Agency meetings are being recorded and shared online, along with other measures, to inform the public as well as staff. The Social Security Administration (SSA) revealed multiple new initiatives on Monday to boost transparency and accountability under the new Trump administration. The initiatives include publishing recordings of weekly meetings, optimizing real estate to save costs,
The groups argued that only Congress, not the president, has the authority to dismantle the Department of Education. A coalition of advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday to block the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education, calling the move illegal. The lawsuit alleged that President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle
The president signed an order in January suspending refugee resettlement. A federal judge on March 24 ordered the Trump administration to reinstate refugee resettlement contracts that officials had terminated, finding that the extraordinary relief was warranted as a legal case proceeds. U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead said that all contracts terminated under President Donald Trump’s
The Trump administration invoked a state secrets privilege Monday and refused to give a federal judge any additional information about the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under war authorities. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is weighing whether the government defied his order to turn around planes carrying migrants after he blocked deportations of
Washington — Leaders of U.S. intelligence agencies are testifying Tuesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee about global security threats, one day after it was revealed that top Trump officials inadvertently included a journalist in a group chat about the United States’ highly sensitive plans to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia,
During his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, Frank Bisignano, President Trump’s nominee to run the Social Security Administration (SSA), is likely to face a barrage of questions about where he stands on the future of a government agency that provides retirement, disability and other benefits to more than 70 million Americans. Like other federal agencies, the
President Trump’s nominee to run the Social Security Administration, Frank Bisignano, is facing a Senate hearing on Tuesday morning about his qualifications to run the massive retirement system, as well as his plans for the agency at a time when it has been targeted for significant job cuts by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The