"The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year," Trump said during an Aug. 26 Cabinet meeting. Trump’s White House cherry-picked data that favors a higher earnings gain.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before a Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing at the U.S. Capitol on, May 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP ...

Kennedy said "everybody can get" the COVID-19 vaccine.

Florida’s Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said the state’s health department will end "every single" school vaccine mandate, which includes many routine children’s immunizations. Ladapo, who has a ...

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The Trump administration cannot quickly deport members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang using the 18th century Alien Enemies Act, an appellate court ruled. The court said Tren de Aragua has neither ...

The president is not dead. Trump spoke live at the White House on Sept. 2. Even as rumors of his death went viral, he had been photographed by news outlets and his Truth Social posts racked up ...

And although Trump’s Labor Day weekend was low-key — he golfed and met with his grandchildren — his official schedule wasn’t suspended. To the contrary, it detailed his meetings and golfing outings.

"The Obama administration did not change the census question related to citizenship," said Terri Lowenthal, a former congressional staffer and census expert. Instead, the question was included in the ...

James Uthmeier, a Republican, was appointed as Florida's attorney general in February 2025 by Gov. Ron DeSantis to fill the vacancy caused when Ashley Moody resigned to become a senator.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem touted the results of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, saying more than 1 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally chose to leave the country.

Melania Trump has not appeared on a U.S. Vanity Fair cover. Vanity Fair Mexico, however, featured her on its cover in February 2017. Vogue has featured other first ladies on its cover. Trump, the ...