The New York Times has obtained a list of 53 men whom the Homeland Security Department has sent from an immigration detention site in Texas to a prison building at the military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The U.S. government has not released the men’s names but has described them as Venezuelan citizens under final … Read more
President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday calling for “reform” to the Foreign Service, America’s corps of professional diplomats, “to ensure faithful and effective implementation” of his foreign policy agenda. It was the latest of several recent moves by Mr. Trump to assert greater control over the federal work force, which the president largely … Read more
Hi there. The country is changing — and so is this newsletter. We usually go deep on a different subject each night. But for the next few weeks, we’re going to stick with one big story: Elon Musk’s efforts to slash the federal bureaucracy and upend the nation’s politics. We’ll explain what he’s doing, what … Read more
Joann, the financially troubled arts-and-crafts retailer, announced Wednesday that it was preparing to close 500 of its 800 remaining stores after its latest bankruptcy filing. The announcement came one month after the eight-decade-old company filed for bankruptcy for the second time in less than a year, as consumers pull back on spending. If the District … Read more
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it was suing New York State over its migrant policies, accusing state officials of prioritizing “illegal aliens over American citizens.” Attorney General Pam Bondi, in her first news conference, specifically cited New York’s “green light” law, which allows people in the state to get a driver’s license regardless … Read more
Joann, the financially troubled arts-and-crafts retailer, announced Wednesday that it was preparing to close 500 of its 800 remaining stores after its latest bankruptcy filing. The announcement came one month after the eight-decade-old company filed for bankruptcy for the second time in less than a year, as consumers pull back on spending. If the District … Read more
A federal judge said Wednesday that the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program for federal workers could proceed, allowing the White House to move forward with a key part of its plan to reduce the federal work force by encouraging mass buyouts. Judge George A. O’Toole Jr., a U.S. District Court judge in the District of … Read more
Now that he is back in office, President Trump sees corruption everywhere — in the foreign aid agency, at the Justice Department, in federal contracting. But when it comes to his own orbit, he doesn’t seem interested in looking. In this second incarnation as president, Mr. Trump is presenting himself as a born-again corruption fighter … Read more
Budget freezes and firings The administration’s attempt to freeze as much as $3 trillion in federal funding has stalled in two cases. An effort to gut the United States Agency for International Development is also at least partly on hold, as is an order to slash “overhead” at research labs funded through the National Institutes … Read more
Todd Blanche, President Trump’s lawyer and the nominee to be the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, used his confirmation hearing on Wednesday to denounce the investigations and prosecutions of his client as corrupt, and to insist that he would uphold the law. Mr. Blanche, in delivering his opening statement, did not shy away … Read more