The French government collapsed Wednesday after its lower house of parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier, the Wall Street Journal reported. The National Assembly passed a no confidence motion with 331 votes, above the 288 needed, forcing Barnier and his cabinet to resign. The motion stemmed from widespread backlash over Barnier’s efforts to
The president-elect has swapped in David Warrington for William McGinley and named McGinley to be counsel for DOGE. President-elect Donald Trump has made some rapid-fire changes to his administration’s prospective legal team. In a Dec. 4 post on Truth Social, he named David A. Warrington as White House counsel. A partner at Dhillon Law Group,
The Biden administration has challenged the law under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Dec. 4 over Tennessee’s ban on gender-altering procedures for minors, teeing up a potentially game-changing decision for precedent on this issue. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney Chase Strangio and U.S. Solicitor General
‘Encryption is your friend,’ CISA official Jeff Greene says. A top U.S. cybersecurity official and two senators have advised Americans and government agencies to use encryption when messaging one another in the midst of recent Chinese cyberattacks and intrusions. Speaking with reporters Tuesday, U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity
Revolving door is ‘spinning faster than ever,’ ethics watchdog director says Getty Images Bureau of Land Management director Tracy Stone-Manning has already lined up her post-Biden administration job: a cushy six-figure gig leading the Wilderness Society, an influential Washington, D.C.-based environmental nonprofit. Stone-Manning was confirmed to lead the Interior Department subagency in September 2021 and
The role consists of working on logistics such as foreign leaders staying at Blair House, which is across from the White House. President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 4 nominated Monica Crowley as chief of protocol—a State Department position that facilitates the visits of foreign leaders to the White House. The position, which is an ambassador-level
‘Gail will help ensure that our competition laws are enforced, both vigorously and FAIRLY,’ Trump said in a post. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gail Slater as assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division on Dec. 4, with goals to rein in “Big Tech” and “Make America Competitive Again.” “Big Tech has