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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has denied a report suggesting the White House is considering replacing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. In a post on social media, Leavitt labeled the NPR story "fake news," pushing back against claims that the administration is seeking a new defense secretary. Read More.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) is risking losing federal government funding after she refused to comply with President Donald Trump’s demand to shut down Manhattan’s congestion toll. Read More.

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s fortune doubled — hitting about $15 million — between early 2019 and the end of 2023 over the course of the pandemic, including “during the worst of the draconian COVID lockdowns,’’ according to records obtained by a watchdog group. Read More.

Pope Francis, who served as the leader of the Catholic Church since 2013, has died at the age of 88. “Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta,” the Vatican announced via social media on Monday, April 21. Read More.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed legislation Friday that will changes state law to allow 18-year-olds to own and carry handguns. Read More.

President Donald Trump said Easter Sunday he hopes Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week to end the conflict in Ukraine. Read More.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said an 80-page minerals deal will be signed with Ukraine in one week. Read More.

The death toll from US airstrikes on an oil port in western Yemen has risen to at least 74 people, Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported, marking one of the deadliest days since the United States escalated its aerial military campaign against the Iranian-backed group in recent weeks. Read More.

SpaceX, Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR), and Anduril have emerged as frontrunners to build a core part of President Donald Trump’s proposed "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, according to a report from Reuters. Read More.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s hunt for suspected leakers inside the Pentagon has claimed its third victim. Read More.

The White House said China is facing up to a 245 percent tariff on imports to the U.S. "as a result of its retaliatory actions," as the trade war between the world's two largest economies continues to heat up. Read More.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that his department would examine six “environmental factors” that he said could lead to autism amid a rise in confirmed cases of the neurodevelopmental disorder. Read More.

Footage circulated on social media shows a very close encounter between a United States stealth fighter jet and a pair of Russian military aircraft, including a bomber, near Alaska. Read More.

Donald Trump says he'd like to deport "homegrown" American criminals to prisons in El Salvador during a press conference with their President, Nayib Bukele, on Monday (April 14). Read More.

For the second full month in a row since President Donald Trump’s been in office, illegal border crossings reached record lows in March, reversing Biden administration illegal crossings, which were the highest in recorded U.S. history. Read More.