Category: USA
Tell Us: What Are Your Questions About Elon Musk?
New York Times Share your questions with the On Politics newsletter. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/musk-doge-questions.html
Read MoreTrump admin ousts top ICE official over concerns about pace of illegal immigrant deportations
Fox News The Trump administration is replacing the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over concerns about the pace of deportations and arrests of illegal immigrants. A source familiar confirmed to Fox News that acting ICE Director Caleb Vitello has been removed from his position. The source said that the administration is not…
Read MoreHoward Lutnick sworn in at White House as Trump’s commerce secretary
Fox News Vice President JD Vance swore in Howard Lutnick as secretary of commerce at the White House on Friday. During the swearing-in ceremony, President Donald Trump said that Lutnick’s priorities in the role will be focusing on job growth, asserting that Lutnick “really understands something about business.” Additionally, Trump signaled he would impose reciprocal…
Read MoreATF chief legal counsel fired by Bondi in latest Justice Department shakeup
Fox News The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms‘ (ATF) chief legal counsel was fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, the former ATF official confirmed on social media. “Earlier today, I was served official notice from the Attorney General of the United States that I was being removed from my position as the…
Read MoreNIH funding cuts: Federal judge extends restraining order blocking Trump administration’s action
Fox News A Biden-appointed judge extended a temporary restraining order Friday against the Trump administration’s cuts to National Institutes of Health research funding. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley of Massachusetts – who issued the initial restraining order last week – comes in response to separate lawsuits filed by a group of 22…
Read MoreMedicaid Cuts Pose Budget Conundrum for Valadao and Republicans Nationwide
New York Times For Representative David Valadao of California and other Republicans whose constituents depend on Medicaid, a vote for their party’s budget could be politically fatal. President Trump’s agenda hangs in the balance. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/medicaid-republicans-budget.html
Read MoreDemocrats silent on Patel as first ‘person of color’ FBI director despite previous DEI emphasis
Fox News Democrats have remained notably silent since Kash Patel became the first “person of color” to head the FBI, after previously emphasizing diversity and representation on the campaign trail and during the Biden era. Patel, a fervent Trump ally, underwent a rocky path to confirmation, with Democrats on the panel attempting to delay the…
Read MoreTrump Appears to Back Away From His Gaza Plan
New York Times Earlier this month, the president said he favored taking control of Gaza and displacing the Palestinian population of the devastated seaside enclave. But Egypt and Jordan flatly rejected cooperating. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-gaza-egypt-jordan.html
Read MoreTarrio Arrested on Charges of Assaulting Protester Outside Capitol
New York Times Enrique Tarrio, a former leader of the Proud Boys, had appeared with several other Jan. 6 defendants outside the very building that sat at the center of the riot that sent many of them to prison. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/tarrio-proud-boys-capitol.html
Read MoreBondi says Epstein client list ‘sitting on my desk right now’, and is reviewing JFK, MLK files
Fox News U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday the Jeffrey Epstein client list is “sitting on my desk right now” and she is reviewing the JFK and MLK files as well after President Donald Trump’s earlier directives. “It’s sitting on my desk right now to review,” Bondi told America Reports’ John Roberts on Friday.…
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