Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump could soon sign an executive order directing the secretary of education to dismantle the federal Department of Education, according to sources briefed on drafts of the order that have circulated among top administration officials. The proposed order gutting the agency is expectedRead More →
Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Finance Committee will vote on Tuesday on whether to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump. It would take just one Republican to oppose Kennedy for his nominationRead More →
Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Intelligence Committee is expected to vote on former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for Director of National Intelligence in a closed-door session Tuesday afternoon. The vote follows Gabbard’s at-times contentious confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill on Thursday, where she was grilled overRead More →
Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at combatting antisemitism calls on institutions of higher education to “monitor for and report activities by alien students and staff” concerning “antisemitism” on college campuses. Some legal scholars say they’re concerned about what this could meanRead More →
Kerem Yucel via Getty Images (KENOSHA, WI) — A 52-year-old man and his dog have been stabbed to death in their own basement after an alleged intruder broke into their home, police said. The incident occurred on Monday morning at 11:42 a.m. when the Kenosha Police Department in Wisconsin respondedRead More →
Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff (LOS ANGELES) — The president of a mortgage lending company in California has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly driving drunk through an intersection and killing an 88-year-old man, police said. The traffic collision happened on Friday at approximately 6:15 p.m. when OrangeRead More →
Luis Barron/ Pixelnews/Future Publishing via Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — The U.S. has paused the implementation of tariffs for a month in both Canada and Mexico following conversations on Monday with President Donald Trump, according to each country’s leader. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a post on social media, writing,Read More →
Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of Department of Education employees received letters as business hours closed Friday placing them on administrative leave, according to a copy of one letter obtained by ABC News. While no specific reason was given, some employees told ABC News they believeRead More →
Luis Barron/ Pixelnews/Future Publishing via Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — U.S. tariffs imposed on Mexico have been “paused for a month,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a post on X Monday shortly after speaking to President Donald Trump. Trump confirmed the news shortly after in a social media post of hisRead More →
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Staff with the U.S. Agency for International Development were told overnight that the agency’s Washington headquarters will be closed Monday, according to an email obtained by ABC News from multiple sources. “Agency personnel normally assigned to work at USAID headquarters will workRead More →
