes for an end to the war in Ukraine and as US President Trump announced a trade policy shake-up but held off on specific new levies. US President Donald Trump's talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to start negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine "has fostered a risk-on attitude among investors", said Naeem Aslam, chief investment officer at Zaye Capital Markets.
The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service protection — potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers. The decision on probationary workers, who generally have less than a year on the job, came from the Office of Personnel Management, which serves as a human resources department for the federal government. It’s expected to be the first step in sweeping layoffs throughout the federal government.
For the second time this year, Southern Californians are evacuating their homes as heavy rain threatens new destruction in areas still recovering from last month’s devastating wildfires.
Gamestop shares rose in after-hours trading Thursday as speculation continues to build around the company using its cash reserves to buy bitcoin.