The vice president cast the tie-breaking vote after McConnell voted no to Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as the new secretary of defense. The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the new secretary of defense in a late-night session on Jan. 24 that came down to a tie-breaking decision from Vice President JD Vance after Sen. Mitch McConnell
The order also reverses Biden-era policies that allegedly circumvented the amendment’s provisions. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order reaffirming the Hyde Amendment, a longstanding federal ban on taxpayer funding for elective abortions. Trump signed the order, titled “Enforcing the Hyde Amendment,” on Jan. 24, stating that the amendment’s ban on using taxpayer dollars
Six decades of race- and gender-based government hiring initiatives are set to end. President Donald Trump has repealed a legal landmark from the earliest days of the federal government that obliged federal contractors to establish “affirmative action” programs aimed at increasing workplace diversity. Trump’s Jan. 21 order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”
Trump has signed an order to halt enforcement for 75 days. President Donald Trump has prompted TikTok to restore service for its users despite a divest-or-ban law from Congress but questions remain as to whether the executive order will withstand judicial scrutiny or allow tech companies to avoid liability. Here is a breakdown of the
The agency said the U.S. Board on Geographic Names is working quickly to make the name changes ‘effective immediately for federal use.’ The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Jan. 24 that it is formally implementing President Donald Trump’s efforts to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali, the tallest mountain in North America.
Trump has vowed to take back the Panama Canal. The United States ceded the waterway to the Central American country in 1999. Financial services giant JP Morgan downgraded its assessment of Panama’s bonds on the growing concern that the United States may repossess the Panama Canal. On Jan. 23, JP Morgan’s Global Emerging Markets Research
The Office of Management and Budget said the order only applied to some programs under the Inflation Reduction Act. The White House Office of Management and Budget released a memo this week clarifying what authorized allocations can potentially be rescinded from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law under a Jan. 20 executive