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An activist protests Tuesday against President Donald Trump's plan to stop most federal grants and loans during a rally near the White House.

Judge open to halting Trump freeze on federal grant funds

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 29, 2025 at 5:30pm
President Donald Trump signs legislation known as the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signs GOP immigration bill dubbed Laken Riley Act

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 29, 2025 at 4:59pm
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump speak to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One en route to North Carolina and California on Friday.

‘Tune out the noise’: Trump tests Democrats’ vow to try working with him

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 28, 2025 at 5:26pm
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington.

States, nonprofit groups file lawsuits to stop grant freeze

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 28, 2025 at 3:17pm, Updated at 6:03pm
President Donald Trump speaks Friday while visiting a neighborhood affected by Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump floats executive order on ‘maybe getting rid of FEMA’

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 24, 2025 at 3:43pm
Speaker Mike Johnson listens as President Donald Trump addresses supporters Monday in an overflow space in Emancipation Hall after his second inauguration ceremony.

‘So much sharper’: Which Trump will GOP encounter during high-stakes talks?

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 22, 2025 at 4:42pm
A view of flames on a ridge, as seen Thursday from Topanga Canyon near Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles.

As California fires rage, so does what could be final Trump-Biden battle

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 10, 2025 at 2:13pm
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters Tuesday during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

As House GOP calls for spending cuts, Trump pushes pricey Greenland purchase

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 7, 2025 at 2:56pm
Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Mike Johnson converse before the start of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress in the Capitol on March 7 last year.

Speaker fight could overshadow awkward days for Harris after losing to Trump

By John T. Bennett and Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 2, 2025 at 4:19pm
From left, Speaker Mike Johnson, President-elect Donald Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Vice President-elect JD Vance and former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard are seen at the Army-Navy football game in Landover, Md., on Dec. 14.

Why Trump’s boast of newly found friends could prove fleeting

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 20, 2024 at 12:33pm