news2shortsIt is unclear how the revised guidance will affect probationary federal workers who have already been fired The Trump administration appears to be walking back its directive to fire probationary employees. The reversal comes less than a week after a federal judge in California temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ordering the US defense department … Read more
Republican Tina Peters of Colorado was sentenced to nine years for her role in voter interference data-breach scheme Donald Trump’s justice department said it will review the Colorado conviction of former election clerk Tina Peters, who received a nine-year prison sentence for her role in a voting system data-breach scheme as part of an unsuccessful … Read more
Carefully curated guests will underscores administration’s hard line on transgender and immigration When Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night for the first time in his second term, the make up of the packed crowd will serve as a reminder of political tensions that frame both the administration’s and the opposition’s … Read more
President Donald Trump, the consummate showman, is hyping his primetime address Tuesday to a joint session of Congress. “TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE BIG. I WILL TELL IT LIKE IT IS!” the president touted in a social media post on the eve of his first major speech to Congress since the start of his second presidential … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday said her agency “will not be deterred” by leaks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid was leaked ahead of time — the latest leak to dog the agency. “We will not be deterred by leaks. If you come to this country and break our laws, we … Read more
WASHINGTON — Freshman Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., will deliver Democrats’ response to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday.
The former chairwoman of a little-known agency that hears appeals by fired or disciplined federal government employees has been ordered reinstated to her position by a federal judge. Cathy Harris, a Democrat who led the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) until she was fired by President Donald Trump on Feb. 10, has been put back … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court looked skeptically Tuesday at Mexico’s efforts to hold American gunmakers legally responsible for their weapons being smuggled in and contributing to that country’s drug cartel violence. In a brisk 90-minute oral argument, the justices debated whether the production and sale of firearms in the United States is the “proximate cause” of … Read more
From lumber to drywall to appliances to finishings, much of what goes into a U.S. home comes from outside American borders.
Lately, Musk’s beef has merged with a general conviction on the right that the site is biased against conservatives.
