Signal chat fallout, tariff tension — and 3 more takeaways from Trump’s week
President Donald Trump, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen to a question from a reporter during…
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Pete Marocco tried to upend USAID in 2020 — and failed. In 2025, he dismantled it
Pete Marocco (center), who served as deputy administrator for USAID in the new Trump administration until last week, arrives at Capitol Hill on March 5…
Pentagon restores webpages of Black veterans, Navajo Code Talkers and others after outcry
Jackie Robinson, shown here in military uniform signing a contract with a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers, is among the veterans whose Department of…
Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid, gets his Senate hearing
Dr. Mehmet Oz testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington D.C. on Friday in his bid to be named administrator of the Centers for…
The Education Department is being cut in half. Here’s what’s being lost
A view through the doors of the U.S. Department of Education, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, the day after the agency said it would lay…
What parents, teachers and school choice groups think of Education Department cuts
Chloe Kienzle of Arlington, Va., holds a sign as she stands outside the U.S. Department of Education, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday – the day…
U.S. Education Department says it is cutting nearly half of all staff
A man walks past the U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 7. Gent Shkullaku/Zuma Press Wire via Alamy hide caption toggle…
The short history of Trump’s tariff chaos — and more that happened this week
President Trump arrives for a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 4. Win McNamee/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide…
Trump prepares order dismantling the Education Department
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon leaves the House chamber after President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.,…
Linda McMahon has been confirmed as Trump’s secretary of education
Linda McMahon, pictured here at her Senate confirmation hearing in February, previously led the U.S. Small Business Administration and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Saul Loeb/AFP…