Jan. 6 committee heads Thompson and Cheney say Biden pardons are 'not for breaking the law but for upholding it'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jan. 6 committee heads Thompson and Cheney say Biden pardons are 'not for breaking the law but for upholding it.'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jan. 6 committee heads Thompson and Cheney say Biden pardons are 'not for breaking the law but for upholding it.'
A President Donald Trump loyalist misgendered Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.), who is a transgender woman, on the House floor. While presiding over the House on Thursday, Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) introduced McBride as “the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride.” Rather than take the bait, however, she opted to eviscerate the Trump administration from a policy standpoint.
President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders Thursday, one targeting the International Criminal Court and a second on “anti-Christian bias.”
The order ending duty-free shipment of packages from China worth less than $800 had caused chaos.
The regional airline flight that disappeared in Alaska Thursday has been found and all 10 people who were aboard are dead, the US Coast Guard said Friday.
Members of Congress were blocked from entering a US Department of Education building on Friday, February 7, amid concerns over possible DOGE cuts to the agency and rumors of President Donald Trump shuttering the department entirely.In video posted to X by Florida Representative Maxwell Frost, multiple members of Congress, including Rep Maxine Waters (D-CA), appeared to be stopped from accessing the building.According to Fox News, 30 House Democrats came to the Department of Education to meet with acting Education Secretary Denise L Carter.In the post, Frost wrote, “They are blocking members of Congress from entering the Department of Education! Elon is allowed in and not the people? ILLEGAL.”According to another post to X by Frost, armed federal agents arrived to the building in response to the group trying to access the building. Credit: Rep. Maxwell Frost via Storyful
The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers: firefighters.
The State Department on Friday announced a $7 billion arms sale to Israel, circumventing the congressional review process, according to Rep. Gregory Meeks, the ranking member of top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
“They’ve called armed federal officers to the scene,” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said.
The Trump administration announced a $7 billion arms sale to Israel, including munitions and missiles, just days after Congress blocked an initial deal. The State Department said Friday that it approved $6.75 billion in munitions, guidance kits, fuzes and munitions support, including 2,166 GBU-39/B small-diameter bombs, for sale to Israel. In the other part of…
Andrew Gwynne allegedly sent racist, sexist and antisemitic messages in a WhatsApp group
The leaders of the new Irish coalition government confirm 11 nominees to Seanad Éireann (Irish Senate).
A federal judge late Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plan to place thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees on leave at midnight. Unions representing government employees sued to stop the shutdown of agency operations and restart the flow of foreign aid frozen by President Trump, who has accused the agency of fraud and corruption to justify…
Democrats have been powerless as they’ve watched President Donald Trump systematically move to dismantle federal agencies and push the bounds of his office with little concern about the fallout.
The former Federal Election Commission (FEC) chair Ellen Weintraub said during an interview that she is weighing her choices after her ouster from the post by President Trump earlier this week. “Well, I’m still considering all of my options at the moment, but I will tell you that my email has been turned off. My…
Rep. Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) said Thursday that she is leaving the House Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus due to frustration with tech billionaire Elon Musk and his perceived access to sensitive data. “Fundamentally, I don’t see how we can do this work when Elon Musk is blowing things up,” Hoyle said in an interview…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Friday setting aside $50 million to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the president’s mass-deportation plans.
NASA’s acting administrator said in a Friday email to staff that employees should take an open-minded approach to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s efforts to gain efficiencies.
Gwynne apologises for the "badly misjudged" messages and is suspended as a Labour party member.
In less than three weeks, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have upended the federal workforce, firing top officials, grinding billion-dollar agencies to a halt and convincing tens of thousands of workers to voluntarily leave their jobs.
An independent review of ABC war crime reporting that sparked criticism for editing gunshot footage has found the broadcaster failed in its duty to its audience.