White House withdraws Trump’s pick for CDC director hours before vote The White House has pulled President Donald Trump’s nominee for CDC director, Dave Weldon. WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he will vote to advance the Republican funding extension and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the day Friday. … Read more
Longtime Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz. passed away at 77 years old on Thursday after a battle with lung cancer. He was one of the longest-tenured members of Congress in the history of Arizona, serving for more than two decades. Grijalva died due to complications from his cancer treatment, his office told the Arizona Republic, part … Read more
Rep. Raúl Grijalva sits down with The Arizona Republic Rep. Raúl Grijalva sits down with The Arizona Republic to discuss everything from the environment to house relations. Arizona Republic Rep. Raúl Manuel Grijalva, D-Ariz., the son of a Mexican immigrant who rose to the halls of Congress in a public-service career that stretched more than … Read more
Seattle judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order A Seattle judge ruled President Trump’s birthright citizenship order is “blatantly unconstitutional” after Democrats from four states sued him. WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump, in an emergency request Thursday, asked the Supreme Court to allow restrictions to birthright citizenship to take effect for some people as challenges … Read more
Zelenskyy said he is willing to step down to join NATO, blasts Trump Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said he would step down if it meant Ukraine could join NATO. He also blasted Trump’s mineral reserves proposal. WASHINGTON − The new head of NATO and President Donald Trump agree on one thing: European member states should be … Read more
Protesters against planned National Institutes of Health funding cuts The Trump administration’s push to slash funding at the National Institutes of Health has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge. DENVER ‒ Universities are cutting spending, freezing hiring and in some cases rescinding admissions acceptance for graduate students as they face budget cuts from President … Read more
‘I haven’t seen a lot of changes,’ immigration attorney says Joe Duarte, an immigration attorney who handles criminal cases involving migrants, discusses on March 11, 2025, some of the issues he sees on the job. The show of force from the Trump administration against people in the U.S. illegally has not stopped some from returning. … Read more
From Veterans Affairs to the CDC: Trump, Musk fire federal workers President Donald Trump and DOGE head Elon Musk cut thousands of probationary positions after only 3.3% of federal workers took Trump’s buyout offer. WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump abruptly yanked his nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday morning … Read more
