The Pentagon plans to cut 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs over the next several months via voluntary resignations and not replacing workers who leave, a senior defense official confirmed Tuesday. With a goal of cutting 5 to 8 percent of the Defense Department’s civilian workforce of more than 900,000, Pentagon leadership is looking to weed...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sued Kari Lake and the Trump administration Tuesday over efforts to defund the organization. Last week, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at eliminating the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which funds the radio station and Voice of America (VOA). Filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., the lawsuit says the...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday called for more details in President Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire with Russia that would spare energy and infrastructure targets, warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin is pressuring Ukraine in ground operations. Zelensky made his remarks in a press conference organized shortly after Trump held a phone call with...
President Trump’s decision to gut the government agency that oversees Voice of America (VOA) has shocked staffers, who have been ordered to stop working, and fueled concern about the U.S. retreating as a champion of press freedom worldwide. The president over the weekend signed an executive order that aimed to essentially eliminate seven federal agencies,...
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said it's clear that Russia "remains the obstacle to peace" following a highly anticipated phone call between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. “From these readouts, it's clear that Russia remains the obstacle to peace in Europe,” Coons said in a post on the social platform X. Trump...
PRESIDENT TRUMP and Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to make progress on a limited ceasefire agreement in Ukraine during a lengthy phone call on Tuesday that the White House says is the first step toward a longterm peace deal. Trump said Putin agreed to halt attacks on Ukraine’s energy systems and infrastructure. “We agreed to an immediate Ceasefire...
Kentucky lawmakers passed a measure Friday seeking to protect the controversial practice known as conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth, repealing an executive order from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear (Ky.) that restricted the practice. The state Legislature has a GOP majority in the House and Senate, which succeeded in passing the bill, which also prevents people...
A group of Democrats are calling on President Trump to remove FBI Director Kash Patel as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Fourteen Democratic members of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, chaired by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), expressed "grave concerns" over Patel's leadership position at the agency in...
Republican businesswoman and conservative commentator Tudor Dixon is considering a run for political office in Michigan, either for the U.S. Senate or Governor, again, and has praised President Trump for his actions since his return to the White House.
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) introduced a resolution to impeach U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who over the weekend ordered the Trump administration to halt deportations of Venezuelans whom it said were gang members. The move comes as President Trump is also calling for Boasberg’s impeachment, as the administration argues that his ruling, blocking Trump from...
President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs could go well beyond matching import taxes imposed on U.S. goods by other nations, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday. In an interview, Bessent said the Trump administration will consider policies including currency manipulation, industrial subsidies and labor conditions when calculating a country’s new tariff rate. “We are going to go...
President Trump is hoping to see more of the nation’s energy produced with coal, he said in a social media post Monday night. Trump wrote he is “authorizing” his administration to “immediately begin producing Energy” with coal. It’s not entirely clear what authorization he’s referring to, though when he first took office, Trump declared an...
Vice President Vance will take on the role of finance chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) as the party looks to keep its congressional majorities in 2026. The RNC announced the unprecedented move in a release on Tuesday, noting it’s the first time in the history of the GOP that the sitting vice president...
