news2shortsSupporters protested outside Children’s Hospital Los Angeles after it announced it would pause gender-affirming care for new patients under the age of 19. The hospital said the decision resulted from President Trump’s executive orders.
Lawsuit seeks order blocking ‘unconstitutional and illegal actions’ that have created ‘global humanitarian crisis’ The largest US government workers’ union and an association of foreign service workers sued the Trump administration on Thursday in an effort to reverse its aggressive dismantling of the US Agency for International Development. The lawsuit, filed in Washington, DC federal … Read more
An aircraft used by a state-owned Venezuelan natural gas company to evade U.S. sanctions and export control laws for the benefit of the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was seized in the Dominican Republic Thursday, authorities said. The seizure of the Dassault Falcon 2000EX aircraft used by Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA), the sanctioned Venezuelan … Read more
The courts are slamming the brakes on some of President Donald Trump’s efforts to quickly trim and transform the federal government.
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says that his country will accept migrants from other countries during a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. NBC News’ Julia Ainsley spoke to President Arévalo about his decision.
A House lawmaker Thursday jokingly suggested making therapy dogs a permanent fixture in committee hearings after voicing his concern about the “mental stability” of Democrats a day earlier. On Wednesday, as Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform discussed wasteful government spending, Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., asked about bringing in therapy dogs for … Read more
President Donald Trump fired the U.S. Federal Election Commission Commissioner and Chair Ellen Weintraub, sending her a letter regarding her “removal.” Trump took office Jan. 20, and since then has taken on a massive government makeover, sidelining and firing hundreds of top agency officials and civil servants as he attempts to install more loyalists and … Read more
Ellen Weintraub of Federal Election Commission rejects letter from president that claims she has been removed United States Federal Election Commission commissioner and chair Ellen Weintraub said on Thursday she received a letter from Donald Trump that purports to fire her but added that the action was illegal. In a post on X, Weintraub attached … Read more
The U.S. Agency of International Development is expected to be reduced to about 290 workers from the more than 5,000 foreign service officers, civil servants and personal service contractors it currently employs, according to two sources familiar with the plans.
President Trump signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing the body of improperly targeting the United States and Israel.
