At an extraordinary hearing Wednesday, the Justice Department’s second-in-command demanded that a judge dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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Apple unveils a souped-up and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone
Apple has released a sleeker and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone in an attempt to widen the audience for a bundle of artificial intelligence technology that the company has been hoping will revive demand for its most profitable product lineup.
Jobs cut at the FAA helped support air safety, a union says
President Donald Trump’s administration has said no one at the Federal Aviation Administration with a “critical safety” position has been fired as it cuts the federal workforce, but some FAA jobs that were eliminated had direct roles in supporting safety inspectors and airport operations, according to their union and former employees.
2 people are dead after a small plane collision in southern Arizona, authorities say
A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed at least two people Wednesday morning, authorities said.
DOGE says it’s saved $55 billion in federal spending, but data show it’s much less
Elon Musk has pledged that DOGE would provide “maximum transparency,” but its accounting raises questions about the reliability of their self-reporting and their level of accountability.
President Donald Trump moves swiftly on his agenda in a departure from his first-term stumbles
Months into his first term as president, Donald Trump was furious with the snowballing Russia investigation and ordered White House counsel Don McGahn to make sure that special counsel Robert Mueller got fired.
Federal judge won’t immediately block Elon Musk or DOGE from federal data or worker layoffs
A federal judge refused Tuesday to immediately block billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on IVF. Here’s what you should know about the procedure
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aiming to reduce the costs of in vitro fertilization, a medical procedure that helps people facing infertility build their families.
Today in History: FDR signs order authorizing Japanese-American internment
On Feb. 19, 1942, during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the internment of 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry, including U.S.-born citizens.
RFK Jr. says panel will examine childhood vaccine schedule after promising not to change it
To earn the vote he needed to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a promise: He would not change the nation’s current vaccination schedule. But on Tuesday, he vowed to investigate the schedule that prevents measles, polio and other dangerous diseases.