President Trump insisted that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and close Trump adviser Elon Musk have a "great relationship" following an explosive report that the two clashed during a contentious Cabinet meeting on Thursday. The secretary of state and tech billionaire reportedly got into a heated argument about workforce cuts, with Musk telling Rubio that...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using polygraph tests to figure out who could be leaking information to news outlets, with some agency officials contending the disclosed information has hampered immigration enforcement efforts, multiple outlets reported. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ordered in an internal directive, first reported by Bloomberg Government last month, that every...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected President Trump’s push for nuclear deal talks between the two nations, arguing the initiative is only a gateway for Washington to impose new demands and limit Tehran’s military capabilities. “Some coercive governments insist on negotiations. Such negotiations aren’t aimed at solving issues. Their aim is to exert their...
Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee are asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to probe what’s driving the price hikes in rent and housing costs for military families. Specifically, 15 Democrats — led by the committee’s ranking member, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) — wrote a letter on Monday asking the Department...
Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday cleared crucial hurdles toward winning Senate confirmation, handing President Trump a key win as he looks for an early display of loyalty from GOP lawmakers. Gabbard and Kennedy overcame high-stakes committee votes that went down to the wire in their bids to lead the U.S. Intelligence...
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council and from participating in UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Trump also directed the U.S. to review its participation in the U.N.'s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the body that uses culture and history as...
The Marine Corps has passed an audit for the second year in a row, the only military service to do so, the branch announced Tuesday. “Independent auditors verified that the Marine Corps’ financial records are materially accurate, complete, and compliant with federal regulations and issued an unmodified opinion for Fiscal Year 2024,” Marine Corps officials...
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday advanced Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to become the next director of national intelligence (DNI), putting her in position to get confirmed by the full chamber after key senators threw their support behind her. The 9-8 vote was along party lines. It puts Gabbard only days away from being considered on...
Israel's new ambassador to the United States, Yechiel "Michael" Leiter, is committed to maintaining Israel's security buffers along its borders and advocating for the complete destruction of Hamas, ensuring that Gaza can never again threaten Israeli safety.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that El Salvador’s offer to house American criminals in its prison system is “very generous” but could face “legalities.” “There are obviously legalities involved. We have a constitution,” Rubio said at a press conference in San Jose with Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves on Tuesday, according to...
Trump administration officials say the five-year timeline laid out in later phases of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas is too short, estimating the timeline will be at least twice that. While officials were cautious about explicitly backing Trump's suggestion to "clean out" Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and house them elsewhere during reconstruction,...
The Congressional Research Service, a federal agency tasked with legislative research and analysis, published a Monday report declaring President Trump does not have the “authority” to abolish USAID. “Because Congress established USAID as an independent establishment (defined in 5 U.S.C. 104) within the executive branch, the President does not have the authority to abolish it;...
Two Office of Personnel Management employees are asking a court to block the agency from using computer systems and emails connected with its buyout offers to federal employees. It’s the latest battle in a suit that alleges OPM violated the law by sending out emails purporting to be from “[email protected]” – assembling a new dataset...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said Tuesday he will introduce legislation to empower parents to sue leading social media companies over alleged harms to children and teens. "Social media platforms don't change because they don't have any incentive, which is a very polite way of saying, there's no hammer on these people. They do whatever they...
Greenland’s Parliament on Tuesday debated whether it would ban political donations from foreign or anonymous contributors. The island territory's Inatsisartut examined a proposal that would ban political parties from receiving domestic private contributions of more than 200,000 Danish kroner — which is nearly $28,000. It would also ban an individual contributor from exceeding 20,000 kroner,...
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