Vance to attend international AI and security summits as Ukraine war and tariffs loom Vance will likely use the summits to resist further AI regulation while reiterating a common Trump refrain: that military allies need to further ramp up spending that supports NATO and Ukraine. Willem Marx
Trump administration targets Education Department research arm in latest cuts The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is responsible for gathering data on a wide range of topics, including research-backed teaching practices and the state of U.S. student achievement. Cory Turner
Trump pardons disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Trump commuted the former governor's sentence in 2020. NPR Staff
Trump's ban on gender-affirming care for young people puts hospitals in a bind Hospitals and clinics that have offered gender-affirming treatments to transgender youth reacted in a variety of ways to an executive order that aims to halt the care. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Why John Bolton sees Greenland as issue of 'critical importance' to U.S. security NPR's Juana Summers talks with Trump's former National Security Advisor John Bolton about the president's ambitions of expanding into Greenland. Matt Ozug
The cautionary tale of Richard Nixon vs. his Fed chair The story of former President Richard Nixon vs. Arthur Burns, his Federal Reserve chair, is a tale of a president pressuring the head of the central bank for political reasons.
How the possible end of USAID could impact one Rhode Island nonprofit The threatened end of the U.S. Agency for International Development has real, immediate, implications for organizations around the world, including a nonprofit in Rhode Island called Edesia.
The Trump administration has stopped work at the CFPB. Here's what the agency does It's the main U.S. agency tasked with overseeing the financial products and services used by everyday Americans. The CFPB's new head has closed its offices and told staff to stay home. Joe Hernandez
Judge says Trump administration is not in full compliance with order on spending The judge had issued a temporary restraining order against an administration plan to freeze payments for grants and other federal programs, but says the administration has not been fully complying. Elena Moore
Are pennies worth it? Trump's plan to scrap them didn't come out of nowhere President Trump isn't the first politician to call for the end of the penny — but getting rid of it may not be easy. The value of the 1-cent coin has been debated for decades. Rachel Treisman