Washington — President Trump on Monday removed the director of the Office of Government Ethics, the independent agency responsible for overseeing ethics rules and financial disclosures for the executive branch. “OGE has been notified that the President is removing David Huitema as the director of OGE,” the office said in a notice on its website.
President Trump is again turning to tariffs to advance his trade agenda, with plans to enact a new round of 25% import duties on all steel and aluminum imports. Although the idea is to protect U.S. manufacturers from unfair competition, consumers could end up paying more for some products that use the metals, according to
File: Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) arrives at a House Republican caucus meeting at the Longworth House Office Building on October 13, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Joe Raedle / Getty Images A battle to replace Kentucky GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell is starting to shape up — even though the former majority leader hasn’t announced that he’s
Boston — A federal judge in Boston on Monday heard arguments over whether to extend a nationwide pause in the Trump administration’s bid to offer “deferred resignations” to federal workers who voluntarily leave government service. Judge George O’Toole of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts initially paused the deadline for workers to
CBS News Live CBS News Chicago Live CHICAGO (CBS) — President Trump will issue a pardon to former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Monday, a White House official confirmed to CBS News. The development was first reported by Axios. Blagojevich, who was originally sentenced to 14 years in prison on corruption charges for attempting to sell Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate
A coalition of attorneys general from 22 states announced Monday they are suing the Trump administration to stop steep cuts to how medical research grants are funded by the National Institutes of Health. “We will not allow the Trump Administration to unlawfully undermine our economy, hamstring our competitiveness, or play politics with our public health,”
Washington — A federal judge in Rhode Island said Monday that the Trump administration has not complied with an earlier order that blocked its freeze on federal assistance and ordered agencies to immediately restore any paused or withheld dollars during continuing legal proceedings. The move from U.S. District Judge John McConnell comes in a case