Democratic FEC chair says Trump fired her. She says she’s not leaving

Ellen Weintraub, the current Federal Election Commission Chair and one of three Democratic members on the committee, posted a letter on X Thursday night from President Trump that says she has been removed as an FEC member.  The brief letter, dated January 31, 2025, reads, “You are hereby removed as a Member of the Federal Election Commission.”

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to End Push for Paper Straws

The order is in response to past actions from the federal government to phase out single-use plastic straws. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 7 that he would sign an executive order ending the federal government’s push to transition away from single-use plastic straws. The order would target past actions from the previous administration that

DOJ agrees not to reveal names of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 cases

Washington — The Justice Department said the federal government would not publicly release the names of FBI agents who worked on the now-closed investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to a court order filed Friday.  The Justice Department and a group of unnamed FBI agents reached an agreement in which the