12 min ago - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased slightly last week, suggesting the labor market remained stable in March, though the outlook is darkening amid rising trade tensions and deep cuts in government spend ... (MSN)

17 min ago - The Executive Order states that IMLS must be reduced to its "statutory functions.” It also requires that “non-statutory components and functions …shall be eliminated to the maximum extent…” ... (FedNews on Reddit)

19 min ago - Thu 20 Mar 2025 11.39 EDT First published on Thu 20 Mar 2025 11.21 EDT US Postal Service workers and advocates are holding a day of action today in more than 150 cities as they brace for the Trump administration to launch an “illegal hostile tak ... (The Guardian)

1 hr ago - Published Mar 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM EDT New York State Attorney General Letitia James has taken aim at President Donald Trump over recently announced changes to the Social Security Administration (SSA). Writing on X, formerly Twitter, James posted: "Mi ... (Newsweek)

1 hr ago - Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk have lost ground in recent days but are not encircled by Russian forces, contrary to recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to three U.S. and European officials famil ... (Reuters)

2 hrs ago - March 20, 2025 5:00 AM ET The National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Carr, Colo., is at risk of losing heat and power as its remaining employees rush to prepare for the animal's breeding season. A federal maintenance worker in the south ... (NPR)

2 hrs ago - On Wednesday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) enacted a new policy that could impose massive demands on the agency's overburdened network of field offices, according to an internal SSA message obtained by Popular Information. Although the ne ... (Popular.info)

3 hrs ago - Updated 12:34 AM EDT, Thu March 20, 2025 (CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to remove the Department of Government Efficiency from the US Institute of Peace building or reinstate fired board members while a legal challenge to DOGE
... (CNN Politics)

3 hrs ago - Wednesday 19 March 2025 23:52 EDT As protests against DOGE head Elon Musk spread across the country, a website called “Dogequest” has reportedly published the personal details of Tesla owners, leading to concerns about privacy and safety. T ... (The Independent)

3 hrs ago - Police were responding to a shooting on Thursday morning at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital in Troy, Michigan, where one victim is receiving medical treatment, according to law enforcement and hospital officials. "One victim is in the emergenc ... (ABC News)

4 hrs ago - March 19, 2025 9:29PM ET "Texas AG Ken Paxton accuses Coppell ISD of violating Texas’ “critical race theory” ban" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and enga ... (Raw Story/Texas Tribune)

4 hrs ago - 03/19/25 9:23 PM ET Germany has updated its travel advisory for the United States to emphasize that a visa or waiver allowing entry does not guarantee Germans to enter the U.S. after several of its citizens were detained at the border. According to a ... (The Hill)

5 hrs ago - March 19, 2025 7:38 PM EDT Updated 12 hours ago WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The top two Republican lawmakers who lead the Pentagon's oversight committees in the U.S. Congress issued a rare, joint statement on Wednesday expressing alarm about a p ... (Reuters)

5 hrs ago - Donald Trump’s White House has described the Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador as “heinous monsters” and terrorists who “rape, maim and murder for sport”. But relatives of Francisco Javier Garc ... (The Guardian)

6 hrs ago - Wed, March 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM EDT A senior official from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has been appointed to a leadership position within the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, according to reporting by The Associ ... (Aol/Scripps)

6 hrs ago - PHOENIX -- The Pentagon restored some webpages highlighting the crucial wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans on Wednesday, days after tribes condemned the action. The initial removal was part of a sweep of a ... (Associated Press)

6 hrs ago - Updated 7:16 PM EDT, Wed March 19, 2025 CNN — Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites as t ... (CNN Politics)

6 hrs ago - March 19, 2025, at 6:52 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has sued the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for finding the e-commerce giant legally responsible for the recalls of hundreds of thousands of products sold on its site. The independen ... (US News and World Report/AP)

7 hrs ago - Wednesday 19 March 2025 17:55 EDT A federal judge was alarmed by allegations that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency provoked a dramatic standoff this week with the U.S. Institute of Peace, culminating in what attorneys for the agency ... (The Independent)

7 hrs ago - 03/19/25 6:25 PM ET Senate Republicans aren’t planning to be a rubber stamp for President Trump’s sweeping operation to shrink the federal government as lawmakers look to fiscal 2026 funding. Conservatives in both chambers have been rampi ... (The Hill)