Dale Ho, a former ACLU director, faced criticism during his confirmation hearing over ‘hateful’ comments against Republicans (Reuters) The federal judge set to rule on the Trump Justice Department’s motion to drop corruption charges against New York City mayor Eric Adams is a self-described “wild-eyed sort of leftist” who faced a contentious confirmation process over
The U.S. Senate is expected to takes a cloture vote on the nomination of Kash Patel to be director of the FBI, and also takes the final vote on the confirmation of Howard Lutnick for secretary of commerce. The voting begins at around 5:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 18. Original News Source Link – Epoch
The president frequently touted his support for IVF and other fertility treatments on the campaign trail. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order focused on making in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments more accessible for everyday Americans. The directive gives the Domestic Policy Council 90 days to submit policy recommendations to the president on how
Were President Donald Trump to have pardoned New York City mayor Eric Adams, we would have understood. By the same token, were the Justice Department to announce that the case against Adams was too weak, and to call for prosecutors to dismiss the charges, we would be supportive. That is to say, there are prudent
A group of state attorneys general wanted the Department of Government Efficiency blocked from accessing government data as the case proceeds. A federal judge on Feb. 18 turned down a request from a group of state attorneys general to block the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing data at seven government agencies, finding the
Some 400 U.S. Department of Homeland Security workers have been fired. The federal government layoffs have expanded to additional agencies, according to a new internal letter and government officials, after President Donald Trump ordered agencies to make plans to reduce the government workforce. About 400 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel have been fired,
The Eighth Circuit says the Biden administration went beyond the law by canceling loans rather than ensuring repayment. A federal appellate court has blocked key provisions of former President Joe Biden’s student debt relief initiative, ruling that the Department of Education overstepped its legal authority in implementing broad loan forgiveness through its income-contingent repayment (ICR)