MARCH 19, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens as the Finnish President addresses their joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Mar. 19, 2025. - Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke on Wednesday about a partial ceasefire on energy infrastructure amid broader efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
Their conversation came one day after Trump...
MARCH 19, 2025
DOGE Social Security Protest. - Stephanie Scarbrough
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — which will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with the agency over the phone.
DOGE Social Security Protest. - Stephanie Scarbrough
Beginning March 31st, people will no longer be...
MARCH 19, 2025
In this photo illustration, One Dollar bill notes are displayed on January 11, 2025. Anna Barclay/Getty Images
People living in 30 zip codes along the United States-Mexico border are set to face a new level of scrutiny when they send money overseas or exchange currency, in a government effort to counter money laundering by cartels.
Federal authorities could now be flagged when...
MARCH 18, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House on March 13, 2025. - Andrew Harnik/Getty
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, one of two Democratic commissioners from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fired by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, said the president is "afraid of what I will tell...
MARCH 18, 2025
President Donald Trump waves before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House on March 7. - AP
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The Department of Defense is aiming to cut between 50,000 and 60,000 civilian employees, the Associated Press reported Tuesday—a day after an appeals court upheld a ruling ordering the Trump administration to reverse tens of thousands...
MARCH 18, 2025
First Lady Michelle Obama greets Hannah August in the Blue Room of the White House. - Chuck Kennedy/The White House
Hannah August started her career in 2006 working up the ranks in the Senate press office.
She worked in the Department of Justice and as press secretary to former First Lady Michelle Obama.
August left her job...
MARCH 18, 2025
China BYD. - Matthias Schrader
BANGKOK — China’s energy and auto giant BYD has announced an ultra fast EV charging system that it says is nearly as quick as a fill up at the pumps.
BYD, China's largest EV maker, said Monday that its flash-chargers can provide a full charge for its latest EVs within five to eight minutes,...
MARCH 15, 2025
A woman meeting with a tax professional to discuss tax rules for an IRA rollover.
Rolling over a 401(k) or other workplace retirement plan into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is very common when people change jobs or retire. Among other potential benefits, a rollover lets savers combine multiple accounts to keep better track of everything. But if...
MARCH 15, 2025
The United States launched a “decisive and powerful” attack on Houthi militants in Yemen, President
said Saturday, an escalation against the Iranian-backed group that for months has besieged commercial maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
U.S. warships and jets launched attacks across Yemen, targeting radars, air defense sites and drone launch points, a defense official said. The operation is...
MARCH 14, 2025
A couple with $140,000 in student loan debt says it is considering defaulting for the first time. Illustration: Rita Liu/The Guardian
Many of the nearly 43 million Americans who have federal student loan debt are seeing their carefully budgeted monthly payments soar amid Donald Trump’s overhaul of education in the United States.
In the last few weeks, the Trump administration closed applications for all income-driven repayment...
