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President Donald Trump said he will announce the launch of America Prays while speaking at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Monday. “We are one nation, under God, and we always will,” the president said. The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to permit it to withhold billions of dollars in foreign aid previously authorized by Congress. The Department of Justice ask...

Russia launched its largest strike in Ukraine, and a government building in Kyiv was hit for the first time since the war began. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said four people were killed, including an infant. President Donald Trump hinted at a military crackdown on immigration violations in Chicago. We have more on his message and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s response. Venezuela’s leader...

U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month. The Labor Department said on Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent, which was also worse than expected and the highest level since 2021. The Labor Department reported on Thursday that the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits—a proxy for layoffs—rose last week to the high...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee on the recent shakeup of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Trump administration’s health agenda. The hearing was announced after the firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez and the resignations of several other top CDC officials that followed. Washington sued the Trump administration...

Following the news of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping's discussion on organ transplants and immortality, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson responded to a question raised by NTD congressional correspondent Melina Wisecup on Wednesday morning. Johnson said, "The fact that they were caught in a hot mic first, I've heard, is very telling. It tells you where their worldview...

A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully used Marines and National Guard troops in Los Angeles. In the order, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the federal government couldn’t use the California National Guard or any military troops deployed in the state to engage in arrests, apprehensions, crowd control, and other activities. Congress is back in sessi...

President Donald Trump said on Monday that India has offered to reduce its tariffs on U.S. goods to zero. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: "They have now offered to cut their Tariffs to nothing, but it’s getting late. They should have done so years ago." Authorities confirmed that more than 800 people were killed and thousands more injured as a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck southeastern...

From a marathon Cabinet meeting to crime crackdowns and a CDC shakeup, President Donald Trump made headlines all week. We bring you the highlights from the White House. Trump slashes nearly $5 billion from the U.S. foreign aid budget. What does this mean for Americans? We bring on a professor of modern American political history for insight. And what if we told you moving your eyes back and forth...

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has requested an emergency injunction to block President Donald Trump's attempt to fire her over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud. A federal judge in Washington will hear Cook's bid today. It's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast, claiming 1,500 lives in four states and causing more than $115 billion in damage. The hur...

Two children are dead and 17 others injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on the south side of Minneapolis, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara. A man dressed in all black and armed with a rifle fired shots at Annunciation Church, which runs a school for students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, the Richfield Police Department said on Facebook. An addition...

President Donald Trump holds a meeting with his Cabinet at the White House on Tuesday. Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook will file a lawsuit over Trump’s decision last night to remove her from office. Trump says he fired Cook over alleged improprieties in mortgage loans. Cook's lawyer said that Trump's decision lacks factual or legal basis.

President Donald Trump hosted South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Washington for their first summit on Monday. Lee’s visit follows a recent trade deal that lowered U.S. tariffs on South Korean goods. Experts say the talks will likely focus on trade and military ties, with Washington pressing Seoul to pay more toward the cost of American forces stationed on the Korean peninsula. President Donal...

Texas's redistricting plan passed the Republican-majority Senate and is headed to the governor's desk. This could mean big wins for the GOP in Congress—and a challenge for Democrats. Court documents say the Salvadoran man at the center of a high-profile U.S. immigration case now faces deportation to a country in Africa. We discuss the latest in the Abrego Garcia case. The Congressional Budget Offi...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, in his final keynote address at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, said current conditions “may warrant” interest rate cuts. “With policy in restrictive territory, the baseline outlook and the shifting balance of risks may warrant adjusting our policy stance,” Powell said in prepared remarks. The Texas Senate is expected to vote on a bill on Friday to redraw...

The United States and the European Union issued a joint statement on Thursday that frames the ongoing deal between the trade partners and solidifies some trade commitments. The agreement includes a 15 percent U.S. tariff on most imports from the bloc, including autos, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and lumber. The joint statement also says that the United States and the EU intend to accept and p...

Western allies are continuing to work on a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Ukraine. Multiple meetings are being held in efforts to arrange a trilateral leaders summit, while also working on security guarantees for Ukraine. NATO defense chiefs are set to hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday as Western countries push for an end to the war. Russia's foreign minister said on Wednesday that Russi...

President Donald Trump has said that U.S. troops will not be sent to defend Ukraine's borders. "You have my assurance," he said during an interview with "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday. As Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday, threatening to whip up wild waves and extreme winds, evacuations were ordered on barrier islands along the Carolina coast. Authorities warned the...

A Russian drone attack hit a residential area in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv as the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was preparing for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington later on Monday. The Russian air force said it launched 140 drones against Ukraine overnight, the largest total recorded in a single night since Aug. 4. Trump said on Monday that he would sign an executi...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Washington on Monday to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. European Union President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will also join the meeting at the White House. On Sunday, Zelenskyy was welcomed by European leaders in Brussels. Trump’s special envoy t...

President Donald Trump departed Washington aboard Air Force One on Friday on his way to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska for discussions about a possible cease-fire deal for the war in Ukraine. Trump was accompanied by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, as well as other top a...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal on ending the war in Ukraine, after the Russian president floated the prospect of a U.S.–Russia nuclear arms agreement on the eve of their summit in Alaska. "I think he's going to make a deal," Trump said in a Fox News radio interview, adding that if the meeting were to go well, he would...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “bluffing” when he said sanctions were not hurting the Kremlin. Zelenskyy was speaking after sitting in on a series of virtual meetings hosted by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ahead of the summit on Friday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Trump v...

The man who opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta last Friday had documents in his home outlining his opposition to the COVID-19 vaccines, officials said in an update on Tuesday. “A search warrant executed at the residence of the shooter revealed written documentation that expressed the shooter’s discontent with the COVID-19 vaccinations,” Georgia Bureau of Inves...

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will activate hundreds of National Guard troops to be in the nation’s capital to deal with the issue of crime. “This is Liberation Day in D.C. and we’re going to take our Capitol back,” Trump said at a press conference. “We’re taking it back under the authorities vested in me as the president of the United States.” A federal judge denied the Trump...

The highly anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled for next week in Alaska, and Ukraine is already drawing a red line. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is vowing that Ukraine will not cede territory to Russia as part of any potential peace deal. Trump told White House reporters on Friday that there could be “some swapping of terri...