What Is an Executive Order? A Look at Trump's Tool for Quickly Reshaping Government New presidents can — and often do — issue orders to cancel the orders of their predecessors.
Biden Pardons Fauci and Milley in an Effort to Guard Against Potential 'Revenge' by Trump Retired Gen. Mark Milley says he’s grateful to President Joe Biden for a pardon.
Blinken Defends US Policy on Gaza as His Final State Department Briefing Is Interrupted by Protests Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended Biden administration policies on Israel’s war with Hamas after a...
Biden Executive Order Aims to Shore Up US Cyber Defenses Provisions in the order call for the development of minimum cybersecurity standards for government technology contractors and...
Biden Is Packing Up to Leave the White House. But What About Any Classified Documents? The last time Joe Biden packed up and left office, he took with him thousands of papers from his decades in public service —...
Biden Administration Closing Without Fulfilling Promise to Provide Gender-Affirmation Surgery to Transgender Vets In June 2021, Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough delivered a high-profile speech in which he announced his department...
Biden Speaks with Relatives of Americans Held by Taliban, But Deal to Bring Them Home Still Elusive President Joe Biden spoke with relatives of three Americans the U.S. government is looking to bring home from Afghanistan...
The Biden Administration Succeeds in Temporarily Blocking a Plea Deal for Accused 9/11 Mastermind The Biden administration succeeded in temporarily blocking accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from entering a...
Biden Administration Asks Court to Block Plea Deal for Alleged Mastermind of 9/11 Attacks The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh...
Biden Signs Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill that Includes Improvements to Veteran Caregiver, Homelessness Programs More support for home caregivers of aging and disabled veterans and bolstered services for homeless veterans are now law...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
