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President Trump looks on during a joint press conference with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the East Room at the White House on Feb. 27.

Trump, Zelenskyy shouting match underscores change in U.S. foreign policy

Three years after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, the U.S., in a split with its European allies over the war, sided with Russia at the U.N.

A protester with a sign saying "Federal Employees Don't Work for Kings" demonstrates in support of federal workers and against recent actions by President Trump and Elon Musk on Presidents Day in Washington, D.C.

Judge says Trump's mass firing of federal employees is illegal and should be stopped

A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees, calling the actions illegal.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on Feb. 25, 2025.

Trump White House seeks tighter grip on message with new limits on press

In the White House briefing room Tuesday, the Trump administration announced its latest steps to tighten its grip on the message it sends out and the news coverage it receives.

The Merit Systems Protection Board is the independent, quasi-judicial agency that hears appeals in labor disputes brought by federal employees.

6 federal workers get their jobs back in 1st successful challenge to Trump's firings

The Merit Systems Protection Board, the quasi-judicial agency that hears appeals in federal employee labor disputes, has ordered a stay in the firing of six probationary employees.

Protesters rally outside of the headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on February 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Federal watchdog agency intervenes in Trump's purge of probationary employees

U.S. Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger has asked the Merit Systems Protection Board to temporarily reinstate six federal employees fired from their jobs and is considering ways to seek relief for others.

Balloons depicting Pope Francis are laid at the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized, in Rome on Feb. 24, 2025. Pope Francis, in critical condition in hospital with pneumonia, had a good night and was resting, the Vatican said Monday.

Pope Francis shows slight improvement in the hospital and calls Gaza's parish

Pope Francis, 88, has been in critical condition since the weekend but showed improvement and resumed some work Monday, the Vatican said.

A faithful from Bolivia holds candles of Pope Francis outside the Rome hospital where the pontiff was undergoing for tests and treatment for a respiratory infection, on Feb. 18.

Vatican says Pope Francis had a 'peaceful' night but remains in critical condition

The pontiff, 88, has been hospitalized for a week and a half and is receiving treatment for a complex respiratory infection.

Supreme Court punts on order that blocked Trump's firing of special counsel

Per Congress' directive, the occupant of the position can only be fired for "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office."

President Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One on Sunday.

Judge grants top whistleblower advocate reprieve after he sued Trump over firing

The head of the independent Office of Special Counsel claims President Trump illegally fired him, the latest in a string of firings that may violate federal law.

There are 22 MacArthur fellows this year. They include (clockwise from left) filmmaker Sterlin Harjo, disability justice activist Alice Wong, scholar and writer Ruha Benjamin, poet and educator Juan Felipe Herrera, artist and performer Justin Vivian Bond, and poet Jericho Brown.

Here's who made the 2024 MacArthur Fellows list

This year, filmmaker Sterlin Harjo, poet Jericho Brown and disability rights activist Alice Wong are among the recipients of the so-called "genius grants." Each fellow receives $800,000.

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