WASHINGTON, D.C.—The White House’s Office of Personnel Management notified heads of agencies and departments that they must begin taking steps to close all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offices by the end of the day Wednesday and place government workers in those offices on paid leave, Fox News Digital has learned.
The U.S. Justice Department reportedly moved several senior officials to other divisions ahead of the Senate's anticipated confirmation of President Trump's attorney general pick.
In support of President Trump's executive orders, the Coast Guard will send additional resources to maritime borders, the military branch said Tuesday.
Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hitting the ground running Tuesday with meetings with his counterparts in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, known as the Quad, which includes India, Australia and Japan, a bloc formed to counter Chinese clout in the Indo-Pacific. The meeting is set to take place Tuesday afternoon at 2:45 p.m. ET...
The reverend at the National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration called on President Trump to have mercy on transgender children and immigrant families in her sermon on Tuesday. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde said to Trump, who was sitting in the first pew, that millions of Americans have “put their trust in you” before making...
President Trump is expected to attend an inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral, meet with Republican leaders, and continue to work on executive and congressional actions on Day Two of his second administration.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said it "regrets" President Trump's move to withdraw from the global health authority, saying it hopes the U.S. will reconsider the decision. President Trump signed an executive order on the first day of his second term announcing his intent to withdraw from the WHO, citing what he referred...
The Senate Finance Committee voted 16-11 on Tuesday morning to advance the nomination of Scott Bessent, President Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) bucked party lines to join Republicans in backing the nomination. But the vote did not come without last-minute opposition from Democrats. Senate Finance Chairman Ron...
Comedian Jon Stewart on Monday criticized the appearance of tech moguls at President Trump’s inauguration. “Yes, taking the place of seats normally reserved for Democratic or Republican governors, sat Zuck, Bezos, Tim Cook, Elon, Tic Tac guy, Google guy, the six guys who control maybe 20 percent of the world's wealth and 100 percent of...
Former Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), whom President Trump nominee selected to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is scheduled to testify at her confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Stefanik will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee starting at 10 a.m. EST. Watch it live in the video player above.
A bipartisan bill called the Protecting Students on Campus Act, recently reintroduced in the Senate, aims to make it easier for students to file civil rights complaints against their schools. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) reintroduced the legislation after previously bringing it forth...
President Trump's commitment to border security and immigration reform is supported by Utah Sen. John Curtis, who emphasizes the need to uphold both compassion and the rule of law in addressing the issue of illegal immigration.
President Trump ended his Inaugural Ball on Monday with a dance that included fist pumps and a large sword. At the end of Monday's event at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., "YMCA" by The Village people began to play, as it has at many Trump rallies and events in recent months....
Jon Stewart is defending former first lady Michelle Obama for displaying a "consistent ethical stance" by skipping President Trump's inauguration. "Former President Obama was there, George Bush seemed kind of there," Stewart said on Monday's "The Daily Show," name-checking former commanders in chief and critics of Trump who attended the 47th president's inauguration at the Capitol. "Even...
President Trump criticized former President Biden for pardoning several members of his family during his last moments as commander in chief, with Trump arguing the actions make “him look very guilty.” "That makes him look very guilty," Trump said while speaking to reporters late Monday in the Oval Office as he signed a number of...
We need to think creatively about threats to open inquiry and ways to preserve and enhance free expression on campus. Reiterating well-worn attacks on DEI will not help in that effort.
