By Lauren Weber, Rachel Roubein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, placing a member of the storied Democratic family in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and giving the anti-vaccine activist oversight of the nation’s nearly $2 trillion health portfolio. The former presidential candidate turned […]
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Trump takes aim at agencies that police wrongdoing, protect federal workers
By Colby Itkowitz, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Olivia George · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump is taking aim at federal offices that investigate government malfeasance and protect workers from retribution, summarily firing and replacing five top ethics officials this week in an apparent attempt to consolidate his power over the sprawling federal bureaucracy. Among those fired in the […]
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Trump takes aim at agencies that police wrongdoing, protect federal workers
By Colby Itkowitz, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Olivia George · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump is taking aim at federal offices that investigate government malfeasance and protect workers from retribution, summarily firing and replacing five top ethics officials this week in an apparent attempt to consolidate his power over the sprawling federal bureaucracy. Among those fired in the […]
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Trump talks to Putin in first announced call since taking office
By Michael Birnbaum, Robyn Dixon · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Wednesday to Russian President Vladimir Putin in their first publicized call since Trump returned to the White House, breaking a years-long silence between the Oval Office and the Kremlin as the U.S. leader kicked off a bid to end Russia’s war […]
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Trump talks to Putin in first announced call since taking office
By Michael Birnbaum, Robyn Dixon · The Washington Post (c) 2025 President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Wednesday to Russian President Vladimir Putin in their first publicized call since Trump returned to the White House, breaking a years-long silence between the Oval Office and the Kremlin as the U.S. leader kicked off a bid to end Russia’s war […]
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Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as Trump’s director of national intelligence
By Abigail Hauslohner · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic congresswoman turned Trump supporter, to serve as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence. The Republican-led Senate confirmed Gabbard by a party-line vote of 52 to 48 after a handful of GOP skeptics said she had assuaged their […]
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Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as Trump’s director of national intelligence
By Abigail Hauslohner · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic congresswoman turned Trump supporter, to serve as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence. The Republican-led Senate confirmed Gabbard by a party-line vote of 52 to 48 after a handful of GOP skeptics said she had assuaged their […]
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Trump readies matching tariffs on trade partners, possibly setting up a major economic showdown
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking additional action to upset the world trade system, with plans to sign an order as soon as Wednesday that would require that U.S. tariffs on imports match the tax rates charged by other countries. “It’s time to be reciprocal,” Trump told reporters […]
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Trump readies matching tariffs on trade partners, possibly setting up a major economic showdown
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking additional action to upset the world trade system, with plans to sign an order as soon as Wednesday that would require that U.S. tariffs on imports match the tax rates charged by other countries. “It’s time to be reciprocal,” Trump told reporters […]
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Ousted federal watchdogs sue Trump, saying they were fired illegally
By Lisa Rein · The Washington Post (c) 2025 A group of federal inspectors general ousted by the White House last month sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, claiming that their firings were carried out illegally. By dismissing the watchdogs in two-sentence emails, the administration violated a federal law requiring it to inform Congress with 30 days’ notice […]