AP Spotlight Billionaires, allies, media personalities. These are the people Trump picked for top roles PARKER KAUFMANN, HUMERA LODHI and CHRISTOPHER KELLER Associated Press Apr 10, 2025 Apr 10, 2025 Updated Oct 14, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save kAm!C6D:56?E s@?2=5 %CF>A AC:@C:E:K65 =@J2=EJ 2D 96 3F:=E @FE 2 E62> 7@C 9:D D64@?5 E6C>[ DFCC@F?5:?8 9:>D6=7 H:E9 A6@A=6 H9@ D6CG65 72:E97F==J :? 9:D 7:CDE 25>:?:DEC2E:@? @C H9@ H@C<65 @? @?6 @C >@C6 @7 9:D E9C66 42>A2:8?D]k^AmkAm%9@D6 2C6 ?@E E96 @?=J E:6D E92E 4@??64E E96 A6@A=6 :? E96 9:896DE C2?<D @7 9:D 25>:?:DEC2E:@?] $6G6C2= 2C6 3:==:@?2:C6D @C 42>A2:8? 5@?@CD[ @C 3@E9] %96C6 2=D@ 2C6 >65:2 A6CD@?2=:E:6D[ 7@C>6C =2H>2<6CD 2?5 A6@A=6 H9@ H@C<65 @? !C@;64E a_ad[ E96 4@?D6CG2E:G6 3=F6AC:?E 7@C D=2D9:?8 8@G6C?>6?E E92E %CF>A :?D:DE65 96 925 ?@ 277:=:2E:@? 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Government-politics The Atlantic releases entire Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans TARA COPP Associated Press
Government-politics Department of Health and Human Services will cut 10,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press
Government-politics Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agency AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press
Government-politics Trump roars down multiple paths of retribution as he vowed. Some targets yield while others fight ERIC TUCKER and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press
Government-politics Trump administration having early talks to hold a military parade in capital June 14 MICHELLE L. PRICE and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press
China will raise tariffs on US goods from 84% to 125%, the latest in an escalating trade war China has announced that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125%. The new tariffs begin Saturday.
Female soldier becomes the first woman to compete in the grueling Army Ranger contest A female Army Ranger for the first time competed in the annual Best Ranger Competition, and her two-soldier team finished the grueling three-d…
White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts While Congress often ignores a president's budget request, the proposed elimination of Head Start highlights the administration's priorities a…
DOGE trumpets unemployment fraud that the government already found years ago DOGE claims to have found hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent unemployment claims. One problem: Federal investigators already found …
As controversies pile up, Trump allies increasingly turn on one another The infighting and backstabbing that plagued President Trump's first term have returned as a threat to his second, with deepening fissures ove…
Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office for Signal, sources say The existence of the unsecured internet connection is the latest revelation about Hegseth's use of Signal and raises the possibility that sens…
