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The White House is scrapping plans for an executive order that would give the Trump administration more control over grantmaking at the National Institutes of Health, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The White House had reportedly held a meeting earlier this week discussing plans for the potential order that would’ve given the […]

ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump’s unapologetic and chest-thumping address Tuesday before the U.N. General Assembly signaled an aggressive lame-duck foreign policy that will continue to reframe the world order. He stepped to the lectern in the massive hall in New York City for the fifth time — his 2020 General Assembly address was delivered virtually, […]

Key lawmakers are pushing back after reports revealed that the Trump administration is seeking even greater control over the National Institutes of Health grantmaking process. The effort, first reported by The Washington Post, includes potentially issuing an executive order or White House review of grants to weed out research contrary to President Donald Trump’s agenda. […]

More than a dozen organizations ranging from Americans for Prosperity to Public Citizen are urging lawmakers to change the law to remove the president from the process of appointing the head of the Government Accountability Office. In a letter sent Monday to key lawmakers from both chambers, the groups argue that since the GAO is […]

After dishing out more domestic discord this month, President Donald Trump this week will pivot hard to foreign affairs, putting his controversial artificial intelligence and Iran policies in the spotlight as the Senate looks to pass a college sports bill he has backed. The president heads to New York City on Monday for meetings with […]

The Iran war has cost $43.6 billion as of this month, the highest official estimate to date, the Pentagon told Congress’ defense oversight panels this week. The cost estimate comes as polls show Americans increasingly oppose the war, partly over its impact on the economy, and the issue is looming large as the November midterm […]

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday said the Trump administration would not be slowed in its efforts to oversee the midterm elections by a Supreme Court decision blocking an unprecedented mail ballot rule. During a press briefing in the Rose Garden, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney defended his former client-turned-boss who blasted Supreme Court […]

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of an Ohio House Democrat who is seeking to block efforts to add President Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center. In his ruling, Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said that the Trump-led board of the Kennedy Center […]

The Iran war directly cost the Pentagon $38 billion through July and is likely to consume $2 billion to $3 billion more per month if recent hostilities in the region continue, the Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday.  The CBO report’s estimate of the war’s direct impact on the federal budget is made up mostly of the […]

FBI Director Kash Patel refused to say whether agents would be present at the polls during the midterm elections in a contentious Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing Tuesday. The comments came as members from both parties questioned Patel over issues ranging from elections to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and a bizarre exchange over bestiality […]