Due to DOGE’s findings, layoffs have spread, recently reaching the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which laid off thousands of probationary workers. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has shaken up Washington, D.C., with its audits, triggering reforms and layoffs in a number of federal agencies. On Feb. 20, a judge ruled that the Trump administration
‘I looked at Mr. Maduro, and I said, “We’d like to have our hostages home, and I want to bring home six today,”’ Grenell said. OXON HILL, Md.—The Trump administration did not give Venezuela anything in exchange for the six American hostages that were freed last month, Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell said
Los Angeles protesters defended the project as key to the state’s infrastructure. The transportation secretary said continued federal funding is at stake. LOS ANGELES—Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced he would direct the Federal Rail Administration (FRA) to conduct a compliance review of funding allocated to California’s long-embattled high-speed rail—and determine whether the project is worthy
The illegal immigrants were sent to Honduras where they were picked up by the Venezuelan government, ICE confirmed on Thursday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have removed 177 Venezuelan illegal immigrants from a detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, sending them back to their home country. The Trump administration had
Thousands of tax collectors could see their jobs terminated in the coming days, as President Trump seeks to reduce costs and reshape the government. Kevin Hassett, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, told reporters at a White House press briefing Thursday that officials are looking into a large number of worker reductions at the
The president said this year’s theme is a salute to black workers. He also discussed including black figures in his Garden of American Heroes. President Donald Trump hosted a reception at the White House on Feb. 20, celebrating Black History Month and the role African Americans have played in U.S. commerce and the Revolutionary War.
OXON HILL, Md.—In a wide-ranging interview with NewsMax host Rob Schmitt, technologist and special government employee Elon Musk offered insights into what drives him. Musk was announced on the day of his appearance on Feb. 20, the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland near Washington, D.C. Musk leads the Department