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Medical research from the Department of Veterans Affairs has produced advances like the pacemaker, the CT scan, and the nicotine patch. Now VA scientists fear life-saving research will be scrapped …

President Trump and his adviser Elon Musk speak before departing the White House on his way to his South Florida home in Mar-a-Lago on March 14. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty …

Signs direct traffic to the immigration court parking lot in Chicago, Ill., in August 2024. Christian Monterrosa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Christian Monterrosa/AFP via Getty Images President …

In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, file photo first lady Melania Trump participates in a roundtable discussion on the opioid crisis, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption …

Workers stand inside a special chamber at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The chamber is used to test new conventional explosives used to detonate advanced nuclear weapons designs, and the data …

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., hold a news conference on passing the budget resolution in the U.S. Capitol on April …

Elon Musk wielding a chainsaw at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Feb. 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Md. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images …

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) and President Trump talk as they attend the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP hide caption toggle caption …

The Trump administration is in active negotiations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine but does not seem to be in talks with China over trade. LAUREN FRAYER, HOST: Yesterday, …

Frustrated with their party’s response to President Trump, young Democrats are challenging incumbents in safe blue districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections.