news2shortsThese new initiatives are not about shrinking the size of the federal government. They’re about centralizing control in Trump’s hands Chaos on a huge scale. On Wednesday, Trump rescinded an order he had made late on Monday night that froze up to $3tn in federal grants and loans. Robert Reich, a former US secretary of … Read more
NIH fellows say policy changes including funding freeze would ‘severely limit’ researchers’ ability to do their work A union representing about 5,000 researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a legally binding demand to bargain over Donald Trump’s sweeping policy changes, including a funding freeze, a communications blackout and a staff travel … Read more
President Donald Trump suggested the horrific collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., late Wednesday could have been prevented. “The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an … Read more
At least 30 bodies were recovered from the Potomac River, local media has reported, after a passenger jet collided with a military helicopter on Thursday. The American Airlines plane was carrying 64 people – 60 passengers and four crew members – and three soldiers were onboard the US army Black Hawk helicopter. All takeoffs and … Read more
Residents worry about leaving their homes, but many in the city are organizing legal aid, workshops and virtual services Some corners of Chicago have been unnervingly quiet this week. Residents who have lived in the city for decades without immigration documents have been worried about leaving their homes. Undocumented parents have been signing powers of … Read more
US president signs executive order to prepare huge detention facility at Guantánamo Bay he says could hold 30,000 immigrants Some of President Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks are set to appear before Senate committees as part of their confirmation process today. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the nominee to head the Department of Health and Human … Read more
Tulsi Gabbard doesn’t currently have enough votes to advance out of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Fox News Digital has learned. The former Democrat representative’s nomination to be director of national intelligence (DNI) under President Donald Trump is in danger as she lacks enough Republican support on the committee, sources confirmed. Before heading to … Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is back on Capitol Hill for a second day of Senate confirmation hearings after a grilling by Democrats during a contentious first day on Wednesday. Kennedy will take questions on Thursday in front of the Senate … Read more
With the Super Bowl on the horizon we pick the outstanding players, coaches and moments from the 2023 season in the NFL Josh Allen, QB, Buffalo Bills. Take your pick between transcendent quarterbacks: Allen or Lamar Jackson. Neither answer is wrong. I edge towards Allen here, for the sole reason that he hasn’t won the … Read more
Efforts at stopping population movement by force often fail to stop people migrating across borders. But for many politicians, that can be a good thing. Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores how immigration is being exploited for business, to boost political agendas, and as a weapon of war ‘Weapons of mass migration’: how states exploit the failure of … Read more
