Category: Breaking news

Elon Musk’s DOGE asks for access to IRS taxpayer data, sources say If granted, DOGE would have personal financial details on millions of Americans. ByAnne Flaherty, Benjamin Siegel, Soo Youn, and Olivia Rubin February 16, 2025, 5:28 PM 3:09 about:blank Judge blocks DOGE team from accessing sensitive taxpayer dataFederal Judge Paul Engelmayer in New York […]

A QAnon sign at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Many of the rioters who attacked the Capitol later told investigators they were motivated in part by the online conspiracy theory. Win McNamee/Getty Images After a mob of pro-Trump protesters breached the U.S. Capitol through a broken window on Jan. 6, 2021, a lone Capitol Police […]

Donald Trump’s insistent calls for sharp curbs on immigration were central to his election victory in November over President Joe Biden. Trump’s original backers say they fear he is falling under the sway of big donors from the tech world. Washington, United States: Donald Trump weighed in Saturday in a bitter debate dividing his traditional […]

Vice President Kamala Harris is searching for the next steps in her political career after losing the election, some former aides told Politico. “She is not someone who makes rash decisions. She takes, sometimes, a painfully long time to make decisions. So I would pretty much guarantee you she has no idea what her next […]

The choice of hedge fund manager Scott Bessent came after a public battle among Trump supporters over who should be the new Treasury secretary. Trump’s Treasury Pick a Wall Street Fave More Matt Kelley|AP-File U.S. President-elect President Donald Trump, left, listens as investor Scott Bessent speaks on the economy, Aug. 14, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s allies are quickly jockeying for positions in a new Trump administration on the heels of his decisive victory, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, pitting loyalists against each other to land top roles in the new government. Those with particular positions in mind have begun reaching out to members of Trump’s […]

Reporting from Pennsylvania, Michigan & Wisconsin Donald Trump has soared to a decisive election victory over Kamala Harris, lifted up by some of the very voters that Democrats once relied on. The Republican president-elect showed strength with the white working-class voters who first propelled him to the White House in 2016, while racking up huge […]

From CNN’s Sam Fossum Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the outskirts of the Lebanese village of Zibqin on September 22.Kawnat Haju/AFP/Getty Images US officials are continuing to urge Israel to de-escalate, amid rising tensions in the north, following cross-border strikes against Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, White House National Security Council […]

From ‘a nobody’ to temporary senator: George Helmy is ready to replace Bob Menendez Helmy, one of New Jersey’s top insiders, will hold the seat for only about three months. George Helmy will be sworn in to the Senate in early September and will serve until the November election results for the state’s Senate race […]