Trump signs executive orders on military DEI, trans service members, COVID

President Trump signed multiple executive orders Monday night that could reshape the management and composition of the military, with provisions addressing diversity measures, transgender service members, and troops who were discharged for refusing COVID vaccinations. He also signed an executive order to establish a process to develop what the administration is calling an American Iron

Trump Says New Tariffs Will Target Semiconductors, Steel, and Pharma

Speaking at the House Republican retreat, Trump urged GOP members to stick together. DORAL, Fla.— President Donald Trump delivered a speech at the House Republican retreat on Jan. 27 at his Doral golf resort in Florida. During his speech, Trump laid out his tariff proposals, identifying the industries they will target. “In the very near

Speaker Johnson Suggests Other Countries Follow Colombia in Offering Presidential Planes for Deportations

The speaker also discussed the president’s proposal to tie California’s wildfire aid with voter ID rule, recent firings of inspectors generals, and FEMA review. DORAL, Fla.—At a key House GOP conference, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) suggested that other countries might do well to follow Colombia’s example of sending their presidential planes to pick up illegal

Trump Admin Orders Agencies to Submit Detailed Return-to-Office Plans for Federal Employees

Federal agencies have been ordered to submit detailed plans for implementing Trump’s in-person work requirement for their employees. Federal agencies have been directed to submit detailed return-to-office implementation plans for their workforce, according to a Monday memo implementing President Donald Trump’s order for federal employees to return to in-person work. The memorandum, issued jointly on

Gavin Newsom Burns His Own Firefighters

Our colleagues Andrew Kerr and Susannah Luthi published a deeply sourced report on Friday about California governor Gavin Newsom’s decision last year to disband a highly trained volunteer firefighting force known as Team Blaze. As a result, the California National Guard wasn’t able to get a complete firefighting force to Los Angeles—meaning one that included

Gabbard, Patel, RFK Jr. Face Senate Confirmation Hearings This Week

Four of Trump’s nominees have been confirmed so far, one just barely. The next three could also have a bumpy ride. President Donald Trump’s administration is gearing up for another round of confirmation battles. So far, four of his nominees have cleared the confirmation process. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sailed through with unanimous bipartisan

Washington Post Cites Sanctioned Terror Financier Samidoun in Sympathetic Piece Highlighting ‘Palestinian Prisoners’ Freed in Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal

In one case, WaPo described the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror org as a ‘small leftist armed group’ A Samidoun flier with an anti-Israel slogan. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) The Washington Post cited the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, an anti-Semitic organization under U.S. sanctions for providing material support to terrorists, in a sympathetic