Demonstrators poured into the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan on Thursday. The protesters denounced the arrest of Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. Amid trade tensions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat down for talks with Canada’s foreign minister on the sidelines of larger meetings at… Original News Source Link – Epoch
Members voted along party lines to favorably report the nominations of Dean John Sauer, Harmeet Dhillon, and Aaron Reitz to the full Senate. Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans advanced President Donald Trump’s nominees for three senior Justice Department positions on March 13 over the objections of Democrat members. Members voted along party lines in three 12–10
Washington — A federal judge in California ordered six federal agencies to reinstate probationary employees who were fired last month, finding that their terminations by the Office of Personnel Management were unlawful. U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco handed down his order in a challenge brought by a group of unions against the
The United States announced on March 13 that it has sanctioned Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad. Under Paknejad, who has been in his role since August 2024, Iran has “allocated billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian oil to the Iranian armed forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iranian Law Enforcement Forces, both
Officials from blue states allege that enacted and planned cuts to the agency are unlawful and unconstitutional. New York Attorney General Letitia James and 20 of her peers from other blue states on March 13 announced a federal lawsuit seeking to protect the Department of Education from elimination. Her announcement was made two days after
The Russian president said that a cease-fire would have to deal with the root causes of the conflict before Moscow would agree to halt its invasion. Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 13 expressed appreciation for a U.S.-backed cease-fire in Ukraine but stopped short of agreeing to the framework. Putin said that any cease-fire would
President Trump and his allies are already crafting a plan to make good on their promise to cut federal spending this year, and plan to fast-track it.