The order, which President Trump may sign on Thursday, will lay the groundwork for eventually shuttering the agency, reassigning some of its primary duties. By Michael C. BenderZolan Kanno ...

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President Donald Trump is expected to sign the order on Thursday directing the education secretary to close the department and return authority back to the state level. President Donald Trump is ...

We sometimes seem to be clutching Irish identity in a pinched fist. We struggle to reconcile our long history of migration with a generation locked out of Ireland over housing and growing unease ...

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US President Donald Trump announced that Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit the US soon amid increasing trade tensions over tariffs. Trump previously raised tariffs on Chinese goods ...

Boom went the mic at President Donald Trump's latest press conference...straight to his face. While speaking to a gaggle of reporters crowded on a tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland March 14 ...

US President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on Houthi rebel targets in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, to halt attacks on shipping in a key maritime corridor. Trump warned the Houthis to stop their ...

Donald Trump issued another order on Friday revoking the security clearance of employees at Paul Weiss, a major law firm associated with his political opponents. The Friday order is the third time ...

Donald Trump has launched strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president also warned Iran that its support for the group must "end immediately". The ...