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Duffy withholds federal funding from New York over immigrant trucker licenses dispute

New York will lose more than $73.5 million in federal money because the Transportation Department said Thursday that state has refused to revoke nearly 33,000 questionable commercial driver's licenses for immigrants since an audit uncovered problems last year. [...]

House rejects effort to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran war as GOP lawmakers stick with Trump

The House rejected a resolution Thursday requiring President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from the war with Iran unless Congress authorizes military action. It was the latest such vote that fell short of passage as Republicans largely continue to support Trump's operation. [...]

How much of Project 2025 has Trump enacted?

White House budget director Russ Vought has been key to implementing the Trump agenda. But before joining the administration, he was a central figure in drafting Project 2025, the controversial policy playbook by the Heritage Foundation that suggested large-scale changes a Republican president should enact. Liz Landers reports on how many of those proposals have become official policy under Trump. [...]

Tracking the Trump family's business deals and profits in his 2nd term

In his second administration, President Trump's family members, including his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and sons Eric and Don Jr., are expanding their business ventures, earning hundreds of millions of dollars and prompting fresh concerns about influence peddling and conflicts of interest. Liz Landers reports. [...]

Erica Schwartz, former deputy surgeon general, nominated to be next CDC director by Trump

The Atlanta-based CDC, which is charged with protecting Americans from preventable health threats, has been in turmoil since Trump returned to office more than a year ago, with a succession of mostly temporary leaders. [...]

WATCH: Trump 'OK' with public Epstein survivor hearings

"I'm OK with it," he told PBS News' Liz Landers during a media availability outside the White House. "I think we've had a lot of public hearings. I'm OK with it, but I understand that the women didn't want to go under oath." [...]

WATCH: Trump says the pope has to understand that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has "to do what's right" as he pushes back against Pope Leo XIV on Iran war. [...]

Judge allows 'national security' work to proceed at White House ballroom construction site

President Donald Trump railed against a federal judge's decision on Thursday that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other "national security facilities" at the site. [...]

WATCH: Vought won't say how much Trump has spent on Iran war so far

Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, declined to tell lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee in a hearing Thursday how much the federal government has spent on the Iran war so far. Watch the clip in the video player above. "We don't have that figures right now, I think in part because it's fluctuating on a day-in, day-out basis," he told Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. READ MORE: Israel and Lebanon reach [...]

WATCH: OMB chief Vought says Homeland Security is 'disintegrating' during shutdown

Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, told lawmakers in a hearing Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security is "disintegrating" as it remains unfunded by Congress. [...]

What we know about the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel

A 10-day truce between the two countries is now in effect, with Iran-backed Hezbollah voicing support, as negotiations continue between the US and Iran. [...]

Singer D4vd arrested on suspicion of murdering teenage girl

The remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez were found in the singer's car last year. [...]

Pope criticises 'tyrants' who spend billions on wars after Trump spat

The comments follow a high-profile spat with US President Donald Trump, who called the Pope weak on crime. [...]

Turkish police detain 162 people over online posts about school shootings

At least 16 people were injured in a shooting at a high school on Tuesday, before another nine were killed in a separate school shooting on Wednesday. [...]

Brazil's former spy chief released from ICE detention

Bolsonaro ally Alexandre Ramagem was stopped by immigration agents in Orlando, Florida on Monday. [...]

Naples bank robbers hold 25 people hostage then vanish through tunnel

The armed men reportedly evaded capture by escaping through the city's sewer system. [...]

Russia launches deadliest aerial attack in months, killing 18 in Ukraine

A Ukrainian drone attack killed two people in Russia, Moscow says, after an Orthodox Easter truce. [...]

South Korea's runaway wolf finally captured after nine-day search

The search has been marked by twists and turns, gripping South Korea and even inspiring a meme coin. [...]

Lawmakers clash with RFK Jr as he shifts focus away from vaccines

During a three-hour hearing, the US health secretary tried to focus on chronic disease while being pressed on vaccines. [...]

Rescuers to use air cushions in latest effort to save stranded whale

"Timmy" has been stranded in the Baltic Sea for weeks despite several attempts to free the ailing animal. [...]

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