news2shortsDon Farrell says placing a tariff on a country where there is a trade deficit ‘doesn’t make any sense’ after US president announced blanket 25% duty Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s trade minister has denied the Trump administration’s claims … Read more
About 75,000 federal employees have accepted the White House’s “deferred resignation” offer to resign but receive pay through September, according to a spokesperson for the Office of Personnel Management.
President Donald Trump called the Department of Education a “con job,” saying he saw a report that the nation ranks 40th in the world in education but is No. 1 in cost per pupil. Trump spoke with reporters Wednesday afternoon from the Oval Office and was asked how soon he wanted the Department of Education … Read more
Tonight, Democrats are pushing back over President Trump’s efforts to sharply reduce federal spending recommended by his Department of Government Efficiency. President Trump said he also wants to abolish the Department of Education “immediately.” NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell reports
Legal victory for Republican president is significant progress following string of courtroom setbacks A federal judge has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation program. It was a significant legal victory for the Republican president after a string of courtroom setbacks. Continue reading…
From reducing NIH funding to slashing USAID to new tariffs, Republican lawmakers are beginning to speak out — carefully — against some of Trump’s actions.
The City of Chicago recently shared a video of its “gift room” after a watchdog group accused Mayor Brandon Johnson of improperly accepting valuable gifts. On Wednesday, the city also announced new protocols for receiving gifts, along with a log and video of items currently inside its “gift room.” The transparency attempt comes after the … Read more
A man with a lengthy criminal history who was previously on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hold is on the run after being accused of groping a 7-year-old Texas girl as she walked home from school. Carlos Jose Ayala Morales, 43, has been charged with felony attempted indecency with a child, the Houston … Read more
Private plans, such as State Farm, required to give to Fair plan so all residents have access to fire insurance California’s home-insurance safety net does not have enough money to pay all of the claims from damage caused by the Los Angeles wildfires and has asked private insurers to contribute $1bn toward those claims. All … Read more
Website of ‘Doge’ includes information published by thinktank CEI, which claims to fight ‘climate alarmism’ US politics live – latest updates Flanked by Donald Trump in the Oval Office this week, Elon Musk claimed his much-vaunted, but ill-defined, “department of government efficiency” (Doge) was providing “maximum transparency” on its blitz through the federal government. Its … Read more
