The Senate on Monday voted along party lines to advance the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to be the director of national intelligence, signaling the collapse of Republican resistance to her nomination and placing her on a smooth path to confirmation. The 52-to-46 vote was the latest sign that Republicans, facing intense pressure from President Trump … Read more
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pardoning Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was sentenced to 14 years in prison before Trump commuted his sentence in 2020. “It’s my honor to do it,” Trump said during remarks from the Oval Office on Monday. “He was set up.” Trump called the Democratic former … Read more
For nearly every American company right now, navigating the approach to diversity, equity and inclusion is a little like this: They’re perched on chairs, and the floor is lava, and the lava is the froth of lawsuits, investigations and social media backlash that could arise with any next step. And they are not all responding … Read more
More than a month after a joy rider tore through Eureka Dunes in California’s Death Valley National Park National Park Service and damaged several threatened and rare plants, National Park Service officials have yet to identify the culprit, they said on Monday. Someone drove a vehicle into a protected area of the national park in … Read more
A federal judge ordered the F.B.I. on Monday to disclose some of the records it has continued to keep secret in its case file on the now-defunct investigation into President Trump’s mishandling of classified materials. That includes any that might touch on the question of whether Mr. Trump destroyed certain documents by flushing them down … Read more
This is a KFF Health News story. More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased … Read more
Two people were charged in the murder of a soldier stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky., who was found dead last year after being stabbed 68 times, the authorities said. One of the people charged was the woman’s husband, they said. The soldier, Pfc. Katia Dueñas Aguilar, 23, was found dead on May 18, 2024, in … Read more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to safeguard Americans against unfair business practices, is the newest target of Elon Musk and the Trump administration. The agency is at a virtual standstill after Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and Russell Vought, the leader of the … Read more
A federal judge said on Monday that the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program would remain paused until he ruled on its legality, hours before a deadline for roughly two million federal workers to accept incentives to quit. Federal officials had set a deadline of 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Monday for employees to join the … Read more
Two Americans were injured, one seriously, in a suspected shark attack in the Bahamas, police said. The two female tourists were swimming in Bimini Bay on Friday around 6:30 p.m. when the incident occurred, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said over the weekend. “Initial reports indicate that the victims, both U.S.A. residents, sustained injuries while … Read more