Washington — A bubble is quickly forming inside the obscure but powerful U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, which handles appeals from federal workers who have been terminated or allege they were victims of prohibited actions by their employers. A CBS News review of agency records shows the board has experienced a surge in new
The pro bono attorneys work at the Covington & Burling LLP law firm, which has an office in Washington. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Feb. 25 suspending the security clearances for employees at a Washington-based law firm who worked on the former special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations. The memo targets attorneys at Covington
Unclear if former Politico correspondent will face wardrobe restrictions at left-wing network Eugene Daniels/Instagram Eugene Daniels, the Politico White House correspondent who was supposed to be the “breakout star” of the 2024 election but ended up being one of the biggest losers, is leaving the mid-tier news website to join MSNBC. Daniels, an alleged “expert
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday that the White House press office will choose which outlets get to cover the president in close quarters, replacing the decision-making authority that has long rested with the 100-year-old White House Correspondents Association. This development followed the White House announcement last week that it was removing the
A senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump says there is no truth to a media report saying he wants to expel Canada out of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing partnership. Peter Navarro, assistant to the president and director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, made the comments in Washington on Feb. 25
There were questions as to who was running the agency on a daily basis. Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a White House official told The Epoch Times on Feb. 25. According to her LinkedIn page, Gleason last served in government between 2018 and 2021—working in both the
WHCA president Eugene Daniels once asked Harris whether Trump acted out of ‘irredeemable racism’ (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images) The Trump administration on Tuesday stripped the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) of the power to determine which outlets can participate in the White House press pool. The association’s leader, Eugene Daniels, Politico correspondent and soon-to-be MSNBC host,