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State Department Adviser Charged With Illegally Storing Classified Documents
Ashley Tellis, an expert on South Asian affairs, was arrested after the F.B.I. said federal agents found hundreds of pages of sensitive government records at his home in Virginia.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide...
Brown University rejects Trump administration's compact
Brown University has rejected the Trump administration’s proposed compact, which would have required the university to make changes to its campus policies in exchange for an advantage in receiving federal...
Judge blocks Trump from firing federal workers during government shutdown for now
The Trump administration warned it would use the shutdown to shed federal jobs. President Trump said that the cuts were aimed at "Democrat agencies."
Trump says he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela as Maduro decries the move as ‘coups d’etat’
Move marks escalation in Maduro pressure campaign as president says US mulling strikes on Venezuelan territoryDonald Trump said on Wednesday he had authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations...
China sacks officials over viral Arc'teryx fireworks show in Tibet
Videos of fireworks resembling a "rising dragon" erupting over Himalayan foothills had drawn backlash.
JD Vance calls Republican operatives, aged 24 to 35, who wrote racist texts ‘kids’ – as it happened
This liveblog is now closed.The far-right US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is further distancing herself from her fellow Republicans and accusing men in her party of being “weak”.In an interview...
Trump says he authorised CIA in Venezuela as Maduro says 'no to regime change'
Trump would not be drawn on whether the CIA was seeking to topple Maduro.
JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’
Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’JD Vance sought to downplay the revelation that leaders of a group called the...
Trump instructs Pentagon to ensure troops are paid despite government shutdown
Trump signed a memo ordering troop pay to continue during the government shutdown, bypassing Congress after weeks of stalled funding talks.
3 Ways Americans Can Use European Tricks For More Sustainable Homes
Americans can save money with solar energy systems, using small plug-and-play balcony solar or fenced based solar systems widely available in Europe.
Judge blocks part of Texas law that limits campus protests after dark: '1st Amendment does not have a bedtime'
A judge has temporarily blocked key parts of Texas’ new law limiting expression on campuses, preventing the University of Texas System from enforcing a ban on overnight expression