Second Weak Jobs Report Undercuts Trump's Claims of a Booming Economy  —  After a bad employment report in August, President Trump fired the official in charge of the numbers.  This month's data was just as disappointing.  —  When the federal government last month reported a sharp decline …

President Trump signs order to rename the Defense Department as the Department of War  —  President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to give the Department of Defense a new name: the Department of War.  —  The change returns the department to a name that it carried for much of its history …

South Koreans Are Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai Plant in Georgia  —  They were among nearly 500 workers apprehended at a construction site for a South Korean battery maker, officials said.  The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.  —  Immigration authorities arrested hundreds …

RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies  —  Kennedy's autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy may be linked to the developmental disorder  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce …

Trump breaks from RFK on vaccines: “Pure and simple, they work”  —  President Trump said he's supportive of vaccines on Friday, breaking with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. … - “I think you have to be very careful when you say that some people don't have to be vaccinated,” …

US deploying stealth fighter jets to Caribbean for drug fight as tensions with Venezuela rise, sources say  —  The United States has ordered the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter jets to a Puerto Rico airfield to conduct operations against drug cartels, sources say, adding more firepower …

CBS News Agrees Not to Edit ‘Face The Nation’ Interviews Following Homeland Security Backlash  —  CBS News is giving up the power it has to hold “Face the Nation” interviewees to account.  —  The Paramount Skydance news unit said Friday it would cease editing taped interviews with newsmakers who appear on …

Exclusive: Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud.  His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers  —  Close relatives of the federal official who has accused a Federal Reserve governor of improperly claiming primary residence on two properties have declared the same status …

Next year's G20 summit will take place at Trump property in Miami … Trump insisted that he will not personally profit from it.  —  The president has signaled that he may skip this year's summit, which is taking place in South Africa this November.  “Maybe I'll send somebody else because I've …

Judge blocks Trump administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians  —  A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States.

Trump-Supporting Muslim Mayor Halts English/Arabic Police Department Patch  —  The mayor of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, said the Detroit suburb's police department jumped the gun on posting a mockup of an optional patch in English and Arabic three days ago, explaining it should never have been presented as official.

2 teens charged in deadly shooting of DC congressional intern … Two 17-year-olds have been charged as adults in the deadly shooting of 21-year-old congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym in June, authorities said Friday.  —  A third person remains sought by police, U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said at a news conference.

Adams Insists He's Running for Mayor Despite Saudi Ambassadorship Talks  —  The discussions were said to be part of an effort to get Mayor Eric Adams to end his mayoral campaign in New York City, but appeared to be fading on Friday.  —  Close advisers have spent days crafting a plan …

Kennedy Center ticket sales take a nosedive after Trump takeover  —  Prestigious Stuttgart Ballet likely to face 80% empty seats at DC's premier arts venue as audiences ‘vote with their feet’  —  Ticket sales at the Kennedy Center have continued to plummet following Donald Trump's takeover …

America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars  —  The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.  —  every day, some 2 billion people around the world use privacy-protection tools supported by the Open Technology Fund.

State Rep. James Talarico to jump in Texas Senate race … Democrats have long hoped to flip the Lone Star state, which has at times seemed tantalizingly within reach.  But President Donald Trump won the state by more than 13 percentage points in 2024, a far wider margin than his other two single-digit victories in the state.

Tech CEOs Praise Donald Trump at White House Dinner  —  At a White House dinner Thursday night, America's tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump.  —  The camera zooms too close to the president's face; the table at which the tech executives are seated seems far too long.

Pentagon plan prioritizes homeland over China threat … “This is going to be a major shift for the U.S. and its allies on multiple continents,” said one of the people briefed on the draft document.  “The old, trusted U.S. promises are being questioned.”  —  The report usually comes …