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May 2, 2025 - World

Scoop: U.S. and Israel near agreement on aid delivery to Gaza

Palestinians, mostly children, wait in long lines with empty pots in hands to get food aid distributed by the charity organizations at the Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza City, Gaza on April 28, 2025

Scoop: Trump coins spark Democratic feud over crypto legislation

This is Gillibrand and Schumer

House Dems privately brood about shedding committee leaders

Rep. Angie Craig, wearing a baby blue blazer and standing in front of a black iron door.
May 2, 2025 - Business

The biggest winners and losers in Trump's budget

Updated May 2, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump signs order to ax federal funding for NPR and PBS

President Donald Trump delivers commencement remarks at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Thursday.

What to know about Stephen Miller, Trump's potential next national security adviser

Stephen Miller, deputy White House chief of staff for policy, speaks to members of the media

Five ways Trump's budget request could affect the average American

Illustration of the United States flag with the stars replaced by dollar signs

DOJ drops decades-old desegregation school case in Louisiana

South Plaquemines High School, built with $40.3 million in FEMA funding, shown in September 2013.
May 2, 2025 - Technology

Cybersecurity's uneasy marriage with Washington gets tested by Trump

Illustration of the Capitol Dome on top of a Jenga tower with a hand pulling out a block.

Job market shrugs off trade war (for now)

Trump wants $1 trillion for Pentagon

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, two men in blue suits, are speaking at a military event. Soldiers surround them.

READ: Trump's fiscal year 2026 budget request to Congress

Trump waves to cameras as he walks outside
Updated May 2, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status — again

Harvard's campus
May 2, 2025 - Economy

Japanese finance minister says selling U.S. bonds a "card on the table"

A woman walks past a chart showing activity in the Japanese bond market.

Trump's latest name change: Veterans Day to "Victory Day for World War I"

Trump on a plane
May 2, 2025 - Business

Mortgage rates get more treacherous

CFPB's fight to survive is its kind of fight

Illustration of the CFPB shield, dented, surrounded by broken gavels.

Behind the scenes: How Waltz got the boot

: National Security Advisor Michael Waltz looks at his phone as he prepares for a TV interview at the White House on May 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. This week marks the first 100 days of U.S. President Donald Trump's second term. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Inside Trump's 100 days of presidential profit

Illustration of the White House wrapped in green paper with a dollar sign tag

Dems launch pressure campaign to sink Trump's budget bill

Rep. Mike Lawler, wearing a blue suit and a white shirt.

Justice Jackson denounces "relentless attacks" on judges after Trump comments

 Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks to the 2025 Supreme Court Fellows Program, on February 13 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
May 2, 2025 - Business

U.S. press freedom falls to historical low

Trump will call for deep domestic cuts in FY 2026 budget

Trump's outline
May 1, 2025 - Health

RFK Jr. calls for CDC plan for alternative measles treatments

Instructions for a measles vaccination is seen outside of the Lubbock Public Health facility on April in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Scoop: New anti-Cornyn ad has audience of 1 — Trump

Split screen image of Joe Biden and Sen. John Cornyn with "Cornyn Betrayal" stamped across the image in red letters

Trump relights Signalgate with Michael Waltz nomination

This is Michael Waltz
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