President Trump has directed that all employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles be put on paid leave, a memo from the Office of Personnel Management shows Tuesday. The memo, sent to heads of departments and agencies, gives a 5 p.m. Wednesday deadline to let the employees…
President Trump kept his Day 1 actions going after midnight Monday by firing four presidential appointees from the Biden administration. “Our first day in the White House is not over yet! My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over…
President-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated Monday, and it will be freezing. The National Weather Service is expecting a high of 24 degrees, the coldest Inauguration Day since 1985. In addition, biting winds are expected to make it feel even colder outside in Washington, D.C. “We’re looking at winds about 15…
SEOUL, South Korea — Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is reportedly in the hands of police and investigators after hourslong resistance at his presidential residence collapsed around daybreak Wednesday. His detention marks a historic first in Korea’s political history: No sitting president has…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators opened a potentially explosive confirmation hearing Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who calls himself a “change agent” as senators determine whether the former combat veteran and TV news show host is fit to lead the U.S. military. Hegseth’s former experience in the Army National Guard is widely…
TikTok’s fate rests with the Supreme Court, which grappled Friday with whether the company’s ties to a foreign adversary are so deep that national security concerns outweigh First Amendment rights. The company asked the justices to block a law enacted last year by Congress. The law will force ByteDance, the Chinese parent company, to divest TikTok by Jan. 19. Otherwise, the social…
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced Friday by a New York judge for the felony convictions handed down by a Manhattan jury last spring. He is the first former, sitting or future president to face a criminal reckoning. State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan is not…
The special election that just happened in District 32 and District 26 should be a flashing red light to all that the Democrats still have deep roots and control here in Virginia. What will this mean for the upcoming elections? It means that the fight to maintain the nuclear family will be harder to hold on to. It means the continual dismantling of our children’s education…
President-elect Donald Trump railed against California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday for not making sure his state has enough water amid the raging, uncontainable wildfires that have ripped through Southern California “This is a true tragedy, and it’s a mistake of the governor and you can say the administration,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Capitol. “They don’t have…
The House on Tuesday took the first steps toward President-elect Donald Trump’s promised immigration crackdown by passing a bill to pressure the Department of Homeland Security to detain and deport illegal immigrants arrested on even minor charges of criminal law violations such as shoplifting. The Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student…
President Biden’s ban on offshore drilling caps his drive to cement green energy policies that he hopes will trip up President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to “drill baby drill” when he takes office in two weeks. Mr. Trump and congressional Republicans quickly pledged to reverse Mr. Biden’s eleventh-hour move to block drilling and natural gas leasing in more than 625 million acres of U.S. ocean, including…
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday praised the FBI and his Justice Department prosecutors for their zealous pursuit of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol four years ago, saying the cases they brought against more than 1,500 people are a defense of democracy. Mr. Garland…
President-elect Donald Trump wished Speaker Mike Johnson good luck ahead of Friday’s vote to elect a speaker of the House, but whether Mr. Trump’s backing is enough for him to win the gavel again is still in the air. “Good luck today for Speaker Mike Johnson, a fine man of great ability, who is very close to having 100% support,” Mr. Trump said on Truth Social…
Malign influences are among us. Chinese, Russian, and North Korean operatives are in our midst and the largest offender of U.S. interests between them is China. From propaganda schemes, cultural shows, education centers, and even police stations, this is an ongoing…
The Army veteran behind the deadly New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans made videos professing his allegiance to the Islamic State terror group and laying out his plans to kill family members. Law enforcement officials said Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, 42…
