Judge blocks Trump from firing head of US agency that investigates corruption

Ruling reinstates Hampton Dellinger to Office of Special Counsel as president targets bureaucrats with mass layoffs A judge blocked Donald Trump’s attempt to fire the head of a body that protects whistleblowers and investigates corruption. Late on Wednesday Judge Amy Berman Jackson reversed the White House order sacking Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office … Read more

Johnson says Aaron Rodgers embodied Jets as team and QB part ways

Quarterback played two injury-hit seasons with Jets Team left with question mark at quarterback The New York Jets’ brief and unhappy Aaron Rodgers era is over after the team told him they are moving on at quarterback. Reports had emerged last week the team were parting ways with Rodgers and the Jets confirmed the news … Read more

Pentagon schools suspend library books for ‘compliance review’ under Trump orders

Revealed: defense department sends memo that it’s reviewing for books ‘related to gender … or discriminatory equity ideology topics’ Tens of thousands of American children studying in Pentagon schools serving US military families have had all access to library books suspended for a week while officials conduct a “compliance review” under Donald Trump’s crackdown on … Read more

USL announces intention to start new league at same tier as MLS

USL president says new competition is not a threat to MLS Would give USL competitions at every level of men’s soccer The United Soccer Leagues (USL), the organization that administers most of the lower-division leagues in the United States, will announce on Thursday that it intends to add a new league to its portfolio: One … Read more

Valentine’s Day may be the world’s most hated holiday – but I won’t be joining the pile-on | James Colley

You don’t need flowers, chocolates or a card. You don’t even need to be celebrating romantic love. But I like the idea of recognising the everlasting surprise of loving and being loved Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It’s pure commercialism. It was invented by greeting card companies. It is … Read more

Fetterman says there ‘isn’t a constitutional crisis’ with the Trump administration: report

A prominent Democrat is arguing that “there isn’t a constitutional crisis” happening right now with the Trump administration.  Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., reportedly made the remark to HuffPost on Wednesday, the same day White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt declared that “the real constitutional crisis is taking place within our judicial branch, where district court … Read more

Comer, Lee roll out bicameral bill to fast-track Trump’s government reorganization plans through Congress

FIRST ON FOX: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer and Sen. Mike Lee are introducing bicameral legislation Thursday that would fast-track President Donald Trump’s federal government reorganizations plans through Congress, Fox News Digital has learned.  Comer, R-Ky., will introduce the Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 in the House Thursday, while Lee, R-Utah, will roll it … Read more

Trump’s senseless capitulation to Putin is a betrayal of Ukraine – and terrible dealmaking | Timothy Garton Ash

As the US and its European allies head to the Munich security conference, Europe must learn from its tragic history and oppose appeasement Donald Trump’s appeasement of Vladimir Putin makes Neville Chamberlain look like a principled, courageous realist. At least Chamberlain was trying to prevent a major European war, whereas Trump is acting in the … Read more