One of the most significant changes will be the requirement that all outgoing government payments include a payment categorization code. Elon Musk said Saturday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the U.S. Treasury Department have agreed on new anti-fraud measures aimed at preventing tens of billions of dollars in fraudulent government entitlement payments
Trump’s legal team claims that CBS deceptively edited Harris’s responses to make her appear more articulate and composed. President Donald Trump has expanded his lawsuit against CBS, doubling the damages sought to $20 billion and adding CBS parent company Paramount Global as a defendant. The amended complaint, filed on Feb. 7 at the U.S. District
Prosecutors acted with “unrelenting integrity,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said, as the Justice Department pursued cases against 1,583 people for events on Jan. 6, 2021—a date etched into the American psyche with unforgettable images of vandalism and violence at the U.S. Capitol. President Donald Trump, who had attracted a massive crowd to Washington that day
Rubio visited Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic in his first trip abroad as secretary of state. Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Marco Rubio returned to the United States on Feb. 7, concluding a five-nation tour of Central America and the Caribbean. Rubio made stops in Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica,
Vought has called for the return of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau functions to banking regulators and the Federal Trade Commission. Russ Vought, the newly appointed White House budget director, has also been tapped to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Vought, who was confirmed
Federal laws already cap the court at nine members but a constitutional amendment would prevent future changes by Congress. Republicans in the U.S. Senate proposed a new constitutional amendment on Feb. 7 that would prevent federal lawmakers from increasing the number of justices—currently set at nine—on the U.S. Supreme Court. The new joint congressional resolution,
The International Criminal Court had issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and his former defense minister. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump enacted on Feb. 6 an executive order to allow for the imposition of sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its alleged bias against Israel and the United States. The ICC issued arrest