Politics

Robert Alexander/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration reinstate thousands of probationary employees who were fired last month from a half dozen federal agencies. U.S. District Judge Charles Alsup ordered the Trump administration to reinstate employees at the Veterans Administration, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the […]

Shannon Finney/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced Thursday morning that he will not run for U.S. Senate or governor in the state of Michigan, potentially clearing the way to possibly mount a run for president in 2028. “I care deeply about who Michigan will elect as Governor and send […]

Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Thursday pulled President Donald Trump’s nomination of Dr. David Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, multiple sources told ABC News. The withdrawal came just before Weldon was to appear for his confirmation hearing Thursday morning before the […]

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former Tennessee lawmaker who was once represented by White House Counsel David Warrington said he received a pardon from President Donald Trump after pleading guilty to an illegal campaign finance scheme in 2022. The White House has not said anything publicly about former Sen. Brian Kelsey’s pardon, but sources […]

(Skyhobo/Getty Image) (WASHINGTON) — Calling it the “biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history,” the Environmental Protection Agency rolled out sweeping moves Wednesday aimed at walking back environmental protections and eliminating a host of climate change regulations, some decades in the making. Taken together, the agency’s actions indicate a wholesale reorientation of the agency away from […]

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Joe Murphy, whose position as a management and data analyst was eliminated when the Department of Education laid off nearly 50% of its workforce Tuesday evening, said on Wednesday that he and his colleagues are filled with a sense of “sadness” and “disbelief.” “We got the sense that […]

U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sit in a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s controversial showcase of Tesla cars in […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) —   A federal judge spent Wednesday morning grilling a Department of Justice lawyer about the legality of the Pentagon’s transgender service member ban, repeatedly suggesting the policy relies on a flawed understanding of gender dysphoria. The Pentagon’s new policy to separate transgender U.S. service members from the military is facing its first legal […]

Photo by Kremlin Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump‘s “trust” in Russia’s Vladimir Putin now faces a major test as the world waits for Moscow to respond to a 30-day ceasefire proposed by the U.S. and accepted by Ukraine. Trump said after Tuesday’s breakthrough in Saudi Arabia that he would speak […]

Win Mcnamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Education’s mass layoffs on Tuesday affected some 1,315 employees — including civil servants around the country who are now left wondering who will advocate for those they served. The cuts — which account for a nearly 50% reduction at the department — impacted every part of the Department of […]