news2shortsAbortions are set to resume in Missouri after a judge blocked regulations that had restricted providers even after voters approved enshrining abortion rights into the state’s constitution.
Trump had said defense bureau was high on list of world’s richest man’s federal budget and personnel slashing team Members of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” arrived at the Pentagon Friday, in what appeared to be their first meeting with defense department staff, a US official told Reuters. The official spoke on condition of … Read more
A federal judge on Friday extended a temporary order that blocks Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team from accessing payment systems within the Treasury Department. The extension comes after 19 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over DOGE’s access to the payment system, which has information about Americans’ Social … Read more
Federal prosecutors on Friday asked a judge to drop the Justice Department’s case against New York Mayor Eric Adams, following the departure of several prosecutors who opted to resign rather than follow through with bringing the charges against Adams. The news comes after a federal prosecutor, Hagan Scotten, resigned Friday in a scathing letter, accusing … Read more
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Elon Musk-led group tasked with eliminating wasteful spending, on Friday said it found $1.9 billion that was misplaced by the Biden administration. The funds were from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and have been recovered. “$1.9 billion of HUD money was just recovered after being … Read more
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A judge said in a ruling Friday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could not terminate employees without cause, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the agency.
President Trump’s move to freeze U.S. foreign aid spending is creating chaos around the world, as the stop-work order has a real-time impact on people’s wellbeing and America’s reputation. In Cambodia, demining teams are now scaling back the delicate and dangerous task of cleaning up millions of landmines and unexploded bombs. Janis Mackey Frayer spends … Read more
President Donald Trump’s administration has secured the release of 11 U.S. hostages held by foreign governments since taking office less than one month ago, according to the White House. The Trump administration has emphasized arranging the release of U.S. hostages under his second administration and welcomed U.S. Marc Fogel, a U.S. history teacher who had … Read more
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells Kristen Welker that without military support from the United States, Ukraine could be vulnerable to another Russian attack.
