Wrestling mogul and Trump education pick McMahon clears Senate committee in heavyweight decision

The consideration of Linda McMahon to run the Department of Education (DOED) will head to a full Senate vote after the Trump nominee advanced in a heavyweight decision on Thursday. McMahon testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee during her confirmation hearing last week, when she was grilled on recent spending cuts … Read more

Trump’s birthright order to remain blocked; Pentagon to cut $50B

The Pentagon is in the cost-cutting crosshairs of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth orders officials to find $50 billion in cuts to the defense budget. Meanwhile, an appeals court rules that President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship will remain blocked. NBC’s Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.

IRS to lay off roughly 7,000 employees in Trump downsizing spree

Layoffs affect workers with around one year or less of service at Internal Revenue Service as tax deadline looms The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning on Thursday, a person familiar with the plans told the Associated Press. The layoffs affect probationary employees … Read more

Why Trump’s water releases were dangerous for California’s levees

The condition of the state’s system was already precarious when the US president ordered billions of gallons be let out First, there was Donald Trump’s executive order to release billions of gallons of water from two reservoirs in California’s Central valley, a move the feds walked back after farmers and water experts decried it as … Read more

Kash Patel’s confirmation as Trump FBI pick ‘will haunt you,’ Senate Dems warn GOP ahead of vote

Democrats on the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee claimed their GOP counterparts would “rue the day” they confirm FBI Director nominee Kash Patel, who is slated for a final vote Thursday afternoon and is expected to be approved.  “There’s no question here he is unqualified and unprepared,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said outside the FBI headquarters … Read more