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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has issued an order temporarily blocking the construction of President Donald Trump’s expansive new White House ballroom and any further demolition of the East Wing.“I have concluded that the National Trust is likely to succeed on the merits because no statute comes close to giving the President the authority … Read more

US president demolished East Wing of White House last year to make way for 90,000-sq-ft project Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A US judge has blocked Donald Trump from proceeding with the construction of his $400m White House ballroom. The US president demolished the East … Read more

Luanne James said as a librarian she had an obligation to protect the public’s right to access information Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A Tennessee library director has been fired after she refused to relocate more than 100 LGBTQ+-themed children’s titles to the library system’s … Read more

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered construction of the White House ballroom project halted, siding with a historic preservation group that argued the effort violated federal law. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said the group is likely to succeed on the merits of its case, writing that “no statute comes close to giving the President … Read more

Though the US is almost certainly not going to have a draft, media commentary and online anxiety have surfaced The United States is almost certainly not going to have a military draft to fight Iran. That hasn’t stopped the chatter, and anxiety, across the country. In recent weeks, Donald Trump has ordered a number of … Read more

DNA testing confirmed bones found on Salmon Creek beach belonged to Walter Karl Kinney, a man last seen in 1999 Human remains discovered in the summer of 2022 on a beach in California recently were identified as those of a former banker who disappeared in 1999. The DNA Doe Project (DDP) on Thursday announced that … Read more

The White House is calling on the Senate to confirm Dr. Casey Means as U.S. surgeon general “without further delay,” even as President Donald Trump signaled uncertainty about her path forward.

An incident at the end of the Duke-UConn game reminded Black people of something we already know: we’re treated differently in America The UConn-Duke game on Sunday night was one for the ages. A last-second game winner from freshman Braylon Mullins took down the top-seeded Blue Devils, who at one point had led by 19 … Read more

The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it is slackening restrictions on asylum applications set in place after an Afghan asylee allegedly murdered one West Virginia National Guardsman and gravely wounded another in Washington last fall. The November incident near Farragut Square led President Donald Trump to crack down on allowing asylum seekers into the … Read more

Marine told investigators he found the round ‘in the field’ about a year ago and kept it, thinking it wasn’t live Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A US marine was detained at a California airport after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel found a live 25mm … Read more