Washington — The Defense Department said Wednesday it has accepted a Boeing jet from Qatar that will be retrofitted and used to transport President Trump. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth accepted the Boeing 747 “in accordance with all federal rules and regulations.” “The Department of Defense
Differences between President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa came to a head Wednesday afternoon in an Oval Office meeting, as they clashed over whether White genocide is taking place in South Africa. The South African government denies that White Afrikaners have faced racial discrimination. At one point in the meeting, Ramaphosa took a
They represented ‘a failed experiment of handcuffing local leaders and police departments with factually unjustified consent decrees,’ the DOJ said. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it will end its agreements to secure court-approved settlements with the cities of Minneapolis and Louisville after the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor five years
Washington — The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to halt a lower court order that required the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency to turn over information to a government watchdog group in a lawsuit that tests whether the task force is subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The request from
President Trump is meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday, with South African-born billionaire Elon Musk present, for a critical conversation amid tensions between the U.S. and South Africa. A White House official confirmed Musk will join the meeting with the two world leaders, as Mr. Trump echoes Musk’s
Washington — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it is starting the process of dismissing lawsuits against police departments in Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, bringing an end to investigations launched during former President Joe Biden’s administration. It will also put an end to proposed accountability agreements with the departments. The department said the consent
The Virginia Democrat had been battling cancer before his death. Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) died at age 75 after a battle with esophageal cancer, his family said in a statement on Wednesday morning. “It is with immense sadness that we share that our devoted and loving father, husband, brother, friend, and public servant, Congressman Gerald