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Supreme Court Won't Let Trump Immediately Cut Head of Whistleblower Office
he Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump's second-term agenda.The justices said in an unsigned order that Hampton...
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:08:08 EDTHungary's Orbán: Soros-Backed Groups Press Europe for Money
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán claimed on Friday that George Soros-backed "civil society organizations" are trying to get more money from European nations, now that the Trump administration is dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:37:40 EDTNew FBI Director Kash Patel Plans to Relocate 1,500 Employees
New FBI Director Kash Patel has told senior officials that he plans to relocate 1,000 employees at FBI headquarters to field offices around the country and move an additional 500 to a bureau facility in Huntsville, Alabama, according to a person with knowledge of the...
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:56:06 EDTUber CEO: 'Very Supportive' of Trump's 'No Tax on Tips'
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has come out in support of President Donald Trump's goal of eliminating taxes on tips, Reuters reported.
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:55:14 EDTPark Service Restores 50 Jobs, Will Hire 7,700 Seasonal Workers
The Trump administration is restoring jobs for dozens of National Park Service employees fired amid government-wide reductions and hiring nearly 3,000 additional seasonal workers, following an uproar over an aggressive plan to downsize the agency.
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:23:41 EDTNYC Sues Trump Admin for Clawing Back $80M in FEMA Funds
New York City filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday after the feds clawed back more than $80 million in funding for migrant housing.
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:24:31 EDTLA DA Opposes New Trial for Menendez Brothers
he Los Angeles district attorney said Friday he opposes a new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez in the 1989 killing of their parents but hasn't made up his mind on whether to support a resentencing bid that could lead to their freedom after nearly 30 years in prison.The...
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:03 EDTFormer Proud Boys Leader Tarrio Arrested Near US Capitol
Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys, was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police on Friday following what was billed as a press conference with other Proud Boys members and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes.
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:48:23 EDTTrump Envoy: Zelenskyy 'Courageous Leader'
On Friday, President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is "courageous."
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:58:03 EDTLuigi Mangione Draws Crowd for First Hearing Since Arraignment
The defendant wore a bulletproof vest and shackles. A woman in the crowd wore a "Free Luigi" scarf. Outside, throngs of people cheered and chanted his name.
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:23:07 EDTReport: US Signals Ending Support For Putin Prosecution
The Trump administration could be distancing itself from an international effort to prosecute Vladimir Putin for war crimes, refusing to label Russia as an "aggressor" for its invasion of Ukraine at a recent meeting of a core group of countries preparing a tribunal to...
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:38:18 EDTAdmin Reverses Course. Reinstates Legal Aid for Migrant Kids
Days after telling legal groups who help migrant children who arrive in America alone - some so young they are in diapers or their feet dangle from their chairs in court - that they must stop their work, the federal government Friday reversed itself.The Trump administration...
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:32:00 EDTSen. Sanders: Trump Capitalized on 'Broken' System
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., advised Democrat lawmakers on Friday to rethink their strategy for criticizing President Donald Trump, saying the president's White House victory capitalized on a "system that is broken."
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:24:57 EDTNKorea: More US 'Military Provocations' Under Trump
North Korea's defense ministry said Saturday "military provocations" by the United States and its allies were becoming more "pronounced" under the current Trump administration, according to state media. In a statement carried by KCNA, the information office chief at the ...
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:04:18 EDTRep. Crockett Derides Idea of DOGE Dividend for Americans
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, derided the idea of returning some of the money found by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to Americans in the form of dividend payments.
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:44:40 EDTTrump Admin's FEMA Cuts Alarm Some GOP Senators
Some Republican lawmakers are concerned about the Trump administration's plan to further gut - possibly abolish - the Federal Emergency Management Agency and are seeking answers from the president and Elon Musk, CNN reported Friday.
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:58:42 EDTReport: Military Bases to Be Used to House Illegals
The Trump administration is planning to use military bases to house illegal immigrants as they go through the process of being deported.
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:28:17 EDTJudge Mulls Further Block on Trump Admin From Freezing Funds
A federal judge on Friday heard arguments on a request to further block President Donald Trump's administration from freezing trillions of dollars of grants and loans that fund everything from clean energy programs to bridge repairs to emergency shelters. U.S. District Court ...
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:26:20 EDTAP Sues 3 Trump WH Officials Over Gulf Name Dispute, Citing Freedom of Speech
The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists.The lawsuit was filed Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in...
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:32:14 EDTTrump: Postal Service Could Merge with Commerce Dept.
President Donald Trump said Friday he is thinking of merging the U.S. Postal Service with the Commerce Department.
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