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Mike Waltz is out as national security adviser in the first big shakeup in White House staff since Trump started his second term. Trump will nominate Waltz to serve as ambassador to the UN.

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., about a movement by some Republican lawmakers to reject deep cuts to Medicaid, the low-income federal health insurance program.

After backing Joe Biden in 2020, Asian American voters in Nevada swung decisively toward Donald Trump in 2024. Now, they reflect on how his presidency is going so far. (Image credit: David Becker)

Proposals to bar Members of Congress from trading stocks have stalled for years. But President Trump’s public support of the idea, along with the endorsement of a top Democrat could change the dynamic. (Image credit: BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation’s primary public broadcasters. (Image credit: Charles Dharapak)

New York Post is posted.’/> Trump said he would make Secretary of State Marco Rubio his interim national security adviser. It’s the first time since the Nixon era that one person will do both jobs. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)

President Trump called for the report in an executive order, titled “Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation.” (Image credit: Evan Vucci)

In the first big shake-up of his inner circle, President Trump said he’s nominating his national security adviser Mike Waltz as his UN ambassador.

President Trump’s team is expected to soon preview his first budget proposal. We explain what parts matter.

Donald Trump has passed one hundred days in his second term as president of the United States. We look at how he is reshaping the US relationship with the rest of the world. (Image credit: JIM WATSON)

New York Post is posted.’/> Trump said he would make Secretary of State Marco Rubio his interim national security adviser. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)

From the ashes of World War II, President Harry Truman helped create global institutions that have defined international order. President Trump is moving aggressively to scale back that U.S. role. (Image credit: AFP)

California, which has the unique ability to set vehicle standards, has set ambitious rules requiring all new cars to be zero-emission by 2035. The fate of those rules is now up to the Senate. (Image credit: Apu Gomes)

Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers. (Image credit: Jim Watson)

ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains “for hours.” (Image credit: John McCall/South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

A new bill from a top Democrat seeks to close a loophole that federal judges have used to collect pension benefits despite facing credible accusations of wrongdoing by employees. (Image credit: Tom Williams)

NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Kevin Roberts — president of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025 — about the Trump administration’s recent actions. (Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite)

In San Francisco Wednesday night, former Vice President Kamala Harris gave a forceful critique of President Trump’s first 100 days in office. It came as she considers a run for governor of California.

Two majority Black cities in Alabama now have Black representation in Congress because of court-ordered redistricting. The progress comes as President Trump pulls back federal diversity initiatives. (Image credit: Emily Kask for NPR)

The Tennessee Legislature aimed to challenge a 1982 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that established a right to education for all students. Republican lawmakers still hope to overturn that. (Image credit: Marianna Bacallao)