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News Articles: trump

OMB Director Russell Vought (center, behind President Trump) is the lead defendant in a lawsuit brought by four state attorneys general over more than $600 million in cuts to CDC grants announced this week. Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem and Interior Sec. Doug Burgum are also pictured in the Oval Office in June 2025.

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  • Health

A familiar move with a new twist: Trump tries to cut CDC funds he just signed into law

A federal judge in Illinois quickly issued a restraining order after the Trump administration slashed more than $600 million in CDC grants to four blue states.

February 13, 2026
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
President Donald Trump speaks during an event with Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin to announce the EPA will no longer regulate greenhouse gases, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington.

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  • Politics

Trump pardons 5 former NFL players for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking

Those pardoned include ex-NFL players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon.

February 13, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Andrew Paul Johnson was convicted of multiple state charges of child molestation and exposing himself to children. Johnson was charged in Florida after receiving a full pardon from President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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  • Investigations

A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children

A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.

February 11, 2026
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency building in Washington, DC.

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  • Climate

Trump's EPA will stop regulating greenhouse gases, setting up a legal fight

The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.

February 11, 2026
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By:
  • Jeff Brady and
  • Camila Domonoske
FILE - The Saginaw passes construction on the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting on the Detroit River connecting Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Oct. 25, 2023.

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  • Politics

Trump is threatening to block a new bridge between Detroit and Canada from opening

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to block the opening of a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River, in his latest salvo over cross-border trade issues.

February 10, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Transgender rights supporters rallied at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, DC, after the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in June 2025.

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  • Health

Trump administration lauds plastic surgeons' statement on trans surgery for minors

A patient who came to regret the top surgery she got as a teen won a $2 million malpractice suit. Then, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons clarified its position that surgery is not recommended for transgender minors.

February 08, 2026
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
President Trump stands onstage.

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  • Politics

Trump posts racist meme of the Obamas — then deletes it

Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. 

February 06, 2026
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 74th annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton on February 5, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Trump's harsh immigration tactics are taking a political hit

President Trump's popularity on one of his political strengths is in jeopardy.

February 06, 2026
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
President Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One on Jan. 13.

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  • Politics

It's about to get easier for Trump to fire federal workers

Since his first term, President Trump has wanted to be able to fire federal employees for any reason. A new rule vastly expands his authority to do that.

February 06, 2026
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin speaking at EPA headquarters in 2025.

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  • Climate

Trump's EPA issues record low legal actions against polluters, watchdog group finds

The EPA enforced a record low number of environmental laws and regulations during the first year of President Trump's second term in office.

February 05, 2026
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
The Environmental Protection Agency awards the blue and white Energy Star logo to the most efficient appliances.

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  • Climate

Energy Star has emerged stronger after Trump's EPA tried to end it

The Trump administration tried to end or privatize the government Energy Star efficiency program. But now Trump has signed a budget bill that fully funds the program and leaves it even stronger.

February 03, 2026
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
This handout image from the U.S. Navy shows an EA-18G Growler landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on Jan. 23, 2026.

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  • Middle East

Iran's supreme leader warns any US attack would spark 'regional war'

Iran's supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a "regional war" in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily strike the Islamic Republic.

February 01, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
From left, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks as Attorney General Pam Bondi, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem listen during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington.

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  • National

Trump says feds won't intervene during protests in Democratic-led cities unless asked to do so

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests occurring in cities led by Democrats unless local authorities ask for federal help.

February 01, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Vehicles are parked, after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in relation to the 2020 election in Union City, Georgia, on Jan.28, 2026. Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/ Reuters

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: FBI seized Fulton County ballots; Another winter storm watch; ICE protests in Macon

On the Jan. 29 edition: The FBI seized ballots and other election data from a Fulton County elections warehouse in Union City; Parts of Georgia are under another winter storm watch; And hundreds of ICE protesters marched in Macon last night.

January 29, 2026
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By:
  • Peter Biello
A recently installed sign at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as photographed on Jan. 10. The center's name change has not been approved by Congress.

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  • Performing Arts

More staff shakeups at the Kennedy Center

The departures include Kevin Couch, who was announced as the Kennedy Center's senior vice president of artistic planning less than two weeks ago.

January 29, 2026
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas and
  • Elizabeth Blair
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