The Trump administration is moving quickly to initiate a cease-fire and bring an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Following phone calls with his counterparts on Feb. 12, President Donald Trump announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were ready to come to the negotiating table to begin carving out an
A federal judge in Maryland blocked the order in another restraining order on Feb. 13. A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting money that flows to organizations providing transgender procedures to individuals under 19 years of age. The Feb. 14 temporary restraining order, issued by Judge Lauren King of the Western
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) makes the announcement on social media. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) posted on social media on Thursday that the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “is now at” the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). “My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk’s henchmen are in a
Some of the employees were on probationary status. The Trump administration has started firing workers across multiple government agencies, according to officials and unions. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, was terminating employees this week, a spokesperson
Trump campaigned on not giving ‘one penny to any school that has a [COVID] vaccine mandate or a mask mandate.’ President Donald Trump on Feb. 14 signed an executive order barring funding to universities and schools with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The order, detailed in a fact sheet provided by the White House, will prohibit all
‘Survivors and communities impacted by disasters are and will continue to be our main priority,’ FEMA Acting director Cameron Hamilton said. The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said on Thursday that the disaster response agency will review grants and funding to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) amid the Trump administration’s calls to reform
The State Department had sought to gather information on potential electric vehicle suppliers last year. The U.S. Department of State said on Thursday that it had put plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles on hold. In September 2024, the federal government asked the department to gather information from potential suppliers for purchasing electric vehicles. A