Leveraging the return-to-work order could facilitate the relocation of tens of thousands of federal workers within months by building on where they already live and work.
The Trump White House on Tuesday defended a widespread pause on federal grants and loans in the face of confusion among nonprofit groups and outrage from Democrats over the order. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt fielded several questions at her first briefing about the pause, which was announced late Monday and goes into effect Tuesday at...
More than a dozen U.S. and Canadian Jewish groups said Tuesday they will leave the social media platform X, stating it "has become rife with toxic speech" amid Elon Musk's changes to the popular social networking app. "More than a dozen U.S. and Canadian Jewish groups said Tuesday they will leave the social media platform...
Andrew McCabe, former deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), said President Trump is aiming to have the Department of Justice (DOJ) return to “pre-1970s days” after the agency fired several prosecutors who handled the president’s criminal investigations. “This is a complete undermining of that system and essentially a return to those pre-1970s days...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) likened President Trump’s onslaught of executive action to a “blitzkrieg” whose ultimate goal is to “collapse our democracy.” “The freezing of federal grants, the firing of all inspector generals, the immunization of political violence — does everybody not see what’s happening?” Murphy wrote in a post on X on Tuesday. “In a blitzkrieg,...
Social media posts mistakenly identified a law enforcement-themed ice cream truck as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle, leading its owner to fear for his safety.
Two federal employees are suing the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to block the agency from creating a new email distribution system — an action that comes as the information will reportedly be directed to a former staffer to Elon Musk now at the agency. The suit, launched by two anonymous federal employees, ties together two...
A document released Tuesday by the Vatican outlines ethical guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence and issued a warning that the technology could “undermine the foundations of society.” In the document, Pope Francis highlighted the risks associated with AI. It comes just a day after a new Chinese AI model, DeepSeek, shook up the...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem (R) will address staffers at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the first time Tuesday afternoon. The Senate confirmed Noem to lead DHS in a 59-34 vote on Saturday, marking a relatively smooth process as other nominees face more scrutiny. Noem, the former governor of South Dakota, was also...
President Trump's visit to East Palestine, Ohio, was the turning point in his election win, and inspired his first trip to North Carolina and California, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.