Elon Musk said goodbye Friday to the White House and leading his federal cost-cutting initiative, dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In his parting message, the world’s richest man compared the group’s work to Buddhism, calling DOGE “a way of life” that will “permeate” the federal government.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday the U.S. will “aggressively revoke” Chinese students’ visas, focusing on those with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or studying in “critical fields.”

A top researcher at Bank of America Global Research says that artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly entering a new era where it will be able to complete tasks better than humans can — and that will have a massive impact on the job market.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will stop recommending routine COVID-19 vaccination for healthy children and pregnant women, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday in a video announcement.

A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted the Trump administration’s ban on Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students. The Department of Homeland Security had announced the policy on Thursday.

The House narrowly passed President Trump’s massive tax and spending legislation package, called the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” on Thursday with a 215–214 vote, fulfilling House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) goal of passing the legislation before the Memorial Day holiday.

President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had a heated exchange Wednesday in the Oval Office after Trump alleged there is a genocide taking place against white farmers in South Africa.

President Trump met with House Republicans on Tuesday to urge conservative holdouts to support his signature budget legislation that would deliver massive tax cuts while also adding more than $3 trillion to the national debt over the next decade. The debt currently sits at about $37 trillion.

Former President Joe Biden, 82, said he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer Friday that has already spread to his bones, his team announced Sunday.

Former FBI Director James Comey is under fire for a photo he posted on Instagram Thursday that showed seashells on a beach arranged to form the numbers “8647,” which many are interpreting as a call to eliminate (or assassinate) President Trump.

Arguments took place in the last case of the Supreme Court term today. It could have massive impacts on how Trump and future presidents implement their policy agenda.

Flight delays and cancellations are so bad at Newark’s Liberty International Airport that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy changed his wife’s flight this week to nearby LaGuardia Airport so she could ensure her flight would arrive on time.

President Trump kicked off his first major foreign trip of his second term in Saudi Arabia — breaking tradition by visiting Riyadh before any European or North American ally. The first foreign trip of his first term was also to the Gulf kingdom. Since World War II, U.S. presidents have traditionally prioritized visiting more traditional allies in the first foreign trips of their terms.

The U.S. and China agreed Monday to reduce tariffs on each other’s goods by 115% for an initial 90-day period, while trade talks continue.

Radar screens at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport went dark again early Friday morning — the second outage in two weeks.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday. His first words: “Peace be with you.”

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to elect a new pope following the death of Pope Francis on April 21.

President Donald Trump met with new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House on Tuesday, taking a slightly softer tone on his calls to annex Canada and make it the 51st state. Trump conceded that "it takes two to tango," but insisted that if Canada were to join the U.S. it would mean "a lot of advantages" like a massive tax cut for the Canadians and a free military.

Air traffic control staffing issues continued to cause major delays on Monday at Newark Liberty International Airport — one of the three major airports serving the New York City area and busiest U.S. airports. Issues at the airport are now stretching into a second straight week. And, Aviation reporter Peter Greenberg told Mo News that "it's not just Newark, it's the Northeast Corridor" which runs from Boston to Washington, D.C. that is facing these staffing problems.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order late Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to “cease federal funding” to National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) over concerns of left-wing bias. Congress appropriated around $535 million this fiscal year to CPB, a publicly-funded nonprofit that funnels money to the media organizations.