The agency aims to keep public safety positions filled during the flu battle, which has led to the culling of hens and sky-high egg prices. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed on Feb. 19 that it is working to reverse terminations of workers who were responding to the bird flu epidemic that has swept
The United States has designated Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa cartel, and six other drug cartels as global terrorist organizations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday in a notice. The cartels threaten U.S. national security, foreign policy, and economic stability, according to the notice. The designations follow President Donald Trump’s executive order directing officials
The former U.S. senator from Georgia pledged to adopt a zero-tolerance policy for abuse, fraud, and waste and to conduct a full-scale audit. The Senate confirmed former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) to head the Small Business Administration (SBA) by a vote of 52–46 on Feb 19. As SBA administrator, Loeffler will lead an agency that
Biden admin showered the forces with cash, including for weapons training (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The Trump administration froze funding for the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF), a group that purportedly aims to crack down on terrorism in the West Bank but employs terrorists who have carried out attacks on Israelis. The move, part of the
The president’s three new selections for DOJ posts have been announced. President Donald Trump has chosen one of his former assistants for a top position at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the agency announced on Feb. 19, as another DOJ official resigned. Trump selected John Eisenberg to serve as assistant attorney general for national
The State Department also targets Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua and El Salvador’s MS-13. The U.S. Department of State has designated several Mexican drug cartels and several transnational criminal gangs as global terrorist organizations, according to a notice in the Federal Register on Wednesday. Mexico-based criminal organizations including the Sinaloa Cartel, the Gulf Cartel, the Jalisco
The lower chamber’s ‘budget reconciliation’ resolution is in a single bill, whereas the Senate offers a two-bill package and more defense and border spending. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he supports the House of Representatives’s budget bill that would fund several of his policy initiatives, instead of a two-bill plan proffered by the Senate.