News for March 25, 2025

Cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs have raised fears in Wyoming that losing front-line staff like Carla Nelson could make it harder for veterans in crisis to get help.

Doctors are giving some babies an early measles shot as cases rise, but the extra dose does not replace the normal vaccine schedule recommended by the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Business Insider looks at some of Congress’s richest members, including Senator Rick Scott, Representative Kevin Hern, and Representative Darrell Issa, and shows how their fortunes were built in business before politics.

Oscar Henao-Montoya was sentenced to 24 years in prison for helping plan a scheme to smuggle more than a ton of cocaine into the United States from Colombia, with help from the DEA and federal prosecutors in New York.

Frank Bisignano faced tough questions from Senate Democrats over disruptions at the Social Security Administration, while Republicans defended President Donald Trump and said benefits would not be cut.

Forensic genetic genealogy helped identify David Clary, a man killed in 1986 whose remains were long unknown, and the case is still under investigation.

Speaker Mike Johnson suggested Congress could eliminate some federal courts as Republicans step up attacks on judges who have blocked Trump administration actions.

President Donald Trump is facing questions after reports that his officials used the Signal app to discuss a sensitive military plan.

The United States said Ukraine and Russia agreed to a Black Sea ceasefire and to stop attacks on energy facilities, but both sides still doubt the deal will hold.

Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe told senators that no classified information was shared in a Signal group chat about U.S. military plans, even as the White House called the incident a mistake.

The Trump administration invoked the state secrets privilege in a deportation fight, while Judge James Boasberg and a federal appeals court weigh whether to stop removals of Venezuelan migrants under wartime powers.

Trump officials say attacks on Tesla are coordinated and will be punished, but federal intelligence says the incidents mostly look like work by lone actors.

Alaska State Troopers said a man and two children were found alive with non-life-threatening injuries after a small plane crash on the Kenai Peninsula.

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey signed a law banning seven artificial food dyes and two preservatives from foods and drugs sold in the state.