State department orders cancellation of media subscriptions around world

Foreign posts told to end all ‘non-mission critical’ news subscriptions in Trump directive that will ‘endanger lives’ The state department has reportedly ordered its outposts around the world to cancel all subscriptions to news and media outlets that are supposedly “non-mission critical” in another extraordinary Trump administration crackdown on normal information channels. An email memo … Read more

Federal judge temporarily stops Trump admin from firing 11 intelligence officers assigned to DEI programs

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing 11 CIA employees linked to DEI programs Thursday. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga’s order delays the employees’ firing for at least five days. Former CIA officer Kevin Carroll, a lawyer representing the CIA employees, filed the lawsuit on Monday, noting that the 11 officers … Read more

Trump signs order making independent regulators answerable to White House

Executive power grab would affect Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump has signed an executive order making independent regulatory agencies established by Congress now accountable to the White House – a move that some experts said clashes with mainstream interpretations of the constitution. The order … Read more

‘Only takes 3’: Dems push personal data protection to turn GOP against Elon Musk’s DOGE

House Democrats have a new coordinated pressure campaign aimed at restricting Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), based on leveraging the GOP’s razor-thin majority. Recent days have seen Democratic lawmakers take to both traditional and social media to publicly urge “just three House Republicans” to cross the aisle and vote for a bill designed … Read more