Trump administration begins layoffs at General Services Administration, sources say
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Layoffs at the U.S. General Services Administration, the agency which manages the federal government’s real estate portfolio, began on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the matter. The layoffs affect
Attorney general says US sues New York officials over immigration enforcement
By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department has sued New York state officials over alleged failures to enforce federal immigration law, Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters on Wednesday. Bondi said
Wisconsin Supreme Court justice rejects Republican call to step down in key union case
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice on Wednesday rejected a Republican request that she not hear a pending case that seeks to restore collective bargaining rights that tens of thousands of teachers, nurses
Judge clears way for Trump’s plan to downsize federal workforce with deferred resignation program
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plan to downsize the federal workforce with a deferred resignation program. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. in Boston found a group
The relationship between the White House and its press corps is time-tested — and can be contentious
This week, the White House barred Associated Press journalists from three media appearances by President Donald Trump — two of them in the Oval Office itself. Some of the reaction said, effectively, this: What right do you
US judge allows Trump to proceed with government employee buyout
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Wednesday allowed Donald Trump’s administration to carry out its federal worker buyout program as the Republican president moves to overhaul and downsize the U.S. government, handing a setback
Trump directs Rubio to reform US Foreign Service
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an executive order directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to reform the U.S. Foreign Service to ensure “faithful and effective” implementation of Trump’s foreign policy agenda. (Reporting by Humeyra
NASCAR’s lone Black Cup driver Bubba Wallace ‘couldn’t care less’ if Trump attends Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Bubba Wallace said he “couldn’t care less” if Donald Trump attends the Daytona 500 on Sunday, nearly five years after the president accused the NASCAR Cup Series’ only Black full-time driver of
FACT FOCUS: FEMA funding to New York City to assist migrants is misrepresented
Elon Musk posted Monday on X that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency he heads had uncovered millions of dollars being spent illegally by FEMA to house migrants in New York City. He said the money was
Navy crew members eject from their jet before it crashes off the San Diego coast
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two crew members ejected from a U.S. Navy jet before it crashed Wednesday off the San Diego coast and were quickly rescued by a sportfishing boat, authorities said. The two occupants of the
