With insults and bravado, Trump takes campaign messaging into White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump won reelection months ago and is barred from seeking another term. You might not know it from official White House communications. Trump and his team have continued the aggressive media strategy they
Funeral held for 2 Detroit kids who died in cold while family gets promise of a home

DETROIT (AP) — A group has stepped forward to provide a home for surviving family members of two Detroit children who died in a cold van in a casino parking garage, an official said. A funeral was
Scottish Highland bull on the loose in Connecticut’s rural hill country

KENT, Conn. (AP) — A Scottish Highland bull is the talk of the town in the rural hills of western Connecticut, where it has been roaming for over a month in the frigid winter weather after escaping
CDC vaccination committee meeting postponed days after RFK Jr. took over at HHS

A panel of experts that advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy will not meet as previously scheduled next week. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was slated to meet in
US agency staff told not to speak with Congress, lawmaker says

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Staff at the U.S. farm, environment and interior agencies have been instructed by the Trump administration not to speak with the U.S. Congress, Representative Chellie Pingree said in a letter sent
US Senate confirms firebrand Kash Patel as Trump’s FBI chief

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Kash Patel as director of the FBI, putting a loyal defender of President Donald Trump and a frequent critic of the bureau atop the most prominent U.S.
Trump calls US hockey team ahead of 4 Nations Face-Off final against Canada

BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump called the U.S. hockey team on Thursday to wish players good luck ahead of their 4 Nations Face-Off final against Canada. USA Hockey posted a photo on social media showing general
In the Trump administration, nearly every major department is an immigration agency

WASHINGTON (AP) — Drug Enforcement Administration agents touting immigration arrests, IRS agents poring over documents, the military escorting deportation flights. As the Trump administration works on the president’s pledge to crack down on illegal immigration and carry
Costa Rica becomes a stopover for US deportees, minors and families, sparking human rights concerns

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. flight carrying 135 deportees, half of them minors, from various countries was set to land Thursday in Costa Rica, making it the second Latin American nation to serve as a stopover
US Army Corps revising list of energy emergency projects to fast-track

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday said it is revising a list of more than 600 energy and other infrastructure projects it had earmarked to be fast-tracked under President