news2shortsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republicans on Thursday passed legislation they called the “strongest” immigration enforcement bill in any state after a fight that amplified political tensions within the party as they aimed to help President Donald Trump.
Two key Republican senators’ votes today on the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be health and human services secretary illustrate the new order of the party under President Donald Trump.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as the new secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), hours after being confirmed in the Republican-controlled Senate Thursday by a close vote of 52-48 that was almost entirely along party lines. Kennedy stood in the Oval Office alongside his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, and accompanied by his … Read more
New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, has rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite a doctor who was charged there with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor. ‘I will not be signing an extradition order that came from the governor of Louisiana,’ Hochul said at a news conference in Manhattan. ‘Not now, not ever’ Continue … Read more
The new administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldin, said he has canceled a Biden-era $50 million environmental justice grant to an organization that believes “climate justice travels through a Free Palestine.” Zeldin, who was sworn in as the EPA administrator at the end of January, was a guest on “The Story with … Read more
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said a plan was being worked on to allow federal immigration authorities to operate on Rikers Island following a meeting with border czar Tom Homan, a significant step given the city’s sanctuary policies. Adams met with Homan during a closed-door meeting. In a statement, he said an … Read more
Office of personnel management orders agencies to dismiss workers who had not yet gained civil service protection The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the country’s largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service … Read more
During a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Donald Trump announced a plan to impose “fair and reciprocal” tariffs against U.S. trading partners. NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor reports.
President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a joint news conference at the White House, where Modi spoke of his optimism of a good partnership between the U.S. and India, and added that his vision for a developed India is to “Make India Great Again,” or “MIGA.”
Hundreds of thousands of people could potentially be affected, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management.
