TEL AVIV—The Israeli military confirmed on Monday that it will maintain a buffer zone in southern Lebanon beyond the deadline to withdraw on Tuesday. Israeli troops will remain deployed to recently built posts at five strategic locations along the Lebanese side of Israel’s northern border. Israel will otherwise withdraw from Lebanon by the Tuesday deadline,
Trump campaigned on reducing the size of the government. The Trump administration fired thousands of workers across several government agencies after the deadline for employees to accept a buyout passed. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was among the agencies to confirm it had fired workers to comply with directives from President Donald Trump. “EPA
Jim Byron’s nomination comes a week after Trump dismissed archivist Colleen Shogan from her post. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he has named Jim Byron, president and CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation, as a senior adviser at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Trump stated that Byron will work under the
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is already searching for cutting-edge missile defense technologies after President Donald Trump signed a new executive order, calling for an “Iron Dome for America.” The executive order gave the Department of Defense 60 days to evaluate the U.S. missile defense network and overhaul it with hypersonic weapon sensors, space-based missile interceptors,
‘We are frustrated by the exploitation of our diverse backgrounds as shields to deflect criticism away from the State Department,’ the fellows wrote (Getty Images) As the Biden administration grappled with internal unrest over its November 2023 decision to continue arming Israel, a group of State Department “diversity” fellows took the unusual step of authoring
Nonprofit aims to ‘stop Trump’s deportation dystopia’ L: Protesters from the Amica Center (X) R: Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) A pro-immigration group suing the Trump administration to unfreeze federal grants for immigration programs says its aim is to provide constitutionally protected due process rights for illegal aliens facing deportation. But the Amica Center for
Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger argues he may only be fired for misconduct. He says his termination letter cited no reason for the firing. The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 16 to allow it to fire the head of an agency that protects whistleblowers after lower courts said it could not. Special