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The first human death from bird flu in the United States occurred on Jan. 6 in a Louisiana hospital, less than three weeks before the second Donald Trump administration’s inauguration. Bird flu, also known as Avian ...Read more

There are a lot of known unknowns about exactly how Republicans will approach the major tax and spending issues facing the new Congress. But one thing is clear: Low-income Americans are going to be in the crosshairs.

A �...Read more

With radical policy shifts looming in Donald Trump’s new administration, many federal employees are surely debating a difficult question: Resign? Or stick around for an agenda that troubles them? This moral calculus — ...Read more

I really appreciated Monday's unexpected call for unity in the Capitol rotunda, where MAGA insurrectionists mounted a deadly attack on Congress four years ago.

Unfortunately, it did not come from the petulant, vindictive ...Read more

It isn’t possible to draw a direct line between the blizzard that clobbered Kansas City on Jan. 5 and the California firestorms. Our snow was a major inconvenience, and expensive, but the fires are an historic calamity ...Read more

Federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles will be placed on paid leave Wednesday as their offices related to those programs are being ordered to shut down after President Donald Trump’s executive orders,...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that could designate drug cartels in Mexico as foreign terrorist organizations, a move that has some bipartisan support, while experts have expressed ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Over the past two years, the Biden administration struck a careful balance on artificial intelligence. The White House took steps to ensure the U.S. stayed ahead of China in developing the technology while ...Read more

The World Health Organization called on the U.S. to reconsider President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the agency, suggesting the move could undermine global health security.

The planned departure would leave the WHO...Read more

President Donald Trump pardoned the founder of darknet marketplace Silk Road, he said in a post to Truth Social on Tuesday night.

Ross William Ulbricht, known online as Dread Pirate Roberts, was indicted in the U.S. ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he would be open to billionaire supporter Elon Musk or Oracle Corp. Chairman Larry Ellison purchasing social video app TikTok as part of a joint venture with the U.S. government.

“I have the ...Read more

California Democratic state lawmakers and advocates are vowing to “fight back” against President Donald Trump’s opening salvo of executive orders on his first day in office, which target immigration, transgender ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to visit Las Vegas at the end of a trip he will be making to North Carolina, then California, two states devastated by natural disasters, he told reporters Tuesday.

Las Vegas ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- My wife and I have tried to teach our kids to be good losers but also -- and just as importantly -- gracious winners.

Apparently, President Donald Trump never learned either lesson. His brattish reaction to...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen states challenged President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship Tuesday, asking a federal judge to block a campaign pledge of the incoming administration....Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ordered the attorney general to hunt for instances of campaigns during the Biden administration against perceived political opponents, as the White House on Monday outlined misleading ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to visit Western North Carolina on Friday in one of the first trips of his second term, The New York Post first reported.

The western part of the state is still grappling with ...Read more

President Donald Trump was poised to enact hefty tariffs against Mexico and Canada as early as the end of next week as he continued a blitz of right-wing policy priorities on day two of his historic second term.

After ...Read more

NEW YORK — Amid sharp debate over President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration, gender identity and other issues, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he has made a deal to not publicly criticize President Trump ...Read more

The Taliban won’t return any of the military equipment left behind by the U.S. troops while exiting Afghanistan in 2021, a person familiar with the matter said, as relations between Kabul and the Donald Trump ...Read more