House Passes Stopgap Bill to Avoid U.S. Government Shutdown
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a short-term funding measure aimed at preventing a government shutdown by extending federal agency funding through December 4. The temporary spending bill, known as a...
Trump Administration Pauses $1 Billion in Medicaid Payments to California, Minnesota
The Trump administration has temporarily halted nearly $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota, citing suspected fraud and noncompliance. U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the move alongside Centers...
US Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration From Restricting Work Permits for TPS Holders
A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing new immigration policies that would have stripped tens of thousands of asylum seekers and immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of their...
France Moves to Ban Social Media for Under-15s
French lawmakers are set to vote on a bill that would ban children under the age of 15 from accessing social media platforms, as the country steps up efforts to protect minors from the...
Trump Administration Weighs Cutting Ties with U.N. Refugee Agency
The Trump administration has recently considered ending its relationship with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), according to sources familiar with the discussions. Diplomats and U.N. officials reportedly launched a lobbying effort...
Trump Seeks Review of Federal Climate Science Judicial Manual
U.S. President Donald Trump has called for a review of the Federal Judicial Center’s scientific reference manual used in climate change-related court cases, alleging it contains “discredited” information that has caused significant losses to...
Trump Pressures Canada Over Wildfire Smoke
U.S. President Donald Trump said he urged Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to strengthen efforts to control Ontario’s wildfires, whose smoke has spread across several U.S. states. Speaking after attending the FIFA World Cup...
Trump Declassifies China Election Documents, Revives 2020 Claims
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday declassified a series of documents that he said revealed Chinese interference in U.S. elections and exposed vulnerabilities in America’s election system. He claimed China had obtained millions of...
U.S. Appeals Court Backs Pentagon Press Access Restrictions
A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled in favor of President Donald Trump’s administration, allowing the Pentagon to continue enforcing its policy requiring journalists to be escorted while inside the Pentagon. The decision overturns...
House Passes Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Sunshine Protection Act in a decisive 308-117 vote, advancing legislation that would make daylight saving time (DST) permanent and end the decades-old practice of changing clocks...