The estimated cost of President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom has surged to $600 million, with internal records showing taxpayers could be responsible for roughly half the price

A coalition of Democratic senators are asking a federal appeals court to overturn a decision they say threatens the foundation of the modern federal workforce, warning that millions of government employees could lose long-standing protections against politically motivated firings.

The facts surrounding the event remain unchanged. The shooting took place at a privately organized dinner held at a hotel. The White House does not run the event, does not control the venue, and does not determine where it is held.

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is warning that the White House’s national AI framework moves aggressively to boost industry growth but leaves unanswered who will benefit from the wealth and opportunity the technology is expected to generate.

No one at the very top had been arrested after the public release of those records. Until now.

By Stacy M. Brown Senior Global Correspondent Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was quietly cut from a high-profile National Governors Association dinner at the White House, and organizers still will not say why. “This week, I learned that I was uninvited to this year’s National Governors Association dinner, a decades-long annual tradition meant to bring governors from both parties together,” Moore wrote on social media, calling the move “another example of blatant disrespect.” The une

Gregory Davis, a resident dean and African American studies scholar, was removed from his position after years-old social media posts were revived by far-right outlets and amplified during Donald Trump’s second presidency. Harvard confirmed Davis was no longer serving in the role and moved quickly to close the matter, even as Davis and his family were given ten days to vacate university housing during winter.