Jewish Republican compared Trump ‘Haitians eating cats’ claim to ‘targeting Jews’, book says

Max Miller of Ohio, appointed by Trump to a Holocaust committee, was ‘privately infuriated’ by repeated racist lies A Jewish Republican congressman whom Donald Trump appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council compared Trump and his running mate JD Vance’s extremist attacks on Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, during last year’s presidential campaign to … Read more

Federal judge appointed by Trump quits group over statement on threats

A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump in 2018 announced that he had resigned from the largest association of federal judges, decrying how the group issued a rare statement last week condemning recent alleged threats against judges but stayed quiet for years while conservative members of the judiciary faced scrutiny and attack.  Judge James … Read more

Her grandpa brewed beer in his cellar in Iran. Last month she canned 30,000 brews that taste like home

Zahra Tabatabai’s Back Home Beer features select Middle Eastern flavors, and she’s looking to expand its reach nationally Business heats up for Zahra Tabatabai in March, the month of Nowruz, the 13-day Persian new year festival, which begins this year on 20 March. The Iranian American Brooklynite’s craft beers are infused with Middle Eastern flavors … Read more

First on Fox: House Republican campaign arm targets vulnerable Democrats who ‘voted to shut down’ government

EXCLUSIVE — The House GOP’s campaign committee is taking aim at congressional Democrats for voting against a measure to fund the federal government through Sept. 30 and avoid a government shutdown at the end of this week.  The National Republican Congressional Committee is launching digital ads against 35 House Democrats who may face challenging or … Read more

Education department plans to cut half its workforce as Trump vows to wind agency down – US politics live

Secretary of education Linda McMahon says move is part of president’s mission to dismantle department Taoiseach Micheál Martin is meeting Donald Trump at 10am US time for the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations, a week early this year because of congressional recess. He plans to tell Trump that the trade imbalance raised by secretary of … Read more

Trump ban on funding for trans procedures would be law under GOP senator’s bill: ‘Permanent fix’

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., is introducing new legislation to make President Donald Trump’s executive order banning the use of federal funds for transgender surgical procedures permanent, ensuring it remains in effect long after he leaves office. Marshall’s End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act will prohibit the use of federal funding for … Read more

NASA spent $13M on DEI under Biden while critical mission, quality controls flailed, watchdog group says

While issues at NASA grew under former President Joe Biden, the space agency prioritized embedding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives into its workforce, according to a new report from watchdog group OpenTheBooks. Amid preparations for its Starliner capsule mission — which ultimately went awry, leaving two astronauts stranded in space — NASA spent more … Read more