news2shortsKelly Loeffler, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Small Business Administration, used her opening statement to speak about her past business accomplishments and how she hopes to promote small businesses as they “power the American economy.”
DEI is about to die at the DoD. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth zeroed in on the controversial programs, releasing a memorandum on Wednesday stating that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is incompatible with Department of Defense (DoD) values, and created a task force to address the abolition of the program. Further, it outlined how … Read more
Federal Reserve officials held interest rates steady after their latest policy meeting, the first to take place during the second Trump administration.
Donald Trump’s picks for top posts in his administration have tested the loyalty of Senate Republicans Senate confirmation hearings are under way for Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations. All cabinet-level positions require a majority vote of senators to be approved. With a current 53-seat Republican majority, Trump’s more fraught nominees can only afford to lose three … Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, is grilled on his vaccine skepticism during his first Senate confirmation hearing. Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, joins Meet the Press NOW with his thoughts on Kennedy’s nomination.
The Senate will vote Wednesday on whether to confirm former Rep. Lee Zeldin to head the government’s leading agency on environmental rules and regulations. President Donald Trump tapped Zeldin, who previously served as a congressman from New York’s 1st Congressional District from 2015 to 2023, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under his administration. … Read more
If you’re an out-of-towner, it’s tempting to urge Californians to get the hell out. But please don’t do that Why don’t you just leave? It’s always an incendiary question. When you ask it of people in bad romances or miserable careers, they can be forgiven for ghosting. The word “just” is the poison. As if … Read more
President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday rescinded an order putting a widespread freeze on most federal grants and loans amid significant criticism, according to a new memo a source provided to NBC News.
President has made clear he wants rates to fall as benchmark interest rate now sits at a range of 4.25% to 4.5% Federal Reserve officials decided on Wednesday to hold interest rates steady as uncertainty over Donald Trump’s impact on the US economy looms and inflation remains above the central bank’s target levels. This is … Read more
The White House remains committed to freezing federal grants and loans aimed at “woke” programs, Fox News has learned, despite the administration’s move to rescind the original Office of Management and Budget memo — effectively ending the legal battle and any “confusion” for recipients. A federal judge on Tuesday paused the Trump administration’s Office of … Read more
