In his second term, the president is embracing perhaps the most sweeping expansion of federal power since that of Franklin D. Roosevelt: bullying state governments, using military force if necessary; telling private institutions, including media corporations and universities, how to operate; extorting law firms into doing free work for the government; and, in the latest escalation, taking a stake in the tech firm Intel.
Apparently, the purpose of removing programs that degrade shared American values, divide Americans by race or promote ideologies inconsistent with federal law is to present the American past as an unblemished landscape of positivity and perfection, to pretend that nothing wrong let alone evil has been done on our shores since our nation's founding. The point is to create a national identity that mirrors the president's own view of himself as a model of moral purity,
They've had some bad management over the years and they got lost. I said 'I think you should pay us 10% of your company,' and they said 'yes.' That's about $10 billion. I don't get it, this comes to the United States of America,
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Friday released transcripts of interviews its No. 2 official did with Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend as the Trump administration scrambles to present itself as transparent amid a fierce backlash over an earlier refusal to disclose a trove of records from the sex-trafficking case. The disclosure represents the latest Trump administration effort to repair self-inflicted political wounds after failing to deliver on expectations that its own officials had created through conspiracy theories and bold pronouncements that never came to pass.
Donald Trump is the most tech-friendly President in American history. He enlisted social media to win office; he became a promoter-and beneficiary-of cryptocurrency, breaking long-standing norms around conflicts of interest; and, in his second term, he brought Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest tech baron, to the White House, to disrupt the federal government in the manner of a Silicon Valley startup.
Ever since the Surrendergate Nine capitulated to the Trump administration, pledging nearly a billion dollars worth of free legal work, the firms have bent over backward to shrug it off as no big deal. As the months dragged on, and the firms lost more talent and more clients, stories started cropping up suggesting that the firms viewed the deals as unenforceable all along and that it's business as usual over there.
* This Eric Adams ally corruption story has everything: snacks, questionable lawyering, and a wad of cash. [ The CITY] * A Trump U.S. Attorney in Virginia abruptly resigns. Hmmmm... wonder what's going on there. [ Bloomberg Law] * Ninth Circuit clears way for Trump to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras and Nepal. [ Reuters] * Is revenge a good justification for a federal case? We'll see! [ Law and Crime]
Jobs involving partisan or nonpartisan voter registration, voter assistance at a polling place or through a voter hotline, or serving as a poll worker—whether this takes place on or off campus—involve political activity because these activities support the process of voting which is a quintessential political activity whereby voters formally support partisan or nonpartisan political candidates by casting ballots.
Governors from six Republican-led states are sending hundreds of troops to Washington, DC, bolstering United States President Donald Trump's aggressive move to flood the city with soldiers and federal agents in what he says is an effort to fight violent crime.
During the Oval Office session, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy dominated by asking six questions, which accounted for 41% of Trump's time answering questions, shaping the narrative favorably for Trump.
"Silence in the face of oppression is not an option," Wu said at a press conference outside City Hall. She was joined by Sen. Ed Markey, most members of the City Council, state lawmakers, police officers, activists, union members, and leaders from nearby communities.
"As a school board member, I cannot sit idly by while adults who should know better try to pit one group of students against another. Our responsibility is to ensure that every child - including those who are transgender or gender nonconforming - has an opportunity to achieve their full, unique, and limitless potential."
"Republicans are implementing a blueprint to displace democracy with a government powered by Christian nationalism and techno-fascism. Conservative estimates count at least 10 million people having their healthcare ripped away."
NASA is officially not continuing its work studying global warming and will instead just stick to space exploration. Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy stated during a live interview that all climate science will be moved aside to focus solely on exploration, citing NASA's fundamental mission.
President Trump spoke about the possibility of a ceasefire in Ukraine, emphasizing that strategic considerations could lead to preferring a comprehensive peace deal rather than just a ceasefire.
The president attempted for the first time since the Civil War to rewrite the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution in a way that said babies born on U.S. soil were not in fact entitled to the rights and privileges of United States citizenship.
Hakeem Jeffries stated that Secretary Kristi Noem will face accountability for the Trump administration's migrant policies after the 2026 elections, emphasizing aggressive oversight.
Teachers, social workers, nurses, and other public workers risk losing student loan cancellation if their employer is linked to illegal activities under a new proposal.
