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Robert Knopes/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Monday lifted an injunction against the Trump administration’s efforts to gut the Department of Education. The move allows the administration to proceed, for now, with mass firings that slashed nearly half of the agency’s workforce in March as well as other […]
Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images (TOKYO) — While the European Union has vowed to impose countermeasures if the Trump administration moves forward with its planned 30% tariffs on all EU exports to the U.S., another key strategic ally, Japan, is taking a different approach. Unlike the European Union, the Japanese government has made no indication it plans […]
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans are expected to spend the week rushing to try to deliver President Donald Trump a package that formalizes some of the cuts made by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency by striking $9.4 billion from the previously approved federal budget. Congress has until the end of the week […]
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired one of the top career officials tasked with advising her and other senior Justice Department officials of their ethical obligations, an official familiar with the dismissal confirmed to ABC News Monday. Joseph Tirrell on Monday took to LinkedIn to post news of his termination, […]
Erika Doss/Prime Prime Video is asking Team Conrad and Team Jeremiah to keep it civil. The streaming service has issued a statement asking fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty to keep online discourse respectful throughout the third and final season of the show. “PSA for the Summer community,” the show’s official social accounts shared. […]
Cactus Jack Records Fans get another taste of Travis Scott‘s Jackboys 2 album with the release of a new video for “Dumbo.“ In the clip, Scott is seen singing to a crowd of women in front of a white sports car, getting a tattoo on his back and more. “That come-down no emotion, yeah, yeah/ […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Joe Biden, in an interview with the New York Times published on Sunday, said that he personally made every clemency and pardon decision during the last few weeks of his presidency — including those made with an autopen. However, he and aides told the Times that some decisions for large […]
Craig Barritt/Getty Images Elmo’s social platform X account is now secure after it was hacked and several racist and antisemitic messages were shared, according to the producers of Sesame Street. “Elmo’s X account was briefly compromised yesterday by an unknown hacker who posted disgusting messages, including antisemitic and racist posts. The account has since been […]
Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Live Nation Urban Clipse has dropped the music video for their single “Chains & Whips” featuring Kendrick Lamar. Directed by Gabriel Moses, the video features trippy effects and random images that represent struggle, especially those of Black prisoners and their loved ones. The video is now available to watch on YouTube. “Chains & Whips” appears […]
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — About two dozen state attorneys general and Democratic governors sued the Trump administration on Monday for withholding more than $6 billion in federal funds for several education programs nationwide. “This is plainly against the law,” North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson told ABC News in an exclusive interview ahead […]
