The advisory board will be chaired by Devin Nunes, the former Republican congressman from California. President Donald Trump has named a new slate of appointees to the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, a panel tasked with advising the president on national security and intelligence matters. The list, announced by the White House on Feb. 11, includes
The DOJ is appealing a Rhode Island federal judge’s ruling requiring the executive branch to unfreeze government spending. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied an appeal by the Trump administration to pause an order by a Rhode Island federal judge which ruled that the administration can’t freeze government spending for
The president has encountered dozens of lawsuits during the first month of his second term of office. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 11 that he would abide by court rulings blocking his agenda, but would also appeal them in hopes that higher courts will reverse those decisions in his favor. “I always abide by
The union members view the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the government as an attack on civil servants. WASHINGTON—House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) headlined dozens of Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 11, gathered at a rally against the Trump administration’s proposed downsizing of the federal government. “It’s an all-hands-on-deck effort, and we’re fighting on your
‘The stuff we’re doing with the Treasury Department is so basic that you can’t believe it doesn’t exist already,’ Musk said. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has already found payment inefficiencies and waste in its probes into the Treasury Department and Social Security Administration, the tech CEO said from the Oval Office alongside
The bill would allocate $150 billion for new military spending and $175 billion for new border security measures. WASHINGTON—The Senate Republican Conference announced on Feb. 11 that it will draft legislation to fund $325 billion worth of government spending in support of border security and military expansion. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said
PBS has closed its DEI office, citing compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive orders dismantling DEI programs in taxpayer-funded institutions. PBS has shut down its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) office and fired its DEI officers after recent executive actions by President Donald Trump, who opposes DEI on the premise that it’s anti-meritocratic and discriminates