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Nominee for South Carolina's top doctor toppled by lingering COVID anger 04/03/2025 07:20pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina Senate committee rejected the Republican governor's nominee to be the state's top doctor after hours of hearings dominated by the state's response to the COVID pandemic. Just one of 13 Republicans on the Senate Medical Affairs Committee voted for Dr. Edward S Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145 as more bodies found 04/03/2025 05:06pm • BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said, and humanitarian aid groups scrambled to provide survivors medical care and shelter. Information Minister Maun Trump's changes to the federal government aren't yet a clear political winner or loser: AP-NORC poll 04/03/2025 11:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's dramatic changes to the federal government haven't emerged as an obvious political winner or loser, according to a new poll that indicates some Americans may be giving him the benefit of the doubt for now on his Department of Government Efficiency. The A Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week as labor market continues to show strength 04/03/2025 08:53am • The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell modestly last week, remaining within the same range of recent years. Jobless claim filings fell by 6,000 to 219,000 for the week ending March 29, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s less than the 226,000 new applications analysts fo Duke University’s hybrid executive Master of Public Affairs program advances leadership for the common good 03/24/2025 12:08pm • This content is sponsored by Duke University. Duke University has launched a new Master of Public Affairs program to help public affairs leaders across sectors deepen their knowledge, enhance their skills and amplify their impact — all without leaving their jobs. The MPA program is offered b VA secretary defends dismissal of veterans from government jobs in WTOP interview 03/19/2025 06:26pm • About 30% of all federal employees have served in the military, so the sweeping federal cuts being carried out by President Donald Trump’s administration have had a particularly significant impact on veterans. In an interview with WTOP on Wednesday, U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins These US cities could see surge in disease-spreading pests this spring 02/26/2025 06:00pm • A rat. (Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Deviations from normal weather patterns are putting several regions in the U.S. at risk for an uptick of disease-spreading pests as winter turns to spring, according to a new analysis. A surge in disease-sp Here are all the federal agencies where workers are being fired 02/22/2025 11:05am • (WASHINGTON) -- In the weeks since President Donald Trump has assumed office, more than 200,000 federal workers at more than a dozen agencies have had their roles eliminated. The mass culling stems in large part from efforts by Elon Musk and the newly formed Department of Government Efficienc Experts weigh in on how the Trump administration's plans could reshape retirement 02/20/2025 07:00pm • After being sworn in for his second term, President Donald Trump wasted no time issuing executive orders and proposing policy initiatives. For some, the flurry of activity has sparked concern, while others appreciate that the new administration is quickly getting to work. Either way, retirement p Advocates say clearing encampments isn't a solution to homelessness 02/14/2025 08:26pm • President Donald Trump is reportedly expected to issue an executive order calling for a crackdown on crime in D.C. The order would also reportedly call for clearing out homeless encampments. On Wednesday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed she had a briefing with the White House on the issue. Trump signed slew of executive orders on Day 1. What are his priorities? 01/21/2025 06:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has begun his promised flurry of executive action on Day 1. With his opening rounds of memoranda and executive orders, Trump repealed dozens of former President Joe Biden's actions, began his immigration crackdown, withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climat 3 police officers shot, suspect dead in Northeast DC shooting 01/14/2025 10:54am • A suspect is dead after three police officers were wounded in a shooting in Northeast D.C. Monday morning. The shooting happened on Florida Avenue near the NoMa-Gallaudet U Metro station, according to D.C. police. On Tuesday morning, D.C. police said two of the three officers recovering after Navigating Changes to Medicare Part D in 2025: Advocacy groups offer guidance and resources as new poll shows awareness gap 01/13/2025 09:26am • This content is sponsored by Astellas Pharma. Two major changes to Medicare Part D are in effect for 2025 to help seniors manage their prescription drug expenses. Following action from Congress, Medicare Part D Plans now must cap enrollees’ out-of-pocket spending on covered prescription d Green Beret's suicide death revives questions about PTSD, risks to brain health 01/11/2025 10:37am • K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Image(LAS VEGAS) -- Six years before packing a rental truck with firework mortars and gas cannisters before shooting himself in the head -- an act he called a "wake-up" call to America in a note later found by law enforcement -- Arm Jimmy Carter’s post-presidency was spent trying to bring world peace 12/30/2024 12:20am • In May 2002, former President Jimmy Carter traveled to Havana, Cuba, for several days of talks with Cuba’s President Fidel Castro. He became the first and only sitting or former U.S. president to visit Cuba since the 1959 revolution that put Fidel Castro in power. He urged the U.S. to end its l