WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Bryan Bedford to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, putting him in charge of the federal agency at a precarious time for the airline industry ...

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The Court’s conservative majority has, once again, shrugged off the administration’s authoritarian motives in bypassing ...

SEOUL: South Korea will follow terms previously agreed with the United States on defence cost sharing, its foreign ministry ...

The burden imposed by the $3.3-trillion Big Beautiful Bill primarily hurts Donald Trump's voting base in red states, and ...

It's looking increasingly likely that any sale of TikTok will mean U.S. users have to download a new app. And that could mean ...

Trump made the remarks at a White House meeting with the leaders of several African nations. Many Liberians are the descendants of freed American slaves.

Notch another win for Team Trump — and common sense — with the Supreme Court’s ruling that a president can fire people who ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration sued the California Department of Education on Wednesday ...

SCHOOL SKIRMISH: California educators and Jewish advocates are publicly bashing each other over legislation meant to prevent ...

Politics of disaster Using natural disasters as a political cudgel has long been a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s political career. Now, Democrats are using those tactics against him, Scott ...

Noem said the rapid delivery of funds to Texas resembled the “state block grants” model Trump has promoted. It’s an idea that ...