Politics

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his first appearance before Congress today, where he faced a grilling from Republicans and Democrats alike about vaccines, fluoride and DOGE cuts. Follow along for live updates.

The president, who was still seeking re-election at the time, “appeared to have aged a decade” since Clooney had seen him in 2022, according to the new book “Original Sin.”

A federal grand jury has indicted a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities.

A traffic stop in Dalton, Georgia, which police admitted was a mistake, led to a 19-year-old Mexico-born college student’s arrest and possible deportation.

Avelo Airlines, a budget airline that serves mostly small U.S. cities, began federal deportation flights Monday out of Arizona, a move that’s inspired an online boycott petition and sharp criticism from the union representing the carrier’s flight attendants.

House Republicans proposed sweeping tax breaks Monday in President Donald Trump’s big priority bill, tallying at least $4.9 trillion in costs so far, partly paid for with cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and green energy programs used by millions of Americans. The House Ways and Means Committee named its package “THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BI...

President Donald Trump’s administration is cutting another $450 million in grants to Harvard University a day after the Ivy League school pushed back against government allegations that it’s a hotbed of liberalism and antisemitism.

President Donald Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia today to begin his first major international trip of his second term.

Nearly a fifth of U.S. retail sales last year came from Christmas shopping, according to CNBC calculations based on data from the National Retail Federation.

The newly arrived people are from the ethnic minority of Afrikaners, the group of whites who ruled South Africa during apartheid.

Federal immigration agents were seen breaking an SUV’s window, throwing a man inside to the ground and handcuffing him on Sunday, Mother’s Day, after the man and his family left church in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

The image of the ‘America First’ president floating above the clouds in Qatari splendor doesn’t sit well with some of the MAGA faithful

The legislation includes work requirements, stricter eligibility checks, citizenship verification and new limits on federal funding for Medicaid to states. It met swift Democratic opposition.