WASHINGTON — As part of the Trump administration’s push to expand U.S. energy production, federal officials will review and consider redrawing the boundaries of national monuments created under previous presidents to protect unique landscapes and cultural resources. The review — laid out in a Monday order from new Interior Secretary Doug Burgum — is raising …
Read More »Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them at one point as “targets.” It’s unclear when the website, which lists mostly Black employees who work in …
Read More »Elon Musk gets White House reminders his power is not unchecked
Tech billionaire and newly minted “special government employee“ Elon Musk has received quiet White House reminders in recent days that while he has wide, nearly unprecedented latitude to slash spending and reorient the federal government at a breakneck pace, his power is not unchecked. Trump has suggested publicly, and aides …
Read More »President Trump says ‘U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip’
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Trump proposal for U.S. control of Gaza would have ‘reverberations around the world’ 08:38 Now Playing ‘U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip,’ Trump says 02:48 UP NEXT Trump ‘not in a rush’ to speak …
Read More »Some communication from CDC, other federal health agencies now allowed; most still blocked
Much of the scientific communication typically released publicly from federal health agencies remains on pause, according to multiple sources within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. Staffers say the communications stoppage, along with a barrage of memos from the Trump administration with sweeping …
Read More »Democrats question diversion of federal law enforcement officers to Trump migrant crackdown
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee raised concerns on Tuesday about law enforcement agents from agencies like the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives being diverted from their regular duties to help President Trump’s immigration crackdown. “This all-consuming focus on rounding up immigrants is not an efficient use of the …
Read More »Pro-athlete home burglaries may be linked to raid in New York City’s Diamond District, sources say
The FBI and NYPD raided a business in New York City’s Diamond District Tuesday that investigators say worked with a South American transnational theft group that has been targeting homes belonging to wealthy individuals across the country. Investigators said they are looking into whether any suspects involved in recent burglaries …
Read More »Video shows New Mexico murder suspect getting attacked by victim’s family in court
Courtroom video shows the moments a New Mexico murder suspect was attacked during a hearing by his alleged victim’s uncle and stepfather on Friday. Alexander Ortiz, 21, was arrested by Albuquerque police last February in connection with the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend, Alianna Farfan, according to a news release. …
Read More »Trans young adults and parents sue over Trump’s orders restricting transition care
Two transgender young adults and five families of trans minors filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging two executive orders President Donald Trump issued over the last two weeks that aim to prohibit federal funding of transition-related health care for anyone under 19 and define sex as biological, only male and …
Read More »New Lakers star Luka Dončić calls trade from Mavericks ‘a big shock’
The Lakers introduced Luka Dončić on Tuesday, and the NBA superstar expressed the same shock as the rest of the basketball world about the trade that brought him to Los Angeles from Dallas. “You can imagine how surprised I was,” Dončić said at his introductory press conference. “I was almost …
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