White House Fires USAID Inspector General After Warning About Funding Oversight, Officials Say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday. That’s according to U.S. officials familiar with the dismissal but not authorized to comment publicly. It comes a day after the watchdog’s office released a report warning that the Trump administration’s shutdown of the agency had…MORE

After Meeting With Trump, Jordan’s King Says His Country Opposes Displacing Palestinians In Gaza

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House and has renewed his insistence that Gaza could somehow be emptied of all residents, controlled by the U.S. and redeveloped as a tourist area. It’s an audacious, but highly unlikely, scheme to dramatically remake the Middle East and would…MORE

Musk Appears At White House Defending DOGE’s Work

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s most powerful adviser, Elon Musk, has made a rare public appearance at the White House to defend the swift and extensive cuts he’s pushing across the federal government while acknowledging there may be mistakes. He appeared in the Oval Office with Trump as the president praised Musk’s work slashing…MORE

Vance Offers An ‘America First’ Argument On A-I Deregulation In His First Foreign Policy Speech

PARIS (AP) — Vice President JD Vance has delivered an unmistakable message in his first foreign policy speech. He says America under the 47th president has room for you on the Trump train but also has no problem leaving you behind. Vance spoke Tuesday at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris and hewed closely…MORE