Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy Friday proposed legislation that would permanently eliminate the positions of chief diversity officer and senior adviser for diversity and inclusion at the Department of Defense.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrived at the White House on Friday with plans to convince President Trump to reverse his hardline stance opposing the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japanese company.
The U.S. Agency for International Development says all direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave around the globe on Friday, with a plan to return workers to the U.S. within 30 days.
President Trump laid down a demand Friday for a "balanced budget" while a nonpartisan budget group estimated his tax priorities will cost at least $5 trillion over 10 years and perhaps double that.
President Trump’s Justice Department on Friday abandoned the Biden administration’s Supreme Court challenge to gender-affirming care bans for minors, but the new administration urged the justices to still resolve the issue this term. The Supreme Court has not yet issued a decision after hearing arguments late last year in the challenge against Tennessee’s ban, SB1. The Biden administration...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is asking Congress to investigate the Trump administration's plans for “imminent mass layoffs” of as many as 200,000 employees hired within the last two years ago. The letter comes as departments across government have been asked to assemble a list of employees still on prohibition after being hired. The...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Friday reintroduced legislation to establish a Cabinet-level "Department of Peacebuilding," with the goal of cultivating a culture of peace at home and abroad. The bill is inspired by former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), who proposed a similar bill in 2001, as did former Sen. Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) in 2005 and...
President Trump is hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday in the second visit by a foreign leader to the White House this week. Trump will host a joint press conference with Ishiba, who took office in October and told reporters before departing for Washington that his goal was to forge a “personal relationship”...