Fired, reinstated Education Department employees speak out as agency is dismantled

by admin | Mar 25, 2025 | Politics

Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Two weeks since the Trump administration eliminated nearly half of the Department of Education’s workforce through an overhaul that affected roughly 2,000 people and just days after President Donald Trump signed an...

Trump SSA pick not seeking to privatize Social Security, will meet people ‘where they want to be met’

by admin | Mar 25, 2025 | Politics

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Social Security Administration on Tuesday distanced himself from some of the actions taken at the agency by officials linked to Elon Musk and the Department of Government...

Several federal judges have slammed the Trump administration. Here’s what they have said in court

by admin | Mar 25, 2025 | Politics

Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Federal judges have been blunt in their rulings from the bench as the Trump administration has been hit with numerous lawsuits challenging its policies, layoffs and firings and other orders.While many of the...

White House denies ‘war plans,’ classified information discussed in Signal chat on Yemen

by admin | Mar 25, 2025 | Politics

Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Officials with the White House’s National Security Council say they “are reviewing” how a journalist could have been “inadvertently” added to an 18-member group...

Who is Mike Waltz, the national security adviser who added journalist to Signal group chat?

by admin | Mar 25, 2025 | Politics

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said he is confident in his national security adviser, Mike Waltz — a day after a report detailed how he inadvertently added a journalist to a Signal group chat discussing...

Trump envoy Witkoff sparks outcry after backing Kremlin talking points on Ukraine

by admin | Mar 25, 2025 | Politics

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy and lead negotiator tasked with ending the war in Ukraine, has attracted criticism in Europe and Ukraine after an interview where he appeared to back a number...