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Warren investigates impact on students, teachers from Education Dept. cuts

(WASHINGTON) -- Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Save Our Schools campaign is launching a comprehensive investigation into the Trump administration's effort to close the Department of Education."I'm opening this investigation to hear directly from students, parents, teachers, and borrowers who are being hurt by Trump's ...
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Trump to hold Michigan rally next week to mark first 100 days

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Michigan on Tuesday to celebrate his first 100 days in office, the White House said. Trump, who took office on January 20, won the battleground state in the November 5 presidential election. His last campaign ...
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DOGE shuttering Millennium Challenge Corp aid agency, staff told

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is ending the work of a U.S. aid agency launched by Republican former President George W. Bush to reduce poverty and promote economic growth around the world, according ...
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Trump pushes training for skilled trades that do not require college

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Timothy Aeppel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump signed on Wednesday an order to improve job training for skilled trades, an initiative twinned with tariffs in his gambit to revive U.S. manufacturing. The Labor, Education and Commerce departments ...
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Trump’s cabinet ready to take back power with Musk stepping back, sources say

By Nandita Bose and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet will likely move to limit the influence of Department of Government Efficiency employees and reassert control over budgets and staffing once Elon Musk steps back from DOGE, two government sources with ...
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Trump signs orders on university accreditation, foreign gifts

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order directing his administration to enforce existing laws requiring universities to disclose when they receive large foreign gifts. Trump signed a second order making changes to the university accreditation process, ...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to testify before the Senate HELP in mid-May, Axios reports

(Reuters) -U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify before the Senate HELP Committee in mid-May, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing an HHS spokesperson. Since taking the top job, Kennedy has slashed jobs in federal public health agencies, which has jeopardized ...
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US cancels hundreds of grants for police, crime victims, Justice Dept documents show

By Peter Eisler and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has canceled hundreds of ongoing grants that funded everything from services for mental health care for police officers to support programs for victims of crime and sexual assault, according to internal records ...
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Exclusive-Trump expected to sign order pushing training for skilled trades

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Timothy Aeppel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump could sign as soon as Wednesday an order to improve job training for skilled trades, an initiative twinned with tariffs in his gambit to revive U.S. manufacturing, a White House summary seen by Reuters ...
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Vance plays down political differences with Pope, calls it “lucky” they met

(Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance played down political differences between the Trump administration and the late Pope Francis and said he felt lucky to have held one of the last meetings with the Catholic pontiff before he died. The ...
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Trump administration looking at $5,000 baby bonus to incentivize public to have more children

(WASHINGTON) -- The White House has been fielding proposals aimed at persuading people to marry and have children, an effort being pushed by outside groups focused on increasing the nation's birth rate after years of decline.One such proposal that has been pitched to White ...
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Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, won’t seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending his more than four-decade career representing Illinois and piling more pressure on the party as it already faced a difficult path to reclaiming ...
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