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Trump Admin Suspends Dozens of USAID Staff After Aid Freeze
The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on aid worldwide. The administration on Saturday urged USAID ...
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:30:13 EDTAbortion Opponents Won't Oppose RFK HHS Nomination
Anti-abortion groups have decided not to launch a campaign opposing the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Human and Health Services despite his support for abortion, Politico said.
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:35:37 EDTTrump Fires 3 Democrats on Privacy Oversight Board
President Donald Trump ordered the removal of three Democrats from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), leaving the agency with one remaining board member.
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:34:46 EDTTrump Says Microsoft Is in Talks to Acquire TikTok
President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app. This is a developing story....
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:13:01 EDTTrump 'Not 100 Percent Sure' He's Barred From 3rd Term
President Donald Trump once again hinted at the idea of serving a third term, saying he was "not 100% sure" he was barred from doing so under the Constitution, which forbids it. Trump has repeatedly alluded to the possibility that he might go beyond the current two-term ...
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:38:13 EDTEU Official: No Greenland Negotiations
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, announced Monday that Europe would not be "negotiating" with the United States over Greenland. "We are not negotiating on Greenland," Kallas said at a press conference in Brussels.
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:29:26 EDTHispanic Caucus Seeks Unified Voice Toward Trump
Internal tensions have roiled the Congressional Hispanic Caucus as it seeks a path forward in the Trump administration. The group's House members have become frustrated with what they see is an overly passive approach by their counterparts in the Senate, a new report...
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:14:36 EDTDOJ Official Resigns Over Move to Probe Sanctuary Cities
A senior Department of Justice official resigned Monday after being notified of his reassignment to an enforcement initiative targeting sanctuary cities, according to multiple reports.
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 19:11:19 EDTSpeaker Johnson: Voter ID Condition For Calif. Aid on Table
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that conditioning federal aid to California in the wake of devastating wildfires on policy changes in the state, including those involving election security, is a "common-sense notion supported by the vast majority of the American...
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:54:17 EDTTrump Vows Tariffs on Computer Chips, Steel, Drugs
President Donald Trump said Monday he plans to impose tariffs on imported computer chips, pharmaceuticals and steel in an effort to get the producers to make them in the United States. Trump, speaking at his Doral golf club to Republican lawmakers, said he would also impose ...
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:35:44 EDTMaryland Pols: Restore Full Operations to NIH
Maryland's two senators and a congressman have called on the Trump administration to restore all services to the National Institute of Health, saying they had grave concerns about recent changes to the agency, which is headquartered in Bethesda.
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:41:19 EDTBiden Opened $75M DEI Teacher Fund Before Leaving
Days before President Donald Trump's inauguration, former President Joe Biden's Department of Education opened a $75 million grant fund for nonwhites, federal records reviewed by the Washington Examiner on Monday show.
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:59:47 EDTDem Conn. Gov. Lamont to Illegals: You're Welcome Here
Connecticut's governor and attorney general, both Democrats, have publicly embraced illegal immigrants in their state amid President Donald Trump's mission of mass deportations and securing of the nation's borders.
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:29:30 EDTAlbanian PM: No Talks on Taking in Gazan Refugees
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Monday denied reports that his country is holding talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on taking in 100,000 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:50:12 EDTIndiana Man Pardoned by Trump Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop
An Indiana man was fatally shot by a deputy during a traffic stop just days after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump for a misdemeanor related to the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot. Matthew Huttle, 42, of Hobart was killed Sunday by a Jasper County sheriff's deputy ...
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:25:00 EDTFired IG Says Trump Terminations a 'Threat to Democracy'
In the wake of his firing by President Donald Trump, Hannibal Ware, the former Small Business Administration inspector general, said he and others are examining whether the terminations are lawful and if they pose a danger to American democracy.
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:02:22 EDTFlorida's GOP Legislature Hands Rare Rebuke to DeSantis
Republicans in the Florida legislature on Monday handed Gov. Ron DeSantis a rare rebuke by halting his planned crackdown on immigration in the state and instead moving ahead with their own proposals, The Guardian has reported.
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:02:57 EDTSen. Collins Not Convinced Gabbard Has Reversed Course on Section 702
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is not convinced director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard has reversed course on her previous opposition to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows surveillance on non-U.S. individuals outside the country, reports The Hill.
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:34:31 EDTHouse Opens Investigation Into Four Sanctuary Cities
The House Oversight Committee sent letters, obtained by Newsmax, to the mayors of four sanctuary cities on Monday, informing them of a congressional investigation into their "misguided" sanctuary policies and the impacts on public safety and called them to a hearing next ...
Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:48:24 EDTReport: DOJ Sacks Members of Jack Smith's Prosecution Team
More than a dozen officials who worked on Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith's prosecutions of President Donald Trump reportedly have been given pink slips because Acting Attorney General James McHenry said they could not be trusted to "faithfully" implement the president’s agenda.
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