File: U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan arrives for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan was ousted by the Trump administration Tuesday, on President Trump’s first full day
President Donald Trump has named a veteran agent to serve as acting director of the FBI. The White House on Monday included Brian Driscoll on a list of officials being tapped to lead agencies on an acting basis. Driscoll was tapped to lead the FBI pending the Senate confirmation of Kash Patel, Trump’s nominee for
Scott Bessent inches one step closer to Treasury secretary. The Senate Finance Committee greenlit billionaire financier Scott Bessent’s nomination as President Donald Trump’s U.S. Treasury secretary. Senators voted 16–11 to approve the hedge fund manager’s nomination to head the Treasury Department. Two Democrat senators—Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.)—voted in favor with all
Trump’s order made it easier to fire federal officials. President Donald Trump’s order removing job protections from federal officials violates federal law, according to a Jan. 20 lawsuit. Trump’s order, signed earlier on Monday, reclassifies certain employees into the same category as political appointees, thereby removing some job protections. “The President’s Executive Order is unlawful
The former Florida senator said during his confirmation hearing that the Chinese Communist Party is a ‘dangerous’ and ’potent’ foe. Vice President JD Vance conducted the swearing-in ceremony for Marco Rubio as the 72nd secretary of state on Tuesday, who became the first of President Donald Trump’s official Cabinet members. On Monday, the Senate voted
Citing Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution, the proclamation says it would allow ‘certain emergency tools’ to block illegal immigrants. President Donald Trump on Monday declared a national emergency over what he called “an invasion” at the U.S.–Mexico border. The White House on Monday night said in a proclamation that the Trump administration has
President Trump is keeping his powder dry, at least for now, in deploying tariffs to advance his administration’s push to redefine trade relations with other major economies around the world. Mr. Trump, who as president-elect said he could move to apply sweeping levies on foreign imports on his first day in office, stopped short of imposing so-called