WASHINGTON (AP) — As the White House paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching executive order, early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care for some of the nation’s neediest families and children. Staff encountered problems with Medicaid and Head Start payment […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at curtailing gender transitions for people under age 19. “It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously […]

HONOLULU (AP) — A fifth person has died from injuries suffered during a massive explosion of illegal fireworks at a Honolulu home over New Year’s, police said Tuesday. The 29-year-old man was one of six patients flown to a hospital in Arizona for treatment earlier this month because Hawaii’s only burn care facility hit capacity […]

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined federal agents in New York City on Tuesday to announce the arrests of immigrants wanted on criminal charges, including a man accused of kidnapping who was seen on a viral video entering a Colorado apartment with reputed gang members. Noem was the latest high-ranking official from President Donald Trump’s […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to send a memo offering to pay through Sept. 30 all federal workers who don’t want to return to the office, as long as they resign by Feb. 6, Axios reported Tuesday, citing a White House official. “The government-wide email being sent today is to […]