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Vice-president accused of threatening constitution after saying judges have no right to restrain president’s agenda JD Vance, the US vice-president, has been accused of threatening the US constitution after telling judges who have issued rulings temporarily blocking some of Donald Trump’s most contentious executive orders that they “aren’t allowed” to control the president’s “legitimate power”. … Read more

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., unveiled on Monday the Democrats’ counter-offensive plan against the broad government audit being conducted by President Donald Trump’s temporary agency, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).  “Senate Democrats have a responsibility to fight back on behalf of American families as Republicans look the other way in obedience to Donald … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: More than 100 congressional lawmakers have lined up behind the goal of cutting government waste, as Republicans and Democrats wage an aggressive ideological battle over the merits of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Congressional DOGE Caucus was founded shortly after President Donald Trump tapped Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead an … Read more

James Watt, 26, sentenced to three years of probation after earning over $1.3m worth of bitcoin for false documents An Indiana man has been sentenced to three years of probation for making fake IDs after being caught working for a website that publicly declared: “Your #1 Trusted Source for Fake IDs”. James Watt, 26, pleaded … Read more

President Donald Trump is getting what he wants. Specifically, who he wants to serve in his administration.  The nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., for attorney general last November?  That was a lifetime ago. Pushed out. Withdrawn. Unconfirmable. Whatever you want to call it. OUT OF POWER: DEMOCRATS DISORIENTED IN FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP AGENDA … Read more

The US president’s tariffs pose as worker protection, but they’re a smokescreen – his bluster trades US credibility for a $4.6tn tax-cutting giveaway to the rich In 2020, Donald Trump scrapped the North American free trade agreement, replacing it with the “United States Mexico Canada agreement”, which he bragged was “the fairest, most balanced, and … Read more

A federal judge in Rhode Island Monday said that the Trump administration violated his order halting a sweeping federal funding freeze and ordered the government to “immediately restore frozen funding.”

President Donald Trump is expected to pardon former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Fox News has learned.  Blagojevich, a former “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant, served eight years in prison on charges stemming from his effort to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat after Obama won the 2008 presidential election. Trump commuted his 14-year sentence in 2020.  GRAHAM … Read more

The Department of Veterans Affairs canceled $178,000 in subscriptions to Politico Pro, VA Secretary Doug Collins announced Monday. Collins announced the move on X, saying his office had only recently become aware of the contract. The cancelation comes after President Donald Trump’s administration revealed that the federal government had paid over $8 million to Politico … Read more

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instituted a ban on allowing transgender people to join the military late last week, following a directive from President Donald Trump. A memo dated Feb. 7 and signed by the defense secretary says, “Effective immediately, all new accessions for individuals with a history of gender dysphoria are paused.”  “All scheduled, unscheduled, … Read more