President Trump has proven to be a dominant force in politics and other aspects of American life in his first month back in the White House, showcasing how much his influence has grown since he took office for his first term. Trump and his allies imposed their will on Republican senators to confirm nominees such as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and FBI Director Kash Patel, all of whom at one time seemed like long shots to make it into his Cabinet. |
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President Trump ratcheted up his attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, deepening the first real schism of his second term within the GOP. Appearing on the "Brian Kilmeade Show" on Fox News Radio, Trump said of Zelensky, "I've been watching for years, and I've been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards, and you get sick of it. You just get sick of it. And I've had it." |
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The Supreme Court stiffed President Trump in his administration's first high court appeal by punting Friday on a request to greenlight the firing of the head of a whistleblower protection office. The administration filed an emergency application asking the justices to wipe a lower court's temporary reinstatement of U.S. special counsel Hampton Dellinger, whose office is tasked with protecting whistleblowers and prosecuting misconduct in the federal workforce. |
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked parts of President Trump's executive orders that sought to end the federal government's backing of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. U.S. District Judge Adam B. Abelson, a former President Biden appointee, issued a preliminary injunction on Friday that prevents the administration from altering or ending contracts viewed as DEI-related. |
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A federal judge on Friday extended an earlier decision barring employees with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing a sensitive federal payment system at the Treasury Department. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas partially granted the request of 19 Democratic attorneys general, who are suing to block the DOGE team from the Bureau of Fiscal Service. The system handles 90 percent of federal payments. |
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New York City sued President Trump on Friday after his administration clawed back $80 million sent to the city for housing migrants. Citing concerns of "illegal activity," the Trump administration took back the sum as it seeks to crack down on the program, which is funded by Congress and administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). |
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The White House restored funding for the 9/11 first responder survivors' health program after an uproar from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle ensued following the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) cuts last week. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, one of the eight New York and New Jersey GOP lawmakers who urged President Trump to reverse course, said Thursday night that the legislators "received confirmation from the White House that there will be no cuts to staffing at the World Trade Center Healthcare Program and research grants related to 9/11 illnesses." |
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The Pentagon seeks to cut more than 5,000 civilian employees on probation status beginning next week in a bid to eventually shave off up to 8 percent of the U.S. military's civilian workforce, the building's top personnel official said Friday. The firings, part of the Trump administration's bid to gut the federal workforce, is expected to initially affect approximately 5,400 probationary workers, acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Darin Selnick said in a statement. |
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Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys, was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police on Friday following a press conference with other Proud Boys members and Oath Keepers' founder Stewart Rhodes. A spokesperson for USCP said Tarrio was arrested for simple assault, after a counter protester put a cell phone close to his face and he struck her phone and arm in response. |
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OPINION | At the recent Paris AI Summit, JD Vance attempted to paint a hopeful picture of artificial intelligence. The vice president reassured Americans that AI isn't meant to replace them. Instead, it promises to make them stronger, more productive, and, ultimately, happier. It's a nice sentiment — if only he had any real say in the matter. |
OPINION | The sagest advice for an anti-Trump strategy comes from George Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright and author. "I learned long ago, never wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it." Calling Trump a pig goes against this advice, but it is almost a compliment compared to how opposing Democratic politicians and media refer to him: fascist, authoritarian and convicted felon. Tough, but they are deflected like water off the back of a duck. |
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BY NICHOLAS NEHAMAS, RYAN MAC AND NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES |
On Feb. 7, as rumors spread through the ranks of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that Elon Musk's team had entered their building, federal workers took out their phones. On high alert, they filmed unidentified young men from the team known as the Department of Government Efficiency being escorted by security through the glass doors of their downtown Washington headquarters. They shouted greetings from afar and tried to snap photos of their faces. Once the men were inside, one agency worker even confronted them in a conference room, demanding to see their credentials, in an incident described to The New York Times. One of the Musk aides used his laptop to block his ID badge from view. |
BY MOLLY BALL AND OLIVIA BEAVERS |
It was a few days before the Super Bowl, and House Speaker Mike Johnson was, as usual, desperate to prove he wasn't letting Donald Trump down. President Trump, he said, kept pressing him to hitch a ride on Air Force One to the big game in Johnson's home state. "He asked me for the third time last night," the 53-year-old Louisianian said with a half-rueful smile, perched on an ivory brocade settee in his ornate office in the Capitol. But as he kept having to explain to the president, New Orleans is a five-hour drive from Johnson's hometown of Shreveport, where he would need to pick up his family before heading to the game. So he had to decline the D.C.-to-New-Orleans trip, a concession Johnson repeatedly assured Trump wasn't indicative of any lack of enthusiasm. |
As Ukraine approached the three-year mark of Russia's full-scale invasion, the country's hoped-for path to a favorable and lasting peace was upended in a matter of days by the administration of U.S. President Trump.
Kyiv had benefited from years of staunch support by its allies in the United States and Europe which had provided crucial military and financial support to help defend against Moscow's grinding incursions. But when Trump held a lengthy phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week — undoing years of U.S. policy to isolate the Russian leader over his aggression — it was taken as a signal in Kyiv and other European capitals that their alliance to contain Moscow was fraying. |
ROSWELL, Ga. — The crowd packed into City Hall and filled an overflow room with one question, above all, for their Republican congressman: What did he think of Elon Musk's slash-and-burn mission to shrink the federal government?
Their Atlanta suburb in a solid-red district was hardly a hub of the liberal resistance, but hundreds had shown up to confront Rep. Richard McCormick in person. Now each argument from the lawmaker brought a new round of shouts, groans and boos. |
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