Norm Eisen, a former White House ethics lawyer, said that President Trump is "testing and pushing the limits" during the first week of his second term, adding that such actions are common in dictatorships. Eisen joined MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” on Sunday, where he weighed in on Trump's late-night firings of the inspectors general...
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Monday barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, part of a broader effort to crack down on what his administration has described as “gender insanity” in the federal government. Trump on Jan. 20, during his first hours in office, revoked an executive order signed...
The U.S. Air Force resumed using training material that referred to the Tuskegee Airmen after the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives caused an internal review. Following Trump’s order last week, the Air Force had removed all training courses with references of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black airmen in the...
Former second gentleman Doug Emhoff is returning to his career as a private attorney after his wife, former Vice President Kamala Harris, lost the presidential election. A longtime entertainment attorney, Emhoff has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as a partner and will split his time between Los Angeles and New York, the law firm announced Monday. ...
America has fallen through the looking glass into an un-wonderland where the Red Queen’s demand for “sentence before verdict” has become the law of the land.
Senate Democrats are unveiling a resolution Monday that would condemn President Trump’s pardons of those found guilty of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The effort, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.), would declare that the Senate...
Comedian Bill Maher and former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) got into a heated exchange over President Trump's efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. "If you’re talking about the use of force to achieve your political goals, I think it’s somewhat on topic," Gaetz said while appearing on Maher's "Club Random" podcast and...
Service members dismissed from the military for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 will be reinstated with full back pay and benefits under an executive order President Trump is expected to sign Monday. The move makes good on a Trump campaign promise and is something he previewed during his inaugural address. It’s part of...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says the Senate needs to investigate President Trump’s decision to end his former national security adviser John Bolton’s personal security protection. Bolton, who clashed with Trump at the end of his first term, had been under Secret Service protection because of a threat on his life from Iran. Graham, during an...