Russell Vought took over as acting director of consumer protection office, WSJ reports
(Reuters) – Russell Vought, who was confirmed by the Senate as the head of the Office of Management and Budget on Thursday, took over control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday night, the Wall Street
Pentagon doubles number of news outlets to ‘rotate’ out from office spaces
By Kanishka Singh and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department on Friday doubled the number of news organizations that must vacate their Pentagon office spaces to be replaced by other media outlets under a
Trump says he’s firing Kennedy Center board of trustees members and naming himself chairman
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he is firing members of the board of trustees for the Kennedy Center and naming himself chairman. He also indicated that he would be dictating programming at one
California approves $50M to protect immigrants and defend state against Trump administration
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Friday setting aside $50 million to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the president’s mass-deportation plans. One
USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs, conservation contracts
By P.J. Huffstutter and Leah Douglas CHICAGO/WASHINGTON DC (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that programs helping
US states sue to block Musk’s DOGE from accessing payment systems
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A coalition of mostly Democratic-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Friday to stop a Trump administration panel led by billionaire Elon Musk from accessing government systems used to process trillions of dollars
Springfield, Ohio, sues neo-Nazi group that it says led Haitian intimidation
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio city that was racked with chaos and threats last year related to an influx of Haitian immigrants filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a neo-Nazi group that it alleges was at
19 states sue to stop DOGE accessing Americans’ personal data
Nineteen Democratic attorneys general sued President Donald Trump on Friday to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records that contain sensitive personal data such as Social Security and bank account numbers for
Trump says he’s revoking Biden’s security clearance, ending intelligence briefings in payback move
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s revoking former President Joe Biden’s security clearance and ending the daily intelligence briefings he’s receiving in payback for Biden doing the same to him in
Trump pauses tariffs on millions of low-value packages from China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has paused imposing tariffs on small-value packages arriving from China, apparently to give federal agencies time to sort out how to process millions of such shipments that have come through the
