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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth steps out to welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Pentagon during an honor cordon on Feb. 5.

Pentagon proposes $50 billion in annual cuts and identifies priorities to expand

The Pentagon has proposed cutting 8% of its budget annually for five years but prioritized funding in areas like drones, military assistance for the southern border and a U.S. Iron Dome.

The exterior of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — or CFPB — headquarters in Washington, D.C. is seen on Monday, Feb. 10.

The Trump administration has stopped work at the CFPB. Here's what the agency does

It's the main U.S. agency tasked with overseeing the financial products and services used by everyday Americans. The CFPB's new head has closed its offices and told staff to stay home.

This year's Oscar nominees address big social and political issues, all to varying degrees. And where were the nominations for Challengers and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths!? Clockwise from left: Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott, The Substance, Emilia Pérez, Hard Truths, Challengers, and Wicked.

5 takeaways from the 2025 Oscar nominations

From Emilia Pérez and its 13(!) nominations to the profoundly gross The Substance getting a Best Picture nod, the 2025 Oscar nominees addressed big social and political issues, all to varying degrees.

President Donald Trump has promised to greatly curtail the federal government and a memo released Monday by the Office of Management and Budget aims to follow through on that promise by halting a large swath of federal grant programs.

Judge pauses Trump's federal funding freeze as confusion and frustration spread

A federal judge has paused a sweeping new plan from the Trump administration to halt categories of federal spending.

Zalmai Afzali, an internal medicine doctor in northeastern Virginia, had to complete a residency program in the U.S. after having already finished one in Afghanistan. He supports new state laws dropping such requirements for foreign-trained doctors.

To solve for doctor shortages, states ease licensing for foreign-trained physicians

Some states are trying to make it easier for doctors trained in other countries to work in the U.S. Skeptics say other licensing and hiring barriers could hamper this effort.

Trump wants Palestinians out of Gaza. Here are Egypt's plans to keep them there

Arab leaders will meet in Cairo to reject Palestinian displacement from Gaza. NPR looks at Egypt's reconstruction plans for Gaza that counter President Trump's ideas of expulsion.

San Diego Port Board welcomes first simultaneous female chair and vice chair

The Port of San Diego swore in its 2025 officers of the Board of Port Commissioners Tuesday, handing the reins over to San Diego appointee Danielle Moore.

'Pool Now Open' sign displayed on the outside of Border View Family YMCA with balloons around the entrance of the pool in the San Ysidro neighborhood of San Diego, CA on January 23, 2025.

Border View Family YMCA's pool reopens as a vital resource to the South Bay community

Border View Family YMCA's pool has been closed since 2020. The reopening of the renovated pool is vital for the south bay community that has limited places to swim.

The San Diego city administration building is shown in this undated photo with the KPBS Voter Hub branding.

Measure E: City of San Diego sales tax explainer

Here’s everything voters need to know about the Measure E, the city of San Diego sales tax measure.

A sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed in the Brooklyn borough of New York, July 6, 2020.

Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as this week

The Bureau of Prisons is going forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.

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