news2shortsUS and French presidents disagree over aid and efforts to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine. Plus, are airships the future again? Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The meeting was cordial, at times even warm, but the fracture lines in the transatlantic partnership were clear. Here’s what … Read more
Millions of people around the world are today feeling the repercussions of President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze international aid for 90 days and shut down the U.S.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is cutting more than 1,400 probationary workers occupying “non-mission critical positions,” according to a Monday news release. “Those dismissed today are bargaining-unit probationary employees who have served less than a year in a competitive service appointment or who have served less than two years in an excepted service appointment,” … Read more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that state authorities working with the Department of Homeland Security are conducting an immigration and law enforcement operation in Colony Ridge, a huge development known for attracting masses of illegal immigrants. “Colony Ridge is being targeted today,” Abbott, a Republican, announced on X on Monday. Colony Ridge, which is less … Read more
US office for personal management, which manages federal workforce, says that responding to Musk is not mandatory Hello and welcome to our rolling US politics coverage: The fallout from Musk’s demand for government workers to justify their work in a bullet-point list continues. Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine as … Read more
The deadline for federal workers to respond to Elon Musk’s request to verify their weekly work output passed on Monday night, but the consequences of declining to respond remain vague. Musk confirmed shortly before Monday’s deadline that federal workers would be given another chance to respond, and that failure to do so “will result in … Read more
Memes and Nightmares is an unconventional, offbeat documentary that acts as a love letter to an online community brought together by basketball NBA Twitter is a space unlike any other, the Black Twitter-adjacent arena where basketball fans traffic in gossip and hope (however false) while expressing their passion for the game. It’s the internet EKG … Read more
The NCAA has ruled only women assigned female at birth can compete in college sports. We spoke to some of those affected by the ban On 5 February 2025 – coinciding with Women and Girls in Sports Day – Donald Trump signed an executive order barring trans athletes from competing in women’s sports. The move … Read more
Among the critics who posted on X Sunday after my Fox News show was one who made an argument that surprised me. Don’t pay attention to what President Trump says, this person wrote. Pay attention to what he does. Now that’s a novel idea. What the President of the United States says is unimportant and … Read more
President Donald Trump’s decision to fire several high-ranking military leaders is a first step in helping the president achieve his goal of a military more focused on lethality. “It’s a bold move… you could even say it’s fairly aggressive,” William Ruger, the President of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) and a former Trump … Read more
