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What’s known and not yet known about the Justice Department’s scrutiny of Trump-Russia probe origins
WASHINGTON – News that Attorney General Pam Bondi is moving to criminally investigate the Obama-era origins of the Trump-Russia investigation means that one of...
Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?
WASHINGTON – The head of the agency that compiles the closely watched monthly jobs report usually toils in obscurity, but on Friday, the current...
Trump administration weighs fate of $9M stockpile of contraceptives feared earmarked for destruction
BRUSSELS – President Donald Trump's administration says it is weighing what to do with family planning supplies stockpiled in Europe that campaigners and two...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to headline signature South Carolina GOP event
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is set to headline the latest iteration of an event previously billed as the largest annual...
Creating realistic deepfakes is getting easier than ever. Fighting back may take even more AI
WASHINGTON – The phone rings. It's the secretary of state calling. Or is it?For Washington insiders, seeing and hearing is no longer believing, thanks...
Official fired during Trump’s first term appointed president of embattled US Institute of Peace
A senior State Department official who was fired as a speechwriter during President Donald Trump 's first term and has a history of incendiary...
RNC Chairman Michael Whatley plans to run for Senate in North Carolina, with Trump’s backing
Michael Whatley, chairman of the national Republican Party, plans to run for an open Senate seat in North Carolina in 2026, with the blessing...
Harvard under investigation over participation in visa program for foreign students and researchers
BOSTON – In the latest in series of Trump administration inquiries targeting Harvard University, the State Department said Wednesday it is investigating whether the...
Trump rehashes years-old grievances on Russia investigation after new intelligence report
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump rehashed longstanding grievances over the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his first term, lashing out Tuesday following a...
State Department enacts widespread layoffs, cutting 1,353 staff as part of reorganization
Washington — The State Department on Friday began laying off more than 1,300 staffers as it seeks to cut the...