The president did not look amused. He was meeting the Japanese prime minister for the first time on Friday when a reporter shouted out to ask if he had a “reaction” to the new cover of Time magazine. The cover, the reporter told Mr. Trump, depicts “Elon Musk sitting behind your Resolute Desk.” “No,” Mr. … Read more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Friday setting aside $50 million to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the president’s mass-deportation plans. One of the laws allocates $25 million for the state Department of Justice to fight legal battles against the federal … Read more
President Trump on Friday ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritize the resettling of white, “Afrikaner refugees” into the United States because of what he called actions by the country’s government that “racially disfavored landowners.” In the order, Mr. Trump said that “the United States shall … Read more
As Elon Musk’s new Department of Government Efficiency works to reduce government spending by eliminating waste and cutting diversity programs, his SpaceX corporation currently has a multibillion dollar contract to help NASA land the first woman and first person of color on the moon. In 2021, NASA announced that it had awarded a $2.9 billion … Read more
Four men charged with burglarizing the Ohio home of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow last year posed for pictures with some of the $300,000 worth of designer luggage, glasses, wrist watches and jewelry stolen from the residence, according to a newly unsealed federal criminal complaint. An image taken from the cellphone of one of the … Read more
Two days after meeting with President Trump at the White House to seek disaster aid, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed legislation on Friday that authorized $50 million in state funds intended to counter the president’s agenda. Half of the money was dedicated to legal aid for undocumented immigrants, who have faced deportation threats from … Read more
One day after a Treasury Department employee associated with Elon Musk’s DOGE cost-cutting efforts resigned following a Wall Street Journal report about his racist social media posts, the Trump administration has vowed to reinstate the employee. Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and X who is leading the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, posted … Read more
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency group has made swift work of the billionaire’s goal to scale back or dismantle much of the federal government, end diversity policies and otherwise further President Donald Trump’s agenda. DOGE employees, many of whom have no government experience, have been going through data systems, shutting down DEI programs and … Read more
The wreckage of the Bering Air caravan that went missing Thursday has been located, with all 10 on board believed to be dead, authorities in Alaska said. The aircraft was located Friday sitting on sea ice approximately 34 miles southeast of Nome, Alaska, the U.S. Coast Guard said, releasing a photo of the crashed aircraft. … Read more
The hiring of thousands of federal firefighters has stalled amid a governmentwide freeze ordered by President Trump, just as agencies were beginning to ramp up staffing for the summer wildfire season, according to a firefighters’ union. The executive order issued by Mr. Trump hours after his inauguration stated that the freeze exempted “public safety” positions. … Read more