Joint Chiefs chairman heads to US-Mexico border to review troops
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. CQ Brown will assess the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Trump Not Planning to Take Control of US Postal Service: White House
The Postal Service has for years been struggling financially. President Donald Trump is not planning to take control of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), the White House said on Feb. 21. There is no executive order in the works that would dissolve the USPS Board of Governors and place the agency under the control of
Judge Turns Down Bid to Release Secret Portion of Jack Smith’s Report
Volume two of the former special counsel’s report has not yet been made available to the public. A federal judge on Jan. 20 turned down a request to release the secret half of former special counsel Jack Smith’s report into his investigation of President Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said that American Oversight,
Federal Judge Declines to Immediately Block Trump’s Halt of Catholic Refugee Funding
A major Catholic bishops group had filed a lawsuit against the government earlier this week. A federal judge in Washington on Thursday declined to immediately block a Trump administration rule that rescinded funding to a refugee resettlement program, after a major Catholic organization challenged the plan in a lawsuit this week. Judge Trevor McFadden denied
Caesars Palace, MLB stadium, an ice cream truck: DOGE reveals how schools spent billions in COVID-relief funds
Schools spent nearly $200 billion of COVID-relief dollars on expenses that had "little" impact on students, DOGE said.
New Lawsuits Challenge Trump’s DEI Policies, DOGE Operations
The plaintiffs said DOGE is breaking federal laws and that recent executive orders on DEI and transgender ideology are unconstitutional. Two lawsuits were filed on Feb. 20 against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and President Donald Trump’s executive orders that curb the government’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and disavow transgender ideology. Citizens
Trump taps Alice Johnson to be “pardon czar”
President Trump is tapping Alice Johnson, the 69-year-old grandmother he granted clemency in his first term over long-ago drug offenses, to be his “pardon czar.” The president made the announcement during a Black History Month event in the White House East Room Thursday afternoon. Johnson spent over 21 years in prison for nonviolent drug-related crimes