Trump administration

Employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Employees of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency have entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency. The organization’s CEO, George Moose, said, “DOGE has broken into our building.” The DOGE workers gained access to the building after several unsuccessful attempts Monday...

President Donald Trump said Monday he was ending “immediately” the Secret Service protection details assigned to Joe Biden’s adult children, which the former president had extended for six months shortly before leaving office in January.

The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee.

Shopping for a new home? Ready to renovate your kitchen or install a new deck? You’ll be paying more to do so. The Trump administration’s tariffs on imported goods from Canada, Mexico and China — some already in place, others set to take effect in a few weeks — are already driving up the cost of building materials used in...

The court fight focuses on the Trump administration’s use of a 1798 law to deport people it claims are part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

President Donald Trump is claiming that Joe Biden’s pardons for members of the House Jan. 6 committee are invalid because Biden didn’t use a real pen.

Administration officials said they expect the fight over using the wartime act to ultimately head to the Supreme Court.

A large group of protesters gathered outside the headquarters of the Heritage Foundation near the Capitol on Sunday afternoon to protest Project 2025. Project 2025 is a controversial political initiative run by the foundation that maps out the reshaping of the federal government. “This affects every single American, whether they realize it or not,” said Nicole Subryan-Bailey, who traveled to…

A weekend’s worth of protests wrapped up in the District Sunday. News4’s Jessica Albert reports from a protest against Project 2025 outside the Heritage Foundation.

At least 53 people have been killed and 98 injured after the United States launched a series of airstrikes on Yemen on Saturday, according to the Houthi health ministry.

A doctor and professor was deported after she returned from a trip to Lebanon despite having a valid U.S. visa, according to a court petition filed on her behalf, NBC News reported.

A new NBC News poll shows Trump with a job approval rating as high as he’s ever had. But doubts loom in voters’ minds, especially over the economy and government cuts.

For parents of kids with disabilities, advocating for their child can be complicated, time-consuming — and expensive.

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued an order Saturday evening blocking the deportations but lawyers told him there...

Reductions to federal support for research at universities and other institutions under President Donald Trump are dimming young scientists’ prospects, cutting off pathways to career-building projects and graduate programs.

El Salvador is agreeing to accept from the United States about 300 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang for one year.

President Donald Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law to deport people associated with a Venezuelan gang.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen say a series of airstrikes have hit the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday evening.

A federal judge on Saturday expanded an order that temporarily blocks an effort by President Donald Trump to deport suspected members of a Venezuelan gang he’s accused of “unlawfully infiltrating” the United States through the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, NBC News reported.