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A federal judge Tuesday wrote that President Trump’s executive order dismantling the IMLS “disregards the fundamental constitutional role of each of the branches of our federal government.” (Image credit: Jacquelyn Martin)

Tech CEO Frank Bisignano will be leading the federal agency that runs programs providing retirement, survivor and disability benefits, as well as supplemental income for the very poor. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch)

The Homeland Security Department pitched the monetary incentive as a more “dignified” way to leave the country, while saving taxpayers money. (Image credit: Carlos Moreno)

Prime Minister Mark Carney won the Canadian election vowing to take on President Trump. Tuesday, they meet for the first time in the Oval Office. (Image credit: Dominic Gwinn)

Critics warn that despite President Trump’s call to end the purported weaponization of the Justice Department, it has become more politicized in the president’s first three months back in office. (Image credit: AP)

The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” platform has boosted the agenda of a conservative think tank that’s been working for more than a decade to reshape the nation’s public assistance programs. (Image credit: Al Drago)

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting an expanded list of Republican House seats in next year’s midterms. NPR talks with Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington state, who chairs the DCCC.

President Trump’s rapid-fire spending cuts have affected communities all over the country–including strongholds of his supporters. One of them is Rising Sun, Maryland. The town had won two FEMA grants designed to mitigate the effects of catastrophic flooding. And though the area voted overwhelmingly to support Trump’s re-election, his administration has now cancelled the program […]

In a rare rebuke, more than a dozen former workers of the powerful data-mining and surveillance company say the firm’s work with the Trump administration violates the company’s founding principles. (Image credit: Fabrice Coffrini)

Marco Rubio serving as both Secretary of State and national security adviser could be “ultimately disadvantageous” to President Trump, says former adviser John Bolton. (Image credit: Julien de Rosa)

Emmitsburg is home to the National Fire Academy, effectively the war college for U.S. firefighters. The Trump administration’s decision to halt classes has some townspeople pondering their votes. (Image credit: Justin T. Gellerson for NPR)

Former Vice President Mike Pence has been awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for certifying the 2020 presidential election after rioters attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Marco Rubio is now secretary of state and acting national security advisor. NPR speaks with former national security adviser John Bolton about whether it’s really possible to juggle both roles.

The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker)

President Trump has repeatedly promised that he would save the U.S. auto industry and that aggressive tariffs would drive that industry revival. But how are U.S. autoworkers feeling?

During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” President Trump questioned the due process rights of people in the United States.

When asked about the image, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York who is friendly with Trump, said “it wasn’t good” and that he hoped Trump had nothing to do with it. (Image credit: Alessandra Tarantino)

The president says a third term is “not something I’m looking to do,” and the US.. economy is in a “transition period.” (Image credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

The last 2024 election to be decided is for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. With the Democrat ahead by about 700 votes, the GOP challenger has taken thousands of ballots to court.

We look ahead to President Trump’s meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, as well as comments he made in an interview with NBC News regarding a potential recession.