The executive order comes as Trump has fired top officials at these agencies. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 18 to enable the White House’s Office of Management and Budget to have oversight of independent federal agencies. Examples of independent agencies include the Federal Reserve, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Energy
DNC Chair Ken Martin criticizes Trump’s labor policies in first memo, vowing to strengthen union support but offering few specific policy proposals. Newly appointed Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Ken Martin has signaled a strong pro-labor stance in his first official memo, vowing to counter what he described as President Donald Trump’s “war on working
The Trump administration will retain tough merger guidelines adopted under the Biden administration, dashing corporate hopes for looser consolidation rules. The Trump administration has announced it will retain the stringent merger review guidelines introduced by the Biden administration, disappointing Wall Street and Big Tech, which had hoped for a regulatory rollback that would ease corporate
The U.S. Senate is expected to takes a cloture vote on the nomination of Kash Patel to be director of the FBI, and also takes the final vote on the confirmation of Howard Lutnick for secretary of commerce. The voting begins at around 5:30 p.m. ET on Feb. 18. Original News Source Link – Epoch
The president frequently touted his support for IVF and other fertility treatments on the campaign trail. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order focused on making in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments more accessible for everyday Americans. The directive gives the Domestic Policy Council 90 days to submit policy recommendations to the president on how
A group of state attorneys general wanted the Department of Government Efficiency blocked from accessing government data as the case proceeds. A federal judge on Feb. 18 turned down a request from a group of state attorneys general to block the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing data at seven government agencies, finding the
Some 400 U.S. Department of Homeland Security workers have been fired. The federal government layoffs have expanded to additional agencies, according to a new internal letter and government officials, after President Donald Trump ordered agencies to make plans to reduce the government workforce. About 400 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel have been fired,