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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is under fire after he presented a restructuring plan that will eliminate some of the State Department's human rights offices and will implement layoffs across the agency.

The Jones Road wildfire in New Jersey that started Tuesday ballooned into a massive 8,500-acre blaze late in the night, triggering multiple road closures, evacuations of thousands of residents, and power outages for some 25,000 residents.

"Probably in the next month, my time allocation to DOGE will drop significantly," Musk said at the outset of an earnings conference call, referring to his work for the "Department of Government Efficiency."

President Trump has been wielding an iron hand in the face of the world in recent weeks, and a new poll revealed that Americans are beginning to feel uncomfortable with his actions just three months into his second presidency.

The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court is slated to hear a case on Tuesday about whether parents have the religious right to pull their children from classes when books containing LGBTQ-related content are read or discussed.

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said in a statement that people are frustrated with being enrolled in unwanted subscriptions that are nearly impossible to cancel.

New York police arrested a 30-year-old individual after receiving a report of a disorderly person at an "elevated surface" in the skyscraper, which has been the site of stunts and protests in the past.

President Donald Trump stood behind his controversial Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth Monday despite a new scandal over his reported use of messaging app Signal to discuss US strikes on Yemen with his wife and others.

The move follows last week's suspension of $2.2 billion in multiyear grants and $60 million in contract funding after Harvard refused to comply with a series of policy demands issued by the administration.

Pete Hegseth is once again under fire following reports Sunday that he shared details of the Yemen airstrikes in another Signal group chat that included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer.

Vatican camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell said in a statement, "At 7:35 this morning the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His whole life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and His Church."

President Trump is not slowing down in his global tariff threats as he posted a list of what he believes are unfair international trade practices, even mentioning Japan and the European Union in his list.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to lose most of its employees as it undergoes a "necessary" restructuring that will affect some 1,500 agency workers.

Although federal prosecutors had revealed the charges against Mangione late last year, he had not been formally indicted until now. If convicted, the federal murder charge involving the use of a firearm could lead to a death sentence.

Two people have been killed and at least six others are being treated after a gunman, a current student and the son of a sheriff's deputy, opened fire at the Florida State University on Thursday.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States was in talks with China on tariffs, adding that he was confident the world's largest economies could make a deal to end a bitter trade war.

California filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to block Trump's broad tariffs on foreign trade partners, after he announced a 10% tariff on goods from all countries and even higher tariffs for nations his administration claimed made it difficult for U.S. products to enter their markets.

The expert, Daniel Berulis, claims that DOGE may also have removed sensitive data from the board without permission. His allegations were outlined in a sworn declaration submitted to members of Congress and a federal whistleblower office.

The investigation reportedly involves several serious leaks, including military operational plans for the Panama Canal, the deployment of a second U.S. aircraft carrier to the Red Sea, a controversial visit by Elon Musk to the Pentagon, and the temporary halt of intelligence collection for Ukraine.

Some Democratic leaders and X users congratulated Harvard University after it defied the Trump White House's demands regarding campus activism and other school-related policies even after the federal government froze $2.2 billion in grants.

US President Donald Trump ordered a probe Tuesday that may result in tariffs on critical minerals, rare-earth metals and associated products such as smartphones, in an escalation of his dispute with global trade partners.

"The ball is in China's court. China needs to make a deal with us. We don't have to make a deal with them," said a statement from Trump read out by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. "There's no difference between China and any other country except they are much larger," she told a briefing.

Former President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered his first major speech since leaving the White House nearly three months ago, calling on the budget-slashing Trump administration to keep its hands off Social Security.

The suit argues that Trump unlawfully seized Congress's authority to impose tariffs and calls his justification — framing trade deficits as a national emergency — baseless.

Many X users are displeased with the White House after the official White House account on X posted a photo of Elon Musk and one of his sons at a UFC event Saturday.

The US President warned Sunday that no country would be "getting off the hook" on tariffs, as his administration suggested exemptions seen as favoring China would be short-lived. The world's two largest economies have been locked in a fast-moving, high-stakes game of brinkmanship since Trump launched a global tariff assault.

Pennsylvania police arrested a 38-year-old man accused of setting fire to the governor's mansion on Sunday, forcing Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.) and his family and guests to evacuate the residence.

President Trump has threatened sanctions on Mexico if it still fails to fulfill its commitments under the 1944 Water Treaty with the U.S., which requires the country to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet of water to its neighbor every five years.

According to a memo shared on Thursday, Hegseth described the spending on outside consultants as unnecessary. "These terminations represent $5.1 billion in wasteful spending ... and nearly $4 billion in estimated savings."