Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cleared his first hurdle on Tuesday to become the nation's top health official when the Senate finance committee voted to advance his nomination for a floor vote.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Netanyahu is the first foreign leader to be hosted by Trump since his Jan. 20 inauguration. The two leaders will address the future of the Gaza cease-fire and ways to counter Iran.

Beijing has imposed targeted tariffs on American imports and put several U.S. companies, including Google, on notice for possible sanctions in a measured response to the sweeping duties on Chinese imports imposed by the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump will pause new tariffs on Mexico for one month after Mexico agreed to reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard members to stem the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, he said on Monday on social media.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading Trump's drive to shrink the federal government, gave an update on the effort, saying work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency USAID.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that the military helicopter involved in the collision with an American Airlines plane near Washington was flying too high at the time of the accident, in which 67 people were killed. "The Black Hawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot. It was far above the 200-foot limit," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. The crash is under investigation by federal transportation authorities.

The organization representing the families of the Israeli hostages has confirmed that the Hamas terrorist organization intends to release, on Saturday, the father of the youngest hostage held since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack along with two other hostages, including one with dual U.S.–Israeli citizenship.

President Donald Trump will soon sign executive orders removing diversity, equity and inclusion from the military and reinstating thousands of troops who were kicked out for refusing COVID vaccines during the pandemic, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday. Trump is also scheduled to make a keynote speech about his legislative agenda at the House Republicans’ annual retreat. The event is held this year at Trump National Doral Miami.

World leaders and survivors are marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet forces. The ceremony was widely recognized as the last major commemorative event in which survivors could participate.

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away.

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would sign an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally overhauling or eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He made the remarks during a tour of North Carolina to see damage done by Hurricane Helene last year. Trump also said he wanted to secure two things from a visit to California later in the day: voter identification laws and changes to water policy in the wake of massive wildfires.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has announced that deportation flights have already begun. "President Trump is sending a strong and clear message to the entire world: if you illegally enter the United States of America, you will face severe consequences," Leavitt said.

President Donald Trump told the World Economic Forum on Thursday that businesses should make their products in the United States if they want to avoid facing a tariff. Appearing in a videoconference at the annual conference in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said that companies should set up manufacturing operations in the United States.

Brooke Rollins, Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Agriculture, testifies before the Senate Agriculture Committee. She said she would consider direct payments to farmers to offset losses from proposed tariffs, modeled after the approach taken in Trump's first term.

President Donald Trump vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the U.S. via Mexico and Canada.

A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and eastern Carolinas.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance attended the national prayer service on Tuesday morning to mark Trump's first day in office. The service has been a post-inauguration tradition since former President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office.

Rep. Elise Stefanik opened her confirmation hearing for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations by pledging to implement President Donald Trump’s “America First” mandate and roll out a review of U.S. funding for some of the world body's agencies.

The Supreme Court refused to rescue TikTok on Friday from a law that required the short-video app to be sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance or banned on Sunday in the United States on national security grounds. President-Donald Trump said today he spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping about the matter.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, faced senators at confirmation hearing. In her opening remarks, Noem said Americans felt less safe in their own country and vowed that "President-elect Trump is going to change that."

President Joe Biden announced he has ratified the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), despite the U.S. archivist recently saying the president could not ratify the constitutional amendment.

The cease-fire deal between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group now seems to be up in the air again. Israel's cabinet was supposed to vote on the truce on Thursday, but the vote was delayed. A spokesperson for the Israeli government says that's because Hamas now wants to change the deal.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has picked Ashley Moody, the state's attorney general, to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) when he leaves office to become the next U.S. Secretary of State.

More of Trump’s Cabinet picks are on Capitol Hill for confirmation hearings on Thursday, including Scott Bessent, the nominee for treasury secretary, Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to be secretary of the interior, and Lee Zeldin, Trump’s EPA chief pick.

Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization have agreed to a cease-fire deal, mediators announced on Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip.

President-elect Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, Pam Bondi, vowed not to use the Justice Department to target people based on their politics when she appeared at her Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 15.

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley has reminded residents evacuating their homes due to the wildfires to stay safe, saying the danger has not yet passed.