Joe Biden took with him just two diplomatic gifts from his time as president, including an aircraft fragment from the prime minister of Papua New Guinea, a country whose World War II history has featured prominently — and sometimes awkwardly — in his own family lore.

President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to US cities cost taxpayers at least $496 million in 2025 — with the price tag rising to a rate of $93 million a month, according to a new accounting from the Congressional Budget Office.

Clashes at home and unfinished fights abroad keep overtaking the message.

President Donald Trump is heading back to America’s heartland in an attempt to refocus an economic message that’s been upstaged by controversy over his deportation policies and the killing of two protesters by federal officers.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has halted planned terminations of some temporary disaster relief workers just as a major winter storm moves across the country, according to people familiar with the decision.