News for April 29, 2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he will end the Pentagon’s Women, Peace and Security program, calling it a “woke” initiative, even though it was signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended Judge Hannah Dugan after her arrest on federal charges tied to an immigration case.

Dozens of states are suing the Trump administration, saying cuts to AmeriCorps would unlawfully damage the national service agency and the programs it supports.

Arizona lawmakers passed bills that could let Governor Katie Hobbs approve the country’s first state Bitcoin reserve.

Alfredo Linares, an undocumented cook in Los Angeles, left the United States with his wife Raegan Kline and self-deported to Mexico because he feared detention and deportation.

Harvard University says it will make changes to its academics and admissions after internal reports on antisemitism and anti-Arab bias, even as it clashes with the Trump administration over campus policy demands.

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days of his second term were marked by record-setting executive action, few new laws, and many court fights over his agenda.

A Yale School of Public Health study published in JAMA Network Open found that life expectancy rose much more in parts of the Northeast and West than in many Southern states over the 20th century.

At his 100-day mark, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has held only one formal press briefing, drawing criticism over a lack of transparency.

Donald Trump Jr. co-founded a new private club in Washington, D.C., called Executive Branch, which is charging a $500,000 membership fee and already has a waiting list.

Fired Corporation for Public Broadcasting officials have sued President Donald Trump’s administration, saying he did not have the power to remove them.

The White House criticized Amazon after a report said the company was considering showing tariff costs next to product prices, calling it a political move.

A judge’s pending decision could determine whether President Donald Trump’s effort to end a Biden-era parole program forces Kevinson and Sherlie Jean, Haitian migrants in the U.S., back to a violent and unstable Haiti.

Ashlie Crosson, an English teacher at Mifflin County High School, was named the 2025 National Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Renée Richards says Trump’s first 100 days brought a wider attack on transgender rights, even as she keeps playing sports and argues for limits on trans women who went through male puberty in women’s competition.

Amazon said it considered showing tariff charges on its discount Haul store, but it backed off after President Donald Trump and the White House objected.

The Trump administration said the University of Pennsylvania broke sex discrimination rules by letting a transgender swimmer compete on its women’s team and use women’s facilities.

The White House attacked Amazon after reports that it planned to show customers how much Trump’s tariffs could raise prices, and Amazon later said it would not do that.

Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won Canada’s election, but it fell short of a majority while Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat in a result shaped by anger over Donald Trump.

New research suggests women who survive cancer are more likely than men to deal with lasting fatigue and depression, and exercise may help lower those risks.