The federal government spent $6.75 trillion in fiscal year 2024, causing a $1.8 trillion deficit. Elon Musk, whom President-elect Donald Trump tapped to lead a task force to slash government spending, has downsized an ambitious goal of cutting at least $2 trillion from the federal budget. In a Jan. 8 conversation broadcast on X, a
The Justice Department intends to eventually publicly disclose special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump. Update: A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a bid to block the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 election result. The 11th
The Justice Department intends to eventually publicly disclose special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump. Update: A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a bid to block the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 election result. The 11th
The Biden administration prepared the arms and equipment for the package under the presidential drawdown authority. The Department of Defense announced another $500 million in arms and military support for Ukraine on Jan. 9. The arms package includes RIM-7 surface-to-air missiles, as well as AIM-7 and AIM-9M air-to-air missiles, which the Pentagon said would be
The Georgia prosecutor appealed the disqualification to the state’s Supreme Court. The Georgia prosecutor who brought a case against President-elect Donald Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants appealed a court ruling that disqualified her amid allegations of impropriety. The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled late last year that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis
The bill targeting the International Criminal Court now goes to the Senate, where Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is expected to bring it up. The House passed a bill on Jan. 9 to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) over issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister
WASHINGTON—The Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Jan. 9 that the nomination hearing for Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, has been scheduled for Jan. 15 and 16. In a Nov. 24, 2024, statement announcing Bondi as his choice to lead the Justice Department, Trump cited her work as Florida attorney general including