The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to advance Kash Patel’s nomination to lead the F.B.I., paving the way for a floor vote on his confirmation as the bureau is wracked by a bitter conflict between its temporary leaders and the Trump administration. The vote, 12 to 10, fell along party lines. In forwarding Mr. … Read more
The Trump administration deported migrants from several Asian nations to Panama on Wednesday night, Panamanian and U.S. officials said, in a move that could signal much faster removals of immigrants who have remained in the United States because their countries have made it difficult to return them. The flight carrying the migrants, a military plane … Read more
Transit officials in Utah have released video showing a driver escape a vehicle moments before a train smashed into it. Source link
Linda McMahon, a sports entertainment mogul and longtime booster of President Trump, faced lawmakers on Thursday for the beginning of confirmation hearings as she seeks to lead the Department of Education. A former executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, Ms. McMahon has been tapped to run an agency in the middle of intense upheaval, whose very … Read more
An incredible life moment played out on the W train. ABC News’ Danny New reports. Source link
Months after she was announced to be President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education, Linda McMahon is on the hot seat in Capitol Hill Thursday as she faces senators over the future of the agency, which the president has vowed to kill. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is holding … Read more
The Senate is expected to vote soon on the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Vote Total Democrats Dem. Republicans Rep. Independents Ind. Bar chart of total votes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 45 53 2 If confirmed, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. … Read more
U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week as employers continue to retain workers despite resurgent inflation and elevated interest rates. The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell by 7,000 to 213,000 for the week ending February 8, the Labor Department said Thursday. Analysts projected that 215,000 new applications would be filed. Weekly … Read more
President Trump’s breakneck attack on the federal government has faced a barrage of lawsuits, with judges increasingly intervening to tell his administration to stop, for now, what it is doing on a range of fronts. At least 70 lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration, and judges have issued at least 14 orders blocking … Read more
It was another day of President Trump’s declared national emergency at the southwestern border, and there was not a migrant in sight outside Nogales, Ariz. Teresa Fast, a Border Patrol agent, bumped her truck over dirt roads, past other agents posted up in the desert. Their radios were silent. “Right now in the field, we … Read more