Trump administration live updates: Trump says U.S. could move on from Ukraine-Russia peace talks

Acting commissioner of the IRS Gary Shapley is being replaced after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent approached Trump to say that Shapley was placed into the agency without his knowledge and…

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What’s closed on Good Friday? Are banks open and is USPS delivering mail today?

Good Friday is not one of the federal holidays, but it is a public holiday for some states and there will be lots of closures today. The Nasdaq and the…

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‘It was very overwhelming’: wife of Kilmar Ábrego García speaks out

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Ábrego García, the man the Trump administration has admitted it mistakenly deported to El Salvador, on Friday expressed relief to learn he is alive…

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Appeals Court Scales Back Freeze on Firing Consumer Bureau Employees

A federal appeals panel on Friday halted parts of a district court judge’s injunction blocking the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, allowing officials to move…

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Donald Trump’s news conference ends suddenly

President Donald Trump was speaking to reporters after the swearing-in ceremony of Dr. Mehmet Oz as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services but suddenly stopped taking questions….

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‘9-1-1’ cast ‘in denial’ about Bobby’s death, Kenneth Choi says in tearful interview

Like many 9-1-1 fans, Kenneth Choi wept watching Thursday’s episode. “I was sobbing,” the actor, who stars as Chimney on the ABC first responder drama, tells Entertainment Weekly just hours…

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Ryan Gosling to lead new standalone ‘Star Wars’ film

Scott Strazzante/The Chronicle Hiro Komae/Associated Press Ryan Gosling will lead a new Star Wars film, Lucasfilm announced at the Star Wars Celebration event in Japan.  Titled “Star Wars: Starfighter,” the…

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Risk of Financial Panic Tempers Trump on Firing Powell

President Trump this week revived a longstanding threat against Jerome H. Powell when he accused the Federal Reserve chair of “playing politics” and moving too slowly to lower interest rates….

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Live updates: Federal judge to pause the Trump administration’s plans for mass layoffs at the CFPB

President Trump on Friday said negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are “coming to a head” and insisted that neither side is “playing” him in his push to end the grinding…

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Judge orders halt to mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

About 1,500 employees were set to be jettisoned at the bureau. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered an immediate halt to the planned firings of nearly 1,500 employees…

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