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Trump administration to hold first White House press conference with Karoline Leavitt
Fox News The Trump administration will hold its first White House press conference with newly minted press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday afternoon, White House officials confirmed to Fox News Digital. President Donald Trump has been on a media blitz since his inauguration on Jan. 20, including sitting down for his first White House interview…
Read MoreDC Councilmember Trayon White faces expulsion hearing over federal bribery charge
Fox News The Washington D.C. councilmember accused by federal authorities of accepting $156,000 in bribes is facing an expulsion hearing Tuesday. The legislative body “will hold a Public Hearing on the following Matter: Expulsion of Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. for Code of Conduct Violations” starting at noon local time, it says on its website. Last…
Read MoreUSAID workers put on leave as Trump officials investigate resistance to aid pause
Fox News Dozens of senior officials in the U.S. agency that administers foreign aid were reportedly placed on leave Monday amid an investigation into alleged resistance to President Donald Trump’s orders. At least 56 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) officials were placed on administrative leave with full pay and benefits, Politico first reported. Several…
Read MoreKamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff lands private sector job days after leaving Washington
Fox News Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, landed a private sector job just days after leaving Washington, D.C. After his wife’s unsuccessful Democratic presidential campaign against President Donald Trump, the former second gentleman is joining the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as a partner. The firm made the announcement on…
Read MoreFBI director nominee Kash Patel broke hostage rescue protocol: whistleblower
Fox News Senate Democrats have obtained a whistleblower report claiming that President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, violated protocol during a hostage rescue mission in October 2020. The whistleblower letter, obtained by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., claimed that Patel leaked news that two Americans and the remains of a third were…
Read MoreTrump admin to pause financial assistance programs: report
Fox News The White House has reportedly issued a memo that broadly suspends federal grants, loans and other financial assistance programs for executive departments pending an assessment of the funding. The Wall Street Journal first reported the memo, saying it was sent out by the Office of Management and Budget around 5 p.m. on Monday. …
Read MoreKristi Noem joins immigration raid to catch ‘dirtbags’ in major sanctuary city
Fox News Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joined an immigration enforcement raid in New York City on Tuesday, and saw Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers nab what she called a “dirtbag” in the sanctuary city. “Just now. Enforcement operation in NYC. Criminal alien with kidnapping, assault & burglary charges is now in custody –…
Read MoreOgles and other Republicans push federal ban on chemical abortions
Fox News Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., and more than a dozen other House Republicans are pushing a proposal to ban the provision of chemical abortion drugs. The congressman reintroduced the proposal that he previously put forward in 2023, according to a press release, which provides a link to the text of the 2023 version. “Notwithstanding…
Read MoreRising costs, a strong labor market are driving a side hustle boom
Washington Post A growing number of Americans have taken second jobs and side hustles, spurred partly by years of rapidly rising prices as well as a strong labor market. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/28/americans-work-two-jobs-market-side-hustle/
Read MoreFormer Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms mulling Georgia gubernatorial run
Fox News Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat, said she is considering a run to be Georgia’s next governor. Bottoms, who most recently served in the Biden administration, told Fox 5 Atlanta that she is seriously contemplating running in the Georgia gubernatorial election in 2026 but wants to finish some things she is…
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