USA News Portal

Federal authorities have restricted helicopter flights near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The move comes days after a deadly collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter. (Image credit: Kayla Bartkowski) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/Jt0gw8A

A series of orders from the Trump administration have the potential to disrupt the delivery of life-saving medications to HIV positive people. Here's what a disruption of this drug regimen would mean. (Image credit: Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/bKzU78h

Winters are getting warmer and shorter as the climate changes. That's helping rat populations grow in several U.S. cities. (Image credit: AP/Richard Drew) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/EemXa39

Lawmakers have expressed concerns about congestion in at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport amid a constricted space. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/FU1gL8O

Brendan Carr, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump, says the public broadcasters are being investigated for allegedly running commercials. (Image credit: Stephen Voss) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/At6USnK

Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health Organization. (Image credit: Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/ihgC67X

Unions and attorneys who represent federal employees are telling workers not to take the offer from the Trump administration to resign from their jobs by Feb. 6 and still be paid through September. (Image credit: Mark Wilson) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/5QgTjVG

The Fed held interest rates steady as it continues to combat inflation. President Trump wants to see lower rates, but some of his policies could fuel more price hikes. (Image credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/jtFqZI2

The executive order speaks of transgender identity in sweeping and dismissive terms, and sets the stage for a policy that is more restrictive and punitive than the ban from Trump's first term. (Image credit: Kent Nishimura) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/XeNOh2D

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, to present day cobalt mining. Her new book is Black in Blues. from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/IHJnj6d

Tens of thousands of Afghans who risked their lives working for the U.S. government or military are now in limbo after the Trump administration issued two executive orders targeting refugees. (Image credit: Robert Nickelsberg) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/Qat6J4e

Musk's comments came two days before International Holocaust Remembrance Day and right after he was criticized for making what many viewers interpreted as a Nazi salute during an inauguration speech. (Image credit: Sean Gallup) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/2xdgv5B

Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend, due to their advanced ages. (Image credit: Oded Balilty) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/8rRyXaS

Meanwhile, close to the Israeli border in southern Lebanon, Israeli troops opened fire on protesters, killing 22 and injuring 120, according to Lebanese officials. (Image credit: Omar al-Qattaa) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/BsZt1m9

Republican leaders in the state legislature say they support President Trump's pledge to combat illegal immigration but want to deal with it and other issues identified by DeSantis on their schedule, not his. (Image credit: Evan Vucci) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/0JjZDCl

The newly inaugurated president held forth on multiple foreign policy issues on Saturday, from Greenland to Canada to the war between Israel and Hamas. (Image credit: Mandel Ngan) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/FsUpR3S

Rainfall could cause mudslides in area burned by wildfires, with officials warning residents of toxic material from debris and ash. (Image credit: Frederic J. Brown) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/u5rsLOw

President Trump's pitch to stop taxing tips is popular with everyone -- except for economists. (Image credit: Ian Maule/Getty Images) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/OPGLnIN

The aim is to place oversight control in the hands of American software company Oracle and other investors. Under federal law, TikTok must split apart from China, or face a nationwide ban. (Image credit: Damian Dovarganes/AP) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/ULR1NX0

Madison Keys was a tennis prodigy, beating Serena Williams when she was just 14 years old, but had not won a grand slam title in her 15 year career. (Image credit: Ng Han Guan/AP) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/tLIJjby

On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. (Image credit: Yevhenii Zavhorodnii/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/PcjIvAo

Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants. (Image credit: The Washington Post) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/vW7zMkE

Israel is slowly withdrawing from Lebanese villages it occupied, as part of a ceasefire deal. Lebanese residents waiting to return to their villages say the Israeli military has destroyed nearly everything. (Image credit: Ramiz Dallah) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/0ckKHYB

The ruling bars U.S. agencies from implementing the order to end birthright citizenship for children born to migrants in the U.S. temporarily or without legal status while the case is under review. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/w7IMGRN

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research. (Image credit: Grandbrothers/iStock Editorial) from NPR Topics: News https://ift.tt/na6uZYE