Muhamad Yehia An independent board that looks at federal workforce complaints has decided to temporarily reinstate six employees who were fired by the Trump administration, in one of the first direct rebukes of the president’s moves to cut back the federal workforce starting with the termination of thousands of probationary …
Read More »US president promotes “Trump Gaza” plan in AI video
Muhamad Yehia President Donald Trump posted a video on his Truth Social account late on Tuesday, which appears to have been created with generative AI, promoting the transformation of Gaza into a Gulf state-like resort featuring a golden statue of himself, a hummus-eating Elon Musk, and shirtless American and Israeli leaders lounging …
Read More »Mexico and Canada tariffs effective date remains March 4, despite Trump’s claims that they’ve been extended
Muhamad Yehia President Donald Trump said that the drop in illegal border crossings into the United States since he took office is “not stopping” him from levying 25% tariffs on all Mexican and Canadian goods the US imports. This comes as a 30-day pause on those tariffs, which Trump tied …
Read More »DOJ tells judge that courts have no authority in case of fired federal watchdog
Muhamad Yehia A Trump administration lawyer boldly told a federal judge the courts had no authority in a case over a fired federal official who investigates whistleblower complaints in the civil service. The Justice Department laid out an essentially unfettered power of the presidency over the position leading the federal Office of …
Read More »Musk says weekend email blast was a “pulse check,” but Trump has a warning for non-responders
Muhamad Yehia Speaking from President Donald Trump’s first second-term Cabinet meeting, Elon Musk said the email blast requiring federal workers to detail their past week’s work was wrongly interpreted as a performance review, and “it actually was a pulse check.” “I think that, you know, perhaps, was first interpreted as …
Read More »How the timing of Trump’s first Cabinet meeting compares with past presidents
Muhamad Yehia Most of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet members were confirmed by the Senate in time for his first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Four members requiring Senate approval had not yet been confirmed, including US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who was voted in by the Senate the same day. It is …
Read More »Key lines from Trump’s first official Cabinet meeting, including what Musk told agency leaders about DOGE F
Muhamad Yehia From CNN’s Elise Hammond, Alejandra Jaramillo, Elisabeth Buchwald, Tami Luhby, Kevin Liptak, Michael Williams, Donald Judd, Kit Maher, Betsy Klein and Antoinette Radford President Donald Trump held the first official Cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday at the White House. Seated alongside agency leaders in a long wooden …
Read More »Trump administration says more time needed to pay out $2 billion in foreign aid as court order deadline loom
White House chief of staff describes how Musk operates with Trump
Muhamad Yehia White House chief of staff Susie Wiles answered questions about a number of topics at a closed-door lunch meeting with GOP senators — including about Elon Musk and his role in the administration, an issue that has caused growing GOP angst on Capitol Hill. According to Sen. Josh …
Read More »Suspected Hamas members face terrorism trial in Germany over weapons caches
Muhamad Yehia Prosecutors say the suspects established arms depots in Bulgaria and Denmark, and were plotting attacks in Germany and beyond. A trial began in Germany on Tuesday for four alleged Hamas members suspected of establishing weapons stockpiles across Europe to be used in potential attacks on Israeli and Jewish …
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