These are updates for Thursday, February 6, 2025, as Donald Trump pursues dramatic cuts to US government and spending.

In a stunning rebuke, Trump sent off a planeload of illegal migrants without advance notice, just a week before the two are to meet ...

Alphabet is scheduled to report earnings after Tuesday’s close. The stock ($GOOGL) just hit a record high of $205.48/share ...

Trump efficiency czar Elon Musk is taking drastic steps to tame bloated government. Critics say the Constitution is being ...

USAID was established during the height of the Cold War as a way to counter Soviet influence. It was created in 1961 by ...

Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was a guest on David Remnick’s New Yorker Radio Hour on WNYC ...

President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans ...