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Donald Trump's new press secretary on Tuesday invited TikTokers and podcasters to apply for White House press passes, in an effort to reach beyond the mainstream media that the US president often slams.

In her first time at the White House podium, Karoline Leavitt said an additional seat for "new media voices" had been reserved at the front of the cramped briefing room.

by Andrew MARSZAL

It has been 10 years since a teenage Shamima Begum and two friends secretly left Britain to marry Islamic State group fighters in Syria.

by Issam AHMED

Human-driven climate change set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation, and extending the dangerous overlap between flammable drought conditions and powerful Santa Ana winds, according to an analysis published Tuesday.

by Elodie SOINARD

In the eight days since his return to the White House, Trump has launched a series of head-snapping moves dismantling programs to combat inequality and environmental injustice, firing workers carrying them out, and further slashing government spending at home and abroad.

Legal experts called into question yet another brazen firing from President Donald Trump, who moved to oust two Democratic Equal Employment Opportunity Commission members.

Trump fired Commissioners Jocelyn Samuels and Charlotte Burrows on the five-member civil rights panel. The seats are now open to be filled by nominations from the Trump administration.

A conservative economist has some harsh words for Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) after he tried to justify President Donald Trump's massive freeze on federal grants, and accuse everyone of overreacting to the news.

The announcement, which came out of an Office of Management and Budget memo this week, immediately triggered a frenzy of panic over whether a variety of public programs and private organizations receiving federal funding, like Meals on Wheels, would have to shut down. Trump's move may violate federal law, and has already been temporarily blocked by a U.S. district judge.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got an assist from a leading law enforcement organization as his push to see through a sweeping illegal immigration package in his state is being met with resistance – including from Republicans.

The Florida Sheriffs Association on Tuesday threw its support to DeSantis and President Donald Trump, who have both placed illegal immigration at the top of their legislative priorities list.

CNN's Jake Tapper cornered far-right White House policy adviser Stephen Miller, as he tried to justify the Trump administration's discretionary freeze on federal grants announced by the Office of Management and Budget — and blame the media for the public's confusion on whether they're about to lose access to critical support programs.

"So let's just walk through this, because obviously there's confusion," said Tapper. "Is this pause going to affect Medicaid?"

President Donald Trump pledged to bring down grocery prices on "Day One," but instead, egg prices have soared.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed President Joe Biden, who left office on Jan. 20, for the high cost of eggs. She complained that prices increased under the previous administration and ignored the dramatic increase since Trump's swearing-in last week.

A federal judge reportedly issued a "brief administrative stay" halting President Donald Trump's freeze on federal grant funding.

In Tuesday's order, Trump attempted to pause federal grants and loans to conduct an ideological spending review.

Donald Trump's Justice Department fired employees involved in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation of the president, which critics have said weaponized the agency — a claim made for years by the right against the Biden administration.

NBC News's Ken Dilanian reported that career officials fired by Trump's team are employees with legal protections for their positions. However, he confessed he's unsure if legal recourse matters.

President Donald Trump put a stop to several budget items that directly impact Americans, including some of his own supporters, on Tuesday when he announced a temporary freeze on spending.

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said Trump is making this move because his party doesn't support passing a budget that makes such cuts.

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) are demanding answers on President Donald Trump's move to fire over a dozen inspectors general.

According to Politico, the two senators — who are the chair and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Judiciary Committee — sent a joint letter warning Trump that he did not follow the requirement of notifying Congress 30 days in advance before removing 18 inspectors general, critical watchdogs who oversee independent investigations of government mismanagement across a variety of public agencies.