Elon Musk’s official government website for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was updated on Wednesday and no longer features only a logo. The site now prominently features a feed of X posts made by DOGE, along with sections breaking down what appears to be publicly available data on the government workforce — along with … Read more
Eight inspectors general who were fired by President Donald Trump last month are suing the federal government over what they allege are “unlawful and unjustified purported termination[s].” The eight inspectors general claimed Trump broke the law when he attempted to terminate them without justifying their removal or giving Congress 30-day notices. “The purported firings violated … 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
The State Department instructed United States embassies around the world to start planning for staff reductions on Wednesday, sources told ABC News. Senior embassy officials were asked to provide comprehensive lists of all employees and their employment status as part of the process, sources said, explaining that the request includes tenured, untenured and temporary duty … Read more
Hospital staff threw Brooks Joseph a special farewell parade as he made his way out of the hospital to go home. Source link
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
BRUSSELS — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that NATO membership for Ukraine was unrealistic and in sweeping remarks suggested Kyiv should abandon hopes of winning all its territory back from Russia and instead prepare for a negotiated peace settlement to be backed up by international troops. Hegseth’s strident comments came during the first … 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
An Ohio doctor has been charged with arson after allegedly setting fire to another doctor’s house, officials said. Andrew Campbell, 33, was arrested following an investigation into the Dec. 7 blaze, which police told ABC News they “determined to have not been accidental in nature.” On Tuesday, a grand jury indicted Campbell on six counts of … Read more