USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House

BBC has apologized to employees after an investigation into former presenter Russell Brand revealed a culture of fear at the network.

A Missouri woman was sentenced for a deadly drunk driving crash just days after being pardoned for her role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Democrats focused on Kennedy's anti-vaccine advocacy. Republicans probed the former Democratic leader on his abortion and agriculture views.

If she is confirmed as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard would be the youngest-ever in that role, the first millennial, the first Asian American, and only the second woman to hold the position. Gabbard can afford to lose the votes of only three Republicans and sources tell ABC News the vote on her nomination is expected to be a close one. Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., began his opening statement by expressing "dismay" at what he characterized as unfair attacks on Gabbard's patriotism, citing Hillary Clinton's accusation that she was "an asset of a foreign nation," referring, of course, to Russia.

Heidi Klum's son Henry Samuel made his runway debut at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week on Tuesday. See the moment.

American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was attempting to land when the plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided.

With his former NFL team, the Philadelphia Eagles, playing against his brother Travis' Kansas City Chiefs, Jason Kelce explains his choice on podcast.

American children learn early that not showering regularly is unhygienic. But that’s not necessarily true, according to a doctor who bucked social norms.

The latest roundabout section in the southeast section of the Interstate 55 and Route 67 interchange in Festus is now open. The news from MoDOT comes a few months after a section on the other west side of the interstate opened last year.

Retired Philadelphia Eagles star center Jason Kelce is opening up about who he'll be rooting for in Super Bowl LIX between the Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs. "Obviously you're my brother, I'll always root for my brother," Jason Kelce said Wednesday, speaking to his brother and Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce on the Wednesday episode of their "New Heights" podcast. "But, there's a lot of people in the Philadelphia organization, whether its players, coaches, people in the building, that feel like extended family to me, especially my former linemen," he continued.

The city council held a hearing Thursday looking into NYPD spending, but much of the questioning was focused on some controversial social media posts from members of the department's top brass. FOX 5 NY's Linda Schmidt has the details.

The Metropolitan Water District's board voted to replace its top manager, dismissing Adel Hagekhalil after a seven-month inquiry that exposed deep divisions.

Health and Human Services secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended some of his past controversial vaccine statements on the first day of his confirmation hearings Wednesday. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more on the reaction of Democrats.

House Democrats launched a multilateral effort Wednesday to combat the flood of executive actions from President Trump, vowing to punch back through legislation, lawsuits and a blitz of counter-messaging. In a virtual meeting of the House Democratic Caucus — conducted on Zoom because the House is in recess — party leaders and Democratic committee heads…

Michael Kosta could not believe this moment from the man President Donald Trump wants in charge of Health and Human Services.

The White House budget office rescinded a memo ordering a broad freeze on federal grants and loans after Republican senators “hit the ceiling” over the order, which caught them completely by surprise and created confusion in their home states. Republican senators were careful not to criticize President Trump publicly after the Office of Management and…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered most federal workers the option to leave their jobs in exchange for eight months severance, in his most radical move yet to drastically overhaul the government.She defended the drastic move as part of Trump's bid to make the government "good stewards of taxpayer dollars."

Trump's federal funding freeze and mass deportation plan have some Republicans seriously regretting their votes!

A CNN interview took an odd turn when a senior White House adviser called out federal employees who voted for Kamala Harris in the last election. The interview between CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, was full of back-and-forth exchanges between the pair. In one tense moment, Miller steered his Tuesday interview on The Lead away from the federal funding freeze to talk about government employees’ political leanings.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some at risk of being removed from the country in about two months. Noem signed a notice reversing a move by her predecessor, Alejandro Mayorkas, in the waning days of the Biden administration to extend Temporary Protected Status. The change is effective immediately and comes amid a slew of actions as the Trump administration works to make good on promises to crack down on illegal immigration and carry out the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce the immediate rescission of the personal security detail and security clearance for former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Army Gen. Mark Milley, several news outlets are reporting. The Trump administration is also aiming to demote Milley in retirement. Hegseth is expected to direct the…

Jessica Tarlov knocked Jesse Watters over his sarcastic remark on federal workers that have been offered buyouts by the president's administration.

Kristi Noem glammed up for a photo-op while she tagged along on the first major deportation raids in New York City since Donald Trump assumed office. Noem, the former South Dakota governor who Trump tapped to be his homeland security secretary, was confirmed and sworn in three days ago—already, she’s got her first set of action shots done. In photos posted to X by Noem and DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin, Noem donned a bullet-proof vest and a cap with a police crest—while still looking

Sen. Tim Kaine warned employees that the president's buyout might not be what they think.

Pretty sure Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) won't be supporting Kennedy's nomination.

Donald Trump’s 27-year-old press secretary announced the US was halting shipments of condoms to Gaza during her first new-look White House briefing.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office improperly blocked public access to a City Hall room where mayoral staff said they’ve stored Gucci bags, designer cufflinks and other gifts, according to an investigation by the city’s Office of the Inspector General. A report released Wednesday by Inspector General Deborah Witzburg found Johnson’s office violated the city’s ethics policy that requires mayors to ...

Twenty-two members of the Senate Democratic caucus flipped their votes on former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), President Trump’s pick to head the Transportation Department, after the White House budget office issued a memo Monday evening pausing large swaths of federal funding, which Democrats warned would plunge the nation in chaos. Duffy’s nomination advanced on the…

Former hostage Amit Soussana, who was the first Israeli woman to speak about being sexual assaulted while in Hamas captivity, says kidnapped IDF soldier Liri Albag saved her life.

The acting top federal prosecutor in Washington under President Donald Trump is furious about recent leaks to the press and also specifically directed staff to scrutinize a former official’s work on January 6 cases after she rebuked him on TV, according to internal emails obtained by CNN.

The president responded to reports of Acosta's departure from CNN by calling the journalist a "sleazebag" and "major loser."

The latest poll follows Trump’s series of sweeping executive orders cracking down on immigration and announcing an to end birthright citizenship

The MSNBC host found a profound upside to the president’s attempt to halt government programs.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that his country could hold peace talks with Ukraine, but ruled out speaking directly with President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he called "illegitimate"."If (Zelensky) wants to participate in the negotiations, I will allocate people to take part," Putin said, calling the Ukrainian leader "illegitimate" because his presidential term expired during martial law.

Donald Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, complained that immigrants in sanctuary cities are “very difficult” to arrest because they are “educated” about their rights when it comes to ICE raids. Homan, who previously led ICE as its acting director, has made the rounds on media while the president’s effort to round up undocumented immigrants and deport them en masse got underway in major cities such as Chicago and New York since the weekend. In a Monday appearance on CNN, he complained that “sanct

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once proposed that Americans should receive vaccines on different schedules based on their race, according to a bombshell report. President Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary made the inflammatory claim in a 2021 talk posted to his Children’s Health Defense website, the anti-vaccine nonprofit that has netted him a fortune, the Washington Post reported. “Now we know that, you know, we should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to Whites

Senate Republicans are under growing pressure from prominent former Republican officials to reject President Trump’s pick to head the FBI, Kash Patel, setting the stage for another bruising confirmation later this week. Patel has drawn strong opposition from former Republican national security and law enforcement leaders, such as former Trump national security adviser John Bolton,…

Homan ignored the poor optics of disparaging the host in his defense of Trump's immigration crackdown.

Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick suggested during a CNN interview that kids get jobs, including at fast food restaurants, to pay for school lunches.

Near a border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine, anti-tank spikes and concrete pyramids block what was once a bustling road between two peaceful neighbours.Novaya Guta is one of almost a dozen border crossings left deserted since Russia invaded Ukraine via Belarus in February 2022, slashing relations between Minsk and Kyiv.

The Comedy Central host criticized the left for meeting every Trump action "with a very not-equal overreaction" The post Jon Stewart Defends Trump Against Fascist Claims: ‘What Would You F–king Do?’ | Video appeared first on TheWrap.

President Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) said federal employees who take the government buyout option can take a vacation or “watch movies and chill.” “Answering the most common question about the Deferred Resignation office,” DOGE posted to the social platform X. “Can take the vacation you always wanted, or just watch movies and chill,…

Donald Trump has a long history of attacking his nominee for health secretary.

Recent comments from the new president and his right-wing allies sure sound like they’re trying to lay the groundwork for the likelihood that Trump’s policies hurt the economy.

That is not quite how Medicaid works, Mr. Kennedy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday “most Americans are not happy” with Medicaid because “the premiums are too high,” suggesting he may be oblivious to the fact that Medicaid overwhelmingly does not have premiums. In reality, the vast majority of Medicaid enrollees pay nothing for health coverage, which is the point of the program—to insure low-income Americans who cannot afford private health insurance or out-of-pocket costs for medical care.

The White House announced details Tuesday of a “deferred resignation” offer it made to federal employees that allows them to resign with pay through Sept. 30. Here’s what we know about the offer, which affects the majority of the 2.3 million workers employed by the government and was made in an email blast Tuesday afternoon. It is the latest step the Trump administration has taken to reshape the federal workforce - including ordering most federal workers back to the office, firing inspectors gen

Trump’s funding freeze has already wrecked Medicaid portals in every single state.

Millions of birds have been killed in attempts to halt the spread of H5N1 bird flu across the U.S.

"What ICE did in Chicago is saved children. What we did in New York today is save children," Homan said in response to liberal commentator's claim that the raids were "performative."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky argued during an interview that President Trump’s recent tough rhetoric is what Russian President Vladimir Putin is “afraid of.” Since being sworn in, Trump has put more pressure on Putin to negotiate with Ukraine in order to reach a peace agreement that would potentially end the nearly three-year war in Eastern…