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President Donald Trump delivered what sounded like one of his typical meandering, grievance-laden campaign speeches on Friday, but it was where he did it — inside the U.S. Department of Justice — that mattered. The appearance marked Trump’s clearest exertion

Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say  NBC News

‘Highly unusual’: White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources  ABC News

White House instructs agencies to avoid firing cybersecurity staff, email says  Reuters.com

Court orders have paused, and at times reversed, the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the consumer watchdog agency.

UK premier Keir Starmer will prod fellow leaders Saturday to sign up to a coalition willing to protect any eventual ceasefire in Ukraine, having said Russian President Vladimir Putin was “not serious about peace”. The British prime minister is expected

Most housing discrimination claims are handled by local nonprofits around the country. They say the Trump administration has hobbled them, and are challenging the cuts as unlawful. (Image credit: Alex Wong)

It doesn’t matter how full you are, you can always fit in a bite or two or three of pie and ice cream. Scientists say it has to due with special neurons in our brain that just can’t get enough

Lewis Hamilton has a new team, a new outlook and a new hope. Led by the sport’s most successful driver, Formula 1’s closest season in recent history starts on Sunday at the Australian Grand Prix. (Image credit: Piero Cruciatti)

Multiple people have given stiff-arm salutes after Elon Musk did it twice on Inauguration Day. Many claim it was a joke but extremism experts worry the once-taboo salute is getting normalized. (Image credit: Angela Weiss)