President Trump's power to fire got a boost Friday when a federal appeals court hit pause on two lower court rulings that had blocked him from ousting Democratic appointees from agency boards.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem landed in Mexico on Friday to cap off a tour to three Latin American nations to discuss immigration, crime and deportation.
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order targeting major law firm Jenner & Block Friday. Judge John D. Bates, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, barred the current administration, for now, from going after the law firm in its March 25 executive order. The law firm previously employed Andrew Weissmann, an...
More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers asked the Office of Government Ethics on Thursday to open an investigation into Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s promotion of Tesla stock. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and 13 other Democrats urged Doug Collins, acting director of the ethics office, to investigate whether Lutnick had violated federal...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's vow to “eliminate” the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is raising the alarm from experts on disaster assistance, who say it could leave vulnerable communities at risk. Noem this week said she was planning to eliminate the agency but did not elaborate on what that meant. Spokespeople for FEMA and...
The withdrawal of Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is putting a spotlight on the House GOP’s razor-thin majority and the anxiety about upcoming special elections to replace President Trump’s Cabinet picks. Trump referenced concerns about both in a Truth Social post announcing Stefanik would no longer be...
Elon Musk said Friday his artificial intelligence firm xAI has bought his social media platform X. "xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent," Musk wrote in a post on X. "This combination will unlock immense potential by blending xAI’s advanced AI...
Utah has banned LGBTQ pride flags in all public schools and on government property after Gov. Spencer Cox (R) allowed a bill banning the display of any unauthorized flags to become law without his signature. The law, set to take effect May 7, will make Utah the first state to ban pride flags. The governor...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will consider axing billions of dollars in grants for programs that seek to prevent terrorism or help communities respond to disasters based on immigration policy in the recipient areas. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signed a document determining that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) programs that go to “sanctuary...
President Trump shared a new video that touts past U.S. military efforts to defend Greenland, a semiautonomous island in the Arctic that the president has repeatedly shown interest in annexing. “In the cold silence of the tundra, a bond was born not from treaties or trade, but from blood and bravery. While Germany controlled Europe,...
