A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to bring back thousands of fired probationary employees, saying their ouster was illegal. U.S. District Judge William Alsup, a Clinton appointee who sits in California, said the Office of Personnel Management had no authority to direct other agencies to fire the…… Read more
Ukraine agreed Tuesday to a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its brutal war with Russia, and the U.S. said it would immediately lift the pause on aid and intelligence to Ukraine, Trump administration officials announced in a sign of diplomatic thawing after a period of intense strain between Washington and Kyiv. Top officials from the two countries met in Saudi Arabia to hash out plans for Ukraine and Russia to end…… Read more
Some 18.6 million illegal immigrants now call the U.S. their home, according to a new study by an immigration control group that says the numbers soared under former President Joseph R. Biden. The Federation for American Immigration Reform said the figure stood at 14.5 million in late 2020, meaning a rise of 4.1 million people over the four years of Mr. Biden’s tenure. “Americans have seen…… Read more
Hunter Biden has fallen on tough financial times amid his legal woes and his father’s departure from the White House. The former president’s son, in a filing with a federal court this week, said he’s struggling to sell his artwork and his book sales have plummeted as well. He also lost his rental home in the California wildfires and can’t find a place to live. He told the judge he’s in such financial straits that he has to drop a lawsuit he’d filed against a former Trump aide…… Read more
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District will remove the huge “Black Lives Matter” mural on 16th Street NW and replace it with street art designed by schoolchildren to mark the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Ms. Bowser, a Democrat, announced the move Tuesday after Rep. Andrew Clyde, Georgia Republican…… Read more
Senate Democrats sank for now a bill Monday barring male-born athletes from competing in female scholastic sports, defying a rising tide of public opposition to transgender players competing based on gender identity instead of biological sex. Senate Republicans were unable to muster the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture on Senate Bill 9, the Protection of Women…… Read more
Several Republican-led states are in step with President Trump’s push to make government workers return to the office or forfeit their jobs. Republican officials in Oklahoma, Utah, Ohio and Wisconsin have been revoking or rethinking state workers’ allowances to stay home since Mr. Trump won reelection in November and signaled his intent to reduce the federal…… Read more
President Trump says planned tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect on Tuesday because too much fentanyl is pouring across U.S. borders. Mr. Trump announced the plan on Thursday, ending days of confusion about whether the 25% levies would happen or be delayed a second time. “More than 100,000 people died last year due…… Read more
At first blush, it might be difficult to connect dog collars with Ukraine’s war against Russia. But according to data compiled by Sen. Joni Ernst, the U.S. Agency for International Development spent $300,000 of American taxpayers’ money in 2022 to boost the Ukrainian pet alliance, which markets the country’s products in the West. USAID also committed… Read more
A delegation of European conservative leaders agrees that President Trump’s triumphant return to the White House after four years in political exile has helped inspire a populist, MAGA-style resurgence across their respective countries. Members of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party are part of a center-right political group of members in the European Parliament, launched in 2009…… Read more
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to bring back thousands of fired probationary employees, saying their ouster was illegal. U.S. District Judge William Alsup, a Clinton appointee who sits in California, said the Office of Personnel Management had no authority to direct other agencies to fire the…… Continue Reading
Ukraine agreed Tuesday to a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its brutal war with Russia, and the U.S. said it would immediately lift the pause on aid and intelligence to Ukraine, Trump administration officials announced in a sign of diplomatic thawing after a period of intense strain between Washington and Kyiv. Top officials from the two countries met in Saudi Arabia to hash out plans for Ukraine and Russia to end…… Continue Reading
Some 18.6 million illegal immigrants now call the U.S. their home, according to a new study by an immigration control group that says the numbers soared under former President Joseph R. Biden. The Federation for American Immigration Reform said the figure stood at 14.5 million in late 2020, meaning a rise of 4.1 million people over the four years of Mr. Biden’s tenure. “Americans have seen…… Continue Reading
Hunter Biden has fallen on tough financial times amid his legal woes and his father’s departure from the White House. The former president’s son, in a filing with a federal court this week, said he’s struggling to sell his artwork and his book sales have plummeted as well. He also lost his rental home in the California wildfires and can’t find a place to live. He told the judge he’s in such financial straits that he has to drop a lawsuit he’d filed against a former Trump aide…… Continue Reading
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the District will remove the huge “Black Lives Matter” mural on 16th Street NW and replace it with street art designed by schoolchildren to mark the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Ms. Bowser, a Democrat, announced the move Tuesday after Rep. Andrew Clyde, Georgia Republican…… Continue Reading
Senate Democrats sank for now a bill Monday barring male-born athletes from competing in female scholastic sports, defying a rising tide of public opposition to transgender players competing based on gender identity instead of biological sex. Senate Republicans were unable to muster the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture on Senate Bill 9, the Protection of Women…… Continue Reading
Several Republican-led states are in step with President Trump’s push to make government workers return to the office or forfeit their jobs. Republican officials in Oklahoma, Utah, Ohio and Wisconsin have been revoking or rethinking state workers’ allowances to stay home since Mr. Trump won reelection in November and signaled his intent to reduce the federal…… Continue Reading
President Trump says planned tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect on Tuesday because too much fentanyl is pouring across U.S. borders. Mr. Trump announced the plan on Thursday, ending days of confusion about whether the 25% levies would happen or be delayed a second time. “More than 100,000 people died last year due…… Continue Reading
At first blush, it might be difficult to connect dog collars with Ukraine’s war against Russia. But according to data compiled by Sen. Joni Ernst, the U.S. Agency for International Development spent $300,000 of American taxpayers’ money in 2022 to boost the Ukrainian pet alliance, which markets the country’s products in the West. USAID also committed… Continue Reading
A delegation of European conservative leaders agrees that President Trump’s triumphant return to the White House after four years in political exile has helped inspire a populist, MAGA-style resurgence across their respective countries. Members of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party are part of a center-right political group of members in the European Parliament, launched in 2009…… Continue Reading