STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — South Carolina schools are facing a lawsuit over restrictions on what can be taught about racial inequality in K-12 public schools. The state’s Budget Proviso 1.79 states that no state funding should go toward certain “concepts” touching on race or sex — including unconsciousRead More →

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s rapid reshaping of the federal government continues with executive orders and action from his acting agency heads. Federal departments face a 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday to cease spending on any financial assistance programs, according to a memo from the White House’s Office of ManagementRead More →

Samuel Corum/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, during her first press briefing on Tuesday, faced a barrage of questions on the administration’s freeze on federal financial assistance programs that congressional Democrats called flatly illegal. Agencies face a 5 p.m. ET deadline to comply withRead More →

Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a scathing letter Tuesday, Caroline Kennedy warned senators about her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him a “predator.” The letter was sent to lawmakers ahead of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate confirmation hearing for the role of secretary of the Department of HealthRead More →

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the mystery drones flown across New Jersey in late 2024 were “authorized to be flown by the FAA” in the first press briefing of President Donald Trump’s second administration. “I do have news directly from the president ofRead More →

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s rapid reshaping of the federal government continues with executive orders and action from his acting agency heads. Federal departments face a 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday to cease spending on any financial assistance programs, according to a memo from the White House’s Office of ManagementRead More →

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will make her debut at the first press briefing of President Donald Trump’s second term on Tuesday, making history as the youngest in her role to stand behind the podium. “I look forward to taking the podium into answeringRead More →

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Presidential immunity does not protect Donald Trump from having to pay tens of millions of dollars in damages after being held liable for defaming magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, a lawyer for Carroll told a federal appeals court in a filing Monday. After beingRead More →