By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 10:48 PM

The Social Security Administration on Wednesday announced the delay of the rollout of an anti-fraud measure by two weeks and curtailing the number of benefits applicants affected. ... Read full Story

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Republican Roger Wicker, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said his panel is seeking an expedited inspector general investigation into the leak of a sensitive Signal group chat about strikes in Yemen ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 7:35 PM

President Donald Trump signed a 25% tariff on new autos and light trucks, including certain parts, built outside the United States that will go into effect Tuesday in an effort to spur domestic manufacturing. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 7:06 PM

President Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon honored Women's History Month in March, two months after he signed an executive order recognizing only two sexes: male and female. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 6:41 PM

A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has indicted a Cleveland resident from the Dominican Republic on charges accusing him of running a fraud scheme targeting the elderly. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 6:13 PM

Senate Democrats on Wednesday called for the president's pick for Social Security chief to have his nomination rescinded amid what lawmakers and experts say will be deep cuts to the program via DOGE. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 4:23 PM

President Donald Trump has proposed ending federal funding of PBS and NPR, and officials for both appeared before a House Oversight subcommittee to discuss their respective funding and programming on Wednesday. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 2:50 PM

U.S. Department of Agriculture removed prior requirements related to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility and climate change from rural grant funding requests to support U.S. energy independence. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 2:34 PM

The U.S. Department of Education reopened its online income-driven repayment plan and loan consolidation applications for borrowers Wednesday. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 1:51 PM

The Atlantic has published the social media conversation in which U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth allegedly included classified information in regard to upcoming military strikes, which several members of the Trum ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 1:23 PM

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday kept a Biden administration regulation on so-called ghost guns which allowed people to obtain parts via online sellers to build a firearm. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 11:19 AM

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is bound for El Salvador to tour the prison where the Trump administration sent 238 deportees despite a court order not to do so. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 9:26 AM

The Trump administration added dozens of organizations to its official blacklist Tuesday including many from China and Iran. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 9:21 AM

Dollar Tree said Wednesday it is selling its Family Dollar division to a partnership of Brigade Capital Management and Macellum Capital Management for just over $1 billion. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 8:28 AM

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt a freeze on funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 5:48 AM

A government watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Trump administration security officials over their use of a smartphone application to discuss war plans, saying it is a violation of the law. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 4:43 AM

The U.S. Senate confirmed Marty Makary as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration mostly along party lines on Tuesday night. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 3:24 AM

Authorities in Virginia investigating the death of former U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber said they have found "no evidence suggesting that her death was caused by anything other than natural causes." ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 2:49 AM

President Donald Trump has signed a retaliatory executive order targeting another law firm connected to lawyers who investigated him. ... Read full Story

By upi.com | | 3/26/2025 1:20 AM

West Virginia will receive additional federal disaster assistance as residents rebuild following last month's severe storms, flooding and landslides, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday. ... Read full Story