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Trump's Personnel Chief Gor Breaks Record
Sergio Gor, the head of presidential personnel, is being touted for his record-setting pace in filling out the Trump administration and fulfilling President Donald Trump's vision of running government like a business...
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:29:56 EDTFDA's Top Tobacco Official Removed Amid Leadership Changes
The Food and Drug Administration's chief tobacco regulator has been removed from his post amid broad cuts at the agency and across the federal health workforce handed down Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter. In an email to staff, FDA tobacco director Brian...
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:24:09 EDTRep. Luna Leaves Freedom Caucus Over Parental Proxy Voting
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is resigning from the House Freedom Caucus because of opposition to her efforts to allow chamber members who are new parents to vote by proxy.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:28:18 EDTDem Sen. Booker Holds Senate Floor Overnight in Trump Protest
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., took the Senate floor at 7 p.m. Monday and vowed to speak out against President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the administration's policies for as long as he is "physically able."
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:15:01 EDTSen. Jim Justice: DOGE Mowed 'Past the Fence'
One new Republican U.S. senator says Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency probably have mowed "past the fence" a bit with some of their government cuts.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:27:13 EDTMyanmar Earthquake Death Toll Surpasses 2,700
Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar's capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil...
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:08:08 EDTLayoffs Begin at US Health Agencies Charged with Tracking Disease, Researching and Regulating Food
Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people...
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:00:52 EDTSenate Republicans to Seek Referee's Opinion on Trump Tax Plan
U.S. Senate Republicans will ask their chamber's nonpartisan referee this week to weigh in on a controversial plan to make President Donald Trump's expiring 2017 tax cuts permanent, which critics say could lead to trillions of dollars in additional debt. It is not clear...
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:34:56 EDTWisconsin Votes in High-Profile Judicial Race After Musk Millions
Wisconsin voters will choose a new justice for the state's top court Tuesday in a race that offers an early referendum on Donald Trump's presidency, with abortion rights, labor rights, and election rules all potentially in the balance.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:24:17 EDTCaine, Trump's Pick for Top General, Faces Senate Grilling
President Donald Trump's pick to become the highest-ranking military officer will appear before lawmakers on Tuesday for his confirmation hearing after being plucked from retirement and relative obscurity, stoking Democratic accusations of politicization of the U.S....
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:18:20 EDTNational Rally Calls on French People to Rally Against Le Pen's Election Ban
National Rally party chief Jordan Bardella called on the French to rally this weekend to protest against a ruling that banned Marine Le Pen from running for public office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds...
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:14:49 EDTYemen's Houthi Rebels Claim They Shot Down Another US Drone
Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed Tuesday that they shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone, even as the U.S. kept up its campaign of intense airstrikes targeting the group. The reported shootdown over Yemen's contested Marib governate came as airstrikes hit around Sanaa,...
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:58 EDTUkraine Seeks 'Mutually Acceptable' Minerals Deal After Fallout
Ukraine will work with the United States toward a mutually acceptable text of a minerals deal that the two countries can sign, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Tuesday.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:50:09 EDTSecretary Rubio, Denmark to Hold First High-Level Talks
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen is set to meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week in the first high-level talks since President Donald Trump's reelection and his vow to "take control" of Greenland, the Financial Times said.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:42:03 EDTHezbollah Official Among Four Dead in Israeli Strike on Beirut
A Hezbollah official was among four people killed Tuesday in an Israeli strike on south Beirut, Israel a Hezbollah source said, the second such raid during a fragile four-month ceasefire...
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:45:36 EDTReport: White House Weighs 20 Percent Tariff on Most Imports
White House aides have drafted a proposal to impose tariffs of around 20% on most imports to the United States, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. President Donald Trump's team is mulling using trillions of dollars in new import revenue for a tax dividend or refund,...
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:39:57 EDTNewsmax IPO Makes Headlines Across the Globe
Newsmax's debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NMAX) on Monday caught the attention of major media around the globe after its stock price rose over 700% in its first day of trading.
Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:31:34 EDTTrump: 'Maybe 30' People Interested in UN Post
President Donald Trump said Monday there might be 30 people interested in the United Nations ambassador post that opened up last week, including David Friedman and Ric Grenell, both ambassadors in his first administration.
Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:54:03 EDTTrump Admin. Pauses $210M to Princeton Over Antisemitism
The Trump administration has frozen roughly $210 million in federal funds to Princeton University amid an ongoing investigation into allegations of antisemitism, according to an administration official who spoke with the Daily Caller.
Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:44:54 EDTNonprofit Groups, Dems Sue Over Election Executive Order
President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to overhaul the nation's elections faced its first legal challenges Monday as the Democratic National Committee and a pair of nonprofits filed two separate lawsuits calling it unconstitutional.The Campaign Legal Center and...
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