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WASHINGTON – Several top Internal Revenue Service officials, including the acting commissioner, are preparing to quit after the Trump administration pushed the agency to use its protected tax records to help homeland security officials deport immigrants, according to people familiar with the matter.

MEXICO CITY — Amid reports that the Trump administration is considering drone strikes against cartels, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated her staunch opposition to any such military action. "We do not agree with any kind of intervention or interference," Sheinbaum told reporters Tuesday at her daily morning news conference. "This has been very clear: We coordinate, we collaborate, ...

A giraffe gave birth to an unexpected calf at the Maryland Zoo, officials said.

Kristen Baker was the maid of honor at her identical twin sister’s wedding. Seconds after the ceremony ended, she stepped out of her bridesmaid dress and into her own wedding gown.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is directing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change its fluoridation recommendation for drinking water, the agency said Monday, disturbing public health experts and dentists, who say the longtime practice is critical in fighting tooth decay.

An F-16 fighter was dispatched to chase a plane out of the airspace over Mar-a-Lago, where President Donald Trump spent the weekend.

President Donald Trump spent the final hours before his sweeping tariffs were set for full implementation lining up negotiations with key U.S. allies, but hopes for striking a last-minute deal with China appeared distant.

Cities and states fighting a historic measles outbreak find themselves undermined by the Trump administration as they struggle to provide crucial vaccinations and overcome disinformation. As of this week, cases were nearing 650 in 22 states, on track to reach a 34-year high.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected challenges to the Trump administration‘s mass firing of new federal workers. By a 7-2 vote, the justices set aside a ruling by U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco, who ordered the administration to “immediately” rehire 16,000 probationary employees across six departments of the government.

More than 1,200 grants that support culture and history programs across the country are estimated to have been cut by the National Endowment for the Humanities, according to a coalition that advocates for the agency targeted last week in the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the federal government and reshape American culture.

WASHINGTON – The morning after the Florida Gators took down the University of Houston to claim the men’s college basketball championship, Rep. Michael Baumgartner on Tuesday introduced a bill that would replace the National Collegiate Athletic Association and dramatically reshape the nation’s college sports landscape.

Russian and U.S. officials will hold fresh talks in Turkey’s Istanbul on April 10, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Monday night that the Trump administration could continue to deport Venezuelan migrants based on a wartime powers act for now, overturning a lower court that had put a temporary stop to the deportations.