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Trump wants to fire federal workers who don’t return to office, calls telework deal ‘ridiculous’

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday vowed to fire federal employees who don't come back into the office, threatening to file a lawsuit challenging a Biden administration labor contract that cemented remote work benefits for thousands of government workers.

Trump open to granting a pardon to NYC Mayor Eric Adams for federal fraud, bribery charges

President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning New York City Mayor Eric Adams, saying he believes the mayor was treated "pretty unfairly."

Biden handcuffs Trump to dangerous China tech agreement

President Joe Biden‘s administration just agreed to a five-year extension to the science and technology sharing agreement with China. Established by President Jimmy Carter, the agreement has attracted increasing scrutiny in recent years because of China’s endemic use of U.S. scientific knowledge to bolster its military and intelligence services. Biden has made a bad decision […]

Planned Parenthood’s federally funded mess

Defunding Planned Parenthood is now an attainable goal for the pro-life movement. President-elect Donald Trump aimed to do so during his first time in office, and the pressure remains for his coming term. The case is nondiscriminatory: Planned Parenthood uses its funding poorly and dishonestly. A look into the rampant unionization and various substandard working […]

Lee Edwards chronicled conservatism and countered communism

The night was June 12, 2007, and Lee Edwards was beaming. After years of work, his personal brainchild was coming to fruition: That day, he had unveiled in Washington a statue, a monument, to the “victims of communism,” as the first step toward a later museum, now thriving, on the same subject. At a major […]

WH: Drones not national security risk, argues administration has made ‘good faith effort’ to be transparent

The White House on Monday said that the drones that have been spotted in the Northeast are not a national security or public safety risk, just after president-elect Trump questioned why officials have not been more forthcoming about the situation. “Having closely examined the data, having looked at the tips and collating them as best...

Huffman wins key vote to succeed Grijalva atop Natural Resources Democrats

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) won a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee vote Monday to succeed Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) as the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, advancing him to a full vote of the Democratic caucus. Huffman won the committee vote x to y, despite Grijalva’s endorsement of Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.),...

Democratic panel recommends Craig for top seat on Ag Committee

A key Democratic panel voted Monday to recommend Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) to be the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee in the next Congress, lending a big boost to the most junior lawmaker in the contest heading into a deciding vote of the full caucus on Tuesday.  Craig, a six-year veteran of Capitol...

DOGE takes aim at federal workers

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Federal employees fear push to shrink workforce President-elect Trump said he plans to issue an order to create a new class of federal employees — Schedule F — who could be easily hired and fired, much like...

Evening Report — Trump’s post-election presser

{beacon} Evening Report © AP Trump holds sweeping post-election presser President-elect Trump addressed a plethora of topics including vaccines, TikTok, the Russia-Ukraine war and drones in his first press conference since winning a second presidential term. • Trump was joined by Masayoshi Son, the SoftBank Group CEO, and Howard Lutnick, his pick for Commerce...

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