An estimated 50,000 career government employees would be reclassified as ‘at-will’ employees held to new civil service regulations. President Donald Trump announced on April 18 that he plans to implement a day-one executive order aimed at increasing accountability among the nation’s federal workforce. Trump said on Truth Social that, according to his order, the Office of
Harvard University and the Trump administration are in an escalating standoff after the institution declined to comply with a list of conditions for addressing campus anti-Semitism and ending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The administration’s initial letter warned that $9 billion in grants and contracts would be reviewed. After some back-and-forth between the two
Washington — The Trump administration on Friday started releasing the first tranche of records on Democratic Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination, with roughly 10,000 pages of previously classified records. The disclosure — ordered by President Trump within days of taking office and backed by the senator’s son, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
The senator said he would try to arrange a phone call between the deported Salvadoran and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on April 18 described his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man that the Trump administration said it deported due to an administrative error. Van Hollen made the
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen returned from his trip to El Salvador Friday after meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who was deported due to an administrative error. Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday, April 16, to check on Abrego Garcia’s health and well-being, a month after he was deported to a
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he will ensure the former acting director, Gary Shipley, will continue to work in a senior government role. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday confirmed that the Trump administration is replacing the acting director of the IRS, replacing Gary Shapley with Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender. “Trust must be
Attorneys for a Virginia man labeled by the Trump administration as a top MS-13 gang leader are pressing a judge to hold off on dismissing his criminal case, arguing he could be deported without ever hearing — or defending himself against — the specific allegations against him. Henrry Villatoro Santos’ arrest was announced last month