news2shortsA federal judge indicated that he is “likely” to release immigration files on Prince Harry after the first hearing in the royal’s high-profile case since President Donald Trump took office. U.S. District Court Judge Carl J. Nichols said Harry’s files should be released “to the maximum extent possible,” during Wednesday’s hearing in Washington, D.C., according … Read more
President Donald Trump is ready to take his fight against transgender athletes to the International Olympic Committee.
A U.S. official said the CIA sent an unclassified list of employees to the White House to comply with President Trump’s executive order to reduce the federal workforce. Raising security concerns, some lawmakers are calling the list a “disastrous national security development.” NBC News’ Dan De Luce reports on the concerns among former intelligence officials … Read more
Offer to 2m employees for eight months’ severance pay and benefits expires on Thursday night at 11.59pm ET US politics live – latest updates The deadline for federal workers to decide whether to accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration loomed on Thursday as reports said more than 40,000 workers had already chosen to … Read more
The president’s Gaza proposal is a signal that old-school, blunt-force US expansionism seems to be back in fashion Donald Trump’s proposal that the US take ownership of the Gaza Strip, expel and resettle the people there, and turn Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” has outraged Palestinians, shocked the international community and even … Read more
A Democratic representative told the US House on Wednesday he was bringing articles of impeachment against Donald Trump for his proposal to ‘take over Gaza’. Al Green said the president’s proposal was a ‘dastardly deed’ that amounted to ethnic cleansing. Green, a firebrand politician who launched a number of unsuccessful attempts to impeach Trump during … Read more
The American Accountability Foundation publishes pictures of federal workers it wants fired online. Plus, Spain scorns Israeli claim that it should take in Palestinians for opposing its war in Gaza Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. A rightwing group behind a series of “blacklists” of federal government employees … Read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom hailed President Donald Trump following a “very productive” meeting at the White House on Wednesday. Newsom traveled to Washington to push for increased federal funding for recovery efforts after wildfires devastated tens of thousands of acres in the Los Angeles area. The governor held two meetings on Capitol Hill before traveling … Read more
US secretary of state repeats remarks by Donald Trump about ‘expropriation of private property’ in African nation The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has accused South Africa of “anti-Americanism” and refused to attend a G20 meeting in Johannesburg later this month, as diplomatic ties sour between the two countries under Donald Trump’s administration. Rubio … Read more
President Donald Trump signs a new executive order trying to ban transgender athletes from women sports, an issue he campaigned on. The order would take federal funds away from any school that doesn’t comply and the NCAA has announced it will follow the “new clear, national standard.” NBC’s Ryan Nobles reports for TODAY.
