Being in higher ed (STEM, NSF funded), every morning I feel like the Ben Affleck cigarette drag meme.

Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders


About 20,000 federal workers have accepted the "buyout" offer put forward by the Trump administration last week, a senior administration official tells Axios.

It's a significant number of people — about 1% of the federal workforce — but still substantially less than the White House's target of 5% to 10%.

The offer is open through Thursday, meaning the total could rise, despite heavy opposition from unions and others.

Aside from the pace of resignations, the official said, the administration is still trying to implement a hiring freeze. It has proven trickier than expected because some agencies are still taking on new workers.

Critics argue the offer is illegal, there's no real guarantee people will get paid out, and it's something Congress would need to authorize. The administration rejects those assertions and says it's following through on a promise to restructure the federal government.

The federal workforce's normal attrition rate is about 6% a year, meaning some of those who've taken the buyout may have been planning to leave government service anyway.

Scoop: 20,000 federal workers have taken buyout offer, official says

About 20,000 federal workers have accepted the &quot;buyout&quot; offer put forward by the Trump administration last week, a senior administration official tells Axios.

It&#39;s a significant number of people — about 1% of the federal workforce — but still substantially less than the White House&#39;s target of 5% to 10%.

The offer is open through Thursday, meaning the total could rise, despite heavy opposition from unions and others.

Aside from the pace of resignations, the official said, the administration is still trying to implement a hiring freeze. It has proven trickier than expected because some agencies are still taking on new workers.

Critics argue the offer is illegal, there&#39;s no real guarantee people will get paid out, and it&#39;s something Congress would need to authorize. The administration rejects those assertions and says it&#39;s following through on a promise to restructure the federal government.

The federal workforce&#39;s normal attrition rate is about 6% a year, meaning some of those who&#39;ve taken the buyout may have been planning to leave government service anyway.


Trump administration adds fine print to "Fork" resignation offer, deepening confusion


Is Somebody Doing Something?!


New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy spent years trying to make his state a hub of an industry that would bring factories and jobs up and down the Eastern Seaboard. But on Monday, the term-limited Democrat announced that his state would stop approving new offshore wind projects, a near-terminal setback for projects Trump and other Republicans have long maligned.

The announcement effectively ends much of Murphy’s seven-year agenda to spur a clean energy and green economy revolution in the Garden State and echoes setbacks in New York and California.

It also stymies the aspirations former President Joe Biden had planned for a green future that is more reliant on wind than fossil fuels while handing a victory to Trump, who favors coal, oil and natural gas.

So far, only four small wind projects have been built. Another six have state contracts and federal permits — and are expected to move forward this year.

Ironically, perhaps the industry’s biggest bright spot is in a state led by a Republican governor: The nation’s largest offshore wind project is not only under construction but proceeding apace off the coast of Hampton Roads in Virginia. The company behind it, Dominion Energy, expects to finish construction next year and said it continues to enjoy “robust bipartisan support from Virginia government and congressional leaders, local communities, defense interests, commercial marine industry, civic, educational, environmental, labor and community partners.”

Trump’s plan to kill offshore wind is paying off


The GOP’s ambitious plan to quickly advance President Trump’s legislative agenda is hitting an early speed bump, with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) being forced to punt an initial vote on the legislation.

Johnson and House GOP leaders repeatedly said that they wanted to start the legislative process on the measure encompassing much of Trump’s agenda by advancing a budget resolution out of committee this week. But a source told The Hill on Monday that the vote will not take place this week amid jockeying among Republicans over how deep the spending cuts should ultimately be.

The decision to delay the markup comes after leadership presented lawmakers with a framework that proposed $500 billion in spending cuts, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), a member of the House Budget Committee, told The Hill. The blueprint came after Johnson last week said he wanted that number to be a “floor” and not a “ceiling” to give committees flexibility when crafting the ultimate bill, which is subject to strict budget reconciliation rules.

But Norman — who is also a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus — called that figure a “nonstarter,” and he said he is pushing for a bottom-line figure between $2 trillion and $5 trillion.

The early obstacle for the GOP’s sweeping legislation — which Republicans say will include an extension of tax cuts, border enforcement funding and energy priorities — is a concerning sign for Johnson as he looks to send the bill to Trump’s desk by Easter or Memorial Day, a timeline some Republicans admit will be difficult to achieve.

One source blamed House GOP leadership for the hang-up, faulting top lawmakers for proposing a small figure when it came to spending cuts.

House GOP forced to punt preliminary vote on Trump legislative agenda bill


Over 64,000 sign petition demanding education minister be fired for saying “Polish Nazis” built camps


For the last 3,5 years, Norway has been governed by a coalition of the Labour Party and the Centre Party. Arbeidspartiet (Labour), are traditionally pro EU and free trade, but Senterpartiet (Centre) are a very protectinoist party who mainly exist to serve our farmers and to make sure we keep as far away from the EU as possible.

Senterpartiet left the government a week ago due to terrible polling and used the implementation of three EU directives as excuse. Arbeiderpartiet were left as the sole government party, and are presenting their new government today. The centrepiece of the new government is the return of Jens Stoltenberg to Norwegian politics. He has been prime minister 3 times and also finance minister for a year, but is obviously most know internationally for his very long stint as NATO-boss.

Both Stoltenberg and his close friend, PM Jonas Gahr Støre, are pro EU and free trade. Replacing former finance minister Vedum with Stoltenberg is like trading Anthony Davis for Luka Doncic.

As a Norwegian who never voted for any of these parties, it feels so good the have a competent and rational internationalist back in the government. I know the last years have been terrible for us still dare to call ourselves internationalist, but let us hope that this is a signal of things changing a bit back in our favour.

Good news from Norway - Jens Stoltenberg is back as Minister of Finance


Elon Musk is an oligarch who is undermining the institutions of the United States in a grotesque and unacceptable fashion. He is someone that liberals should oppose. But this opposition should not veer into bigotry. In the last few months, Reddit has been filled with comments disparaging Elon on the basis of his race and ethnicity. These are wrong on so many levels that it is unbelievable, and discredits legitimate criticism of Musk.

First and foremost, no individual should be judged on the basis of their group membership and no group should be judged by the action of one individual. That applies to White people just as much as any other group. The idea that Elon does what he does because he is a White South African or Afrikaner is wrong. In fact, it is racist. And the broad insults lobbied against those groups under the banner of insulting Musk are wrong. Racism is bad.

Clever historical observations and witty jokes are one thing. But people repeatedly calling for Elon, an American citizen, to be deported "back to Africa" and asking "what you would expect of an Afrikaner" is wrong. They would sound disgusting if Elon was Black. They are equally disgusting even though he is White.

Secondly, and more embarassingly, *Elon Musk is literally not an Afrikaner*. There are two major White ethnic groups in South Africa: English and Afrikaner. Elon is English.

Thirdly, if you really really do want to play the game of ethnic and ancestral guilt, then you should know that on his mother's side, Elon is from North America. His mother was born in Canada, and her father was born in the United States but raised in Canada. If you really feel that Elon's present beliefs must be attributed to his ancestry, then you are probably better off blaming it on his North American ancestors than his South African ones. Elon's dad was a member of the Progressive Party, which opposed Apartheid in South Africa. Elon's [grandfather](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_N._Haldeman) on the other hand...

> In 1950, he emigrated with his family to South Africa and settled in the capital Pretoria, where he opened a chiropractic clinic. He served as secretary of the South African Chiropractors Association (SACA) from 1952 to 1959, after which he was its president until 1969.

> Haldeman was a supporter of South Africa's apartheid policies and the ruling National Party of South Africa, telling a reporter for the extremist Die Transvaler newspaper, a tool of the Nazis in South Africa during World War II: “Instead of the Government’s attitude keeping me out of South Africa, it had precisely the opposite effect—it encouraged me to come and settle here”.[2] In 1951, he wrote an article about South Africa for the Saskatchewan newspaper, the Regina Leader-Post, defending apartheid and writing of Black South Africans: “The natives are very primitive and must not be taken seriously... Some are quite clever in a routine job, but the best of them cannot assume responsibility and will abuse authority. The present government of South Africa knows how to handle the native question.”

Elon's American-Canadian grandfather was a member of the Technocracy movement, which was an American and Canadian movement that was illegal in Canada. Their beliefs:

> Technocracy is the science of social engineering, the scientific operation of the entire social mechanism to produce and distribute goods and services to the entire population of this continent. For the first time in human history it will be done as a scientific, technical, engineering problem. There will be no place for Politics or Politicians, Finance or Financiers, Rackets or Racketeers. Technocracy states that this method of operating the social mechanism of the North American Continent is now mandatory because we have passed from a state of actual scarcity into the present status of potential abundance in which we are now held to an artificial scarcity forced upon us in order to continue a Price System which can distribute goods only by means of a medium of exchange. Technocracy states that price and abundance are incompatible; the greater the abundance the smaller the price. In a real abundance there can be no price at all. Only by abandoning the interfering price control and substituting a scientific method of production and distribution can an abundance be achieved. Technocracy will distribute by means of a certificate of distribution available to every citizen from birth to death. The Technate will encompass the entire American Continent from Panama to the North Pole because the natural resources and the natural boundary of this area make it an independent, self-sustaining geographical unit.

Wikipedia also says they had issues with anti-semitism. Elon's grandfather didn't become a racist when he got to South Africa. He was a homegrown American-Canadian racist who moved to South Africa as a result.

If you really want to draw some kind of familiar inheritance story for Elon Musk, this is obviously it. Elon hates his father. He left South Africa very young, in part because he didn't want to serve in the Apartheid army under conscription. He moved to Canada and was educated there and in the United States. He clearly identifies more with his mother and her side of the family.

Elon is as much an ethnic White North American as he is White South African. The politically problematic parts of his family are on his North American side, much less so his South African side. And he identifies very little with South Africa and very much with North America. If you really want to play ethnic politics, Elon is _your_ guy. Maybe there is a case to be made about Elon's heritage. But if you do make that case, it doesn't go back to the Afrikaners.

I don't understand why so many White Americans are enjoying dunking on Afrikaners and White South Africans in general. The irony is, of course, that even _if_ White South Africans are considered "the most racist people in the world", to quote Steve Bannon, White Americans are probably the second worst amongst White people and people of European heritage.

(WASP) White Americans and White South Africans share the same ethnic heritage - British and Dutch at their founding. Both societies were built by the descendents of settler colonists with substantial populations of religious extremists. Both peoples committed genocide, engaged in slavery and created segregated Apartheid societies. _Even_ if you think it matters that Afrikaners dismantled their segregationist state forty or fifty years after White Americans did, you still have to remember that South African Apartheid endured in part because of the support of the United States itself. You point a finger and three point back at you.

Rather than engage in the detailed study of bloodlines and dredging up ethnic history to figure out "who is worse", we should simply resolve to judge each person on their own merit. Elon is a deeply flawed person all on his own. Judge him for that.

Afrikaners have a history of violence and human rights violations _as do almost all groups of people_. As of 1994, they are active participants of a flawed but rapidly consolidating liberal democracy, with equal rights for all which they helped to build. Even during Apartheid, there were Afrikaners who did the right thing and resisted it, from Sailor Malan to Bram Fischer to Breyten Breytenbach to Frederik van Zyl Slabbert. And even amongst those who were less progressive, their contributions to global politics are still important - Jan Smuts is basically the founder of the international system. "Afrikaners bad" is a braindead take for anyone who wants to make any statement about 20th century politics. And it's hypocritical when White Americans do it in particular. This applies to White South Africans as a whole too. There's more to them than just Apartheid.

For their achievements in the past, their cooperation in the democratic transition, and their real efforts to move beyond the injustices of the past, Afrikaners deserve more than to be judged on the account of a man who is literally not even an Afrikaner.

**NB: I also made one or two jokes about Elon being the reincarnation of Cecil  Rhodes and a representative of my country's penchant for corruption. But the tone that has evolved around Elon's heritage makes me now regret those jokes as well. Let's all do better™**.

It's wrong to use Elon to get away with anti-Afrikaner bigotry

Elon Musk is an oligarch who is undermining the institutions of the United States in a grotesque and unacceptable fashion. He is someone that liberals should oppose. But this opposition should not veer into bigotry. In the last few months, Reddit has been filled with comments disparaging Elon on the basis of his race and ethnicity. These are wrong on so many levels that it is unbelievable, and discredits legitimate criticism of Musk.

First and foremost, no individual should be judged on the basis of their group membership and no group should be judged by the action of one individual. That applies to White people just as much as any other group. The idea that Elon does what he does because he is a White South African or Afrikaner is wrong. In fact, it is racist. And the broad insults lobbied against those groups under the banner of insulting Musk are wrong. Racism is bad.

Clever historical observations and witty jokes are one thing. But people repeatedly calling for Elon, an American citizen, to be deported &quot;back to Africa&quot; and asking &quot;what you would expect of an Afrikaner&quot; is wrong. They would sound disgusting if Elon was Black. They are equally disgusting even though he is White.

Secondly, and more embarassingly, Elon Musk is literally not an Afrikaner. There are two major White ethnic groups in South Africa: English and Afrikaner. Elon is English.

Thirdly, if you really really do want to play the game of ethnic and ancestral guilt, then you should know that on his mother&#39;s side, Elon is from North America. His mother was born in Canada, and her father was born in the United States but raised in Canada. If you really feel that Elon&#39;s present beliefs must be attributed to his ancestry, then you are probably better off blaming it on his North American ancestors than his South African ones. Elon&#39;s dad was a member of the Progressive Party, which opposed Apartheid in South Africa. Elon&#39;s grandfather on the other hand...

In 1950, he emigrated with his family to South Africa and settled in the capital Pretoria, where he opened a chiropractic clinic. He served as secretary of the South African Chiropractors Association (SACA) from 1952 to 1959, after which he was its president until 1969.

Haldeman was a supporter of South Africa&#39;s apartheid policies and the ruling National Party of South Africa, telling a reporter for the extremist Die Transvaler newspaper, a tool of the Nazis in South Africa during World War II: “Instead of the Government’s attitude keeping me out of South Africa, it had precisely the opposite effect—it encouraged me to come and settle here”.[2] In 1951, he wrote an article about South Africa for the Saskatchewan newspaper, the Regina Leader-Post, defending apartheid and writing of Black South Africans: “The natives are very primitive and must not be taken seriously... Some are quite clever in a routine job, but the best of them cannot assume responsibility and will abuse authority. The present government of South Africa knows how to handle the native question.”

Elon&#39;s American-Canadian grandfather was a member of the Technocracy movement, which was an American and Canadian movement that was illegal in Canada. Their beliefs:

Technocracy is the science of social engineering, the scientific operation of the entire social mechanism to produce and distribute goods and services to the entire population of this continent. For the first time in human history it will be done as a scientific, technical, engineering problem. There will be no place for Politics or Politicians, Finance or Financiers, Rackets or Racketeers. Technocracy states that this method of operating the social mechanism of the North American Continent is now mandatory because we have passed from a state of actual scarcity into the present status of potential abundance in which we are now held to an artificial scarcity forced upon us in order to continue a Price System which can distribute goods only by means of a medium of exchange. Technocracy states that price and abundance are incompatible; the greater the abundance the smaller the price. In a real abundance there can be no price at all. Only by abandoning the interfering price control and substituting a scientific method of production and distribution can an abundance be achieved. Technocracy will distribute by means of a certificate of distribution available to every citizen from birth to death. The Technate will encompass the entire American Continent from Panama to the North Pole because the natural resources and the natural boundary of this area make it an independent, self-sustaining geographical unit.

Wikipedia also says they had issues with anti-semitism. Elon&#39;s grandfather didn&#39;t become a racist when he got to South Africa. He was a homegrown American-Canadian racist who moved to South Africa as a result.

If you really want to draw some kind of familiar inheritance story for Elon Musk, this is obviously it. Elon hates his father. He left South Africa very young, in part because he didn&#39;t want to serve in the Apartheid army under conscription. He moved to Canada and was educated there and in the United States. He clearly identifies more with his mother and her side of the family.

Elon is as much an ethnic White North American as he is White South African. The politically problematic parts of his family are on his North American side, much less so his South African side. And he identifies very little with South Africa and very much with North America. If you really want to play ethnic politics, Elon is your guy. Maybe there is a case to be made about Elon&#39;s heritage. But if you do make that case, it doesn&#39;t go back to the Afrikaners.

I don&#39;t understand why so many White Americans are enjoying dunking on Afrikaners and White South Africans in general. The irony is, of course, that even if White South Africans are considered &quot;the most racist people in the world&quot;, to quote Steve Bannon, White Americans are probably the second worst amongst White people and people of European heritage.

(WASP) White Americans and White South Africans share the same ethnic heritage - British and Dutch at their founding. Both societies were built by the descendents of settler colonists with substantial populations of religious extremists. Both peoples committed genocide, engaged in slavery and created segregated Apartheid societies. Even if you think it matters that Afrikaners dismantled their segregationist state forty or fifty years after White Americans did, you still have to remember that South African Apartheid endured in part because of the support of the United States itself. You point a finger and three point back at you.

Rather than engage in the detailed study of bloodlines and dredging up ethnic history to figure out &quot;who is worse&quot;, we should simply resolve to judge each person on their own merit. Elon is a deeply flawed person all on his own. Judge him for that.

Afrikaners have a history of violence and human rights violations as do almost all groups of people. As of 1994, they are active participants of a flawed but rapidly consolidating liberal democracy, with equal rights for all which they helped to build. Even during Apartheid, there were Afrikaners who did the right thing and resisted it, from Sailor Malan to Bram Fischer to Breyten Breytenbach to Frederik van Zyl Slabbert. And even amongst those who were less progressive, their contributions to global politics are still important - Jan Smuts is basically the founder of the international system. &quot;Afrikaners bad&quot; is a braindead take for anyone who wants to make any statement about 20th century politics. And it&#39;s hypocritical when White Americans do it in particular. This applies to White South Africans as a whole too. There&#39;s more to them than just Apartheid.

For their achievements in the past, their cooperation in the democratic transition, and their real efforts to move beyond the injustices of the past, Afrikaners deserve more than to be judged on the account of a man who is literally not even an Afrikaner.

NB: I also made one or two jokes about Elon being the reincarnation of Cecil  Rhodes and a representative of my country&#39;s penchant for corruption. But the tone that has evolved around Elon&#39;s heritage makes me now regret those jokes as well. Let&#39;s all do better™.


Neoliberal icon makes surprise political comeback as Norwegian Minister of Finance


Have America’s industrial giants forgotten what they are for?


Syria's Sharaa to discuss defense pact with Turkey's Erdogan


Inside the Chaotic Run-Up to Trump’s Tariff U-Turn


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Mitch McConnell calls Donald Trump pardons a 'mistake,' Jan. 6 'an insurrection'


Resistance 2.0: Furious Democrats flood the zone with acts of anti-Trump resistance

:asean: Association of Southeast Asian Nations


A Coup Is In Progress In America


China counters with tariffs on US products. It will also investigate Google


Opinion | I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland. Europe Has Got the Message.


China’s exporters to step up offshoring to beat Donald Trump’s tariffs


Britain's Starmer seeks strong ties with both the EU and Donald Trump. That could be tricky


India’s Modi Invited to Meet With Trump at White House Next Week


The Electricity Front of Russia’s War Against Ukraine


They are working very, very hard and fast to destroy the neoliberal world order


California lawmakers on Monday approved a “Trump-proofing” bill package that includes $50 million in state funding to challenge President Donald Trump’s policies in court and provide legal aid for immigrants.

The proposals — which emerged from a special session Gov. Gavin Newsom called last year shortly after Trump’s election — easily passed on a party-line vote and now go to the governor for his signature.

California Democrats have not taken up the “resistance” mantle as readily as they did during Trump’s first term, when legislative leaders took a hard line against his administration almost immediately after the 2016 election. But their remarks on Monday show they may be prepared to take a more combative approach a little just weeks into the president’s second term.

The chamber’s Republican minority argued it’s foolish to be taking on Trump when California is trying to secure federal aid for the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires, which broke out after lawmakers called the special session.

Newsom, who greeted the president on a Southern California airport tarmac during a visit to tour the damage last month, has struck a softer tone in recent weeks, praising Trump’s past support of the state and vowing to work with him to rebuild.

But in the statehouse Monday, Assembly Democrats — even those from swing districts — spoke in favor of the litigation bill. They countered that it’s essential to protect federal dollars flowing to their constituents, especially after the administration’s sweeping bid last to freeze aid. California and other blue states challenged the move in court, and a federal judge on Friday issued an order blocking the funding pause until further notice, ruling it was likely unconstitutional.

California lawmakers approve $50M for Trump lawsuits, immigrant aid


U.S. Air Force RC-135V “Rivet Joint” Signals Intelligence Platform from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, is operating within Mexican Airspace, over the Gulf of California between Baja California Sur, Sonora, and Sinaloa.


Everyone remember, this is *Biden’s* rare earth minerals deal with Ukraine.

Kyiv delayed minerals deal with US to let Trump take credit, NYT reports

Everyone remember, this is Biden’s rare earth minerals deal with Ukraine.


Two days after nonprofit groups sued the federal government over a stop-work order targeting programs that provide information and guidance to people facing deportation, the U.S. Justice Department reversed course and ordered that funding to the programs be restored.

The four federally funded programs educate people in immigration courts and detention centers about their rights and the complicated legal process. The Justice Department instructed the nonprofits on Jan. 22 “to stop work immediately” on the programs, citing an executive order targeting illegal immigration that President Donald Trump signed the day of his second inauguration.

A coalition of nonprofit groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging the stop-work order and seeking to immediately restore access to the programs. The Justice Department rescinded its stop-work order for all four programs Sunday afternoon.

The nonprofit organizations, which had expressed concern that the absence of the programs left people to navigate the system on their own, had worried that due process rights would be violated and the backlogged immigration courts would be further bogged down.

The effects of the stop-work order were already being felt in the just over a week since it had entered into effect.

Justice Department restores funding for programs that provide guidance in immigration courts


FBI executives contemplated resisting Justice Department demands that they turn over the names of FBI personnel involved in Capitol riot cases but ultimately decided they must comply with what lawyers deemed a lawful order, current and former FBI officials told NBC News.

Among the options under consideration was to send only the names of managers and senior executives. But the FBI’s office of general counsel decided that the demand by the Trump Justice Department for all the names was legal and that compliance was not optional.

The FBI Agents Association, a group representing agents, and former FBI Director William Webster sent a letter of protest to congressional leaders condemning the removal of eight senior FBI officials Friday.

A group representing former FBI agents, the Society of Retired Special Agents, urged its members to call their elected officials to protest the potential punishment or firing of Jan. 6 case agents.

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee demanded answers from Trump administration Justice Department and FBI officials about the recent firings and re-assignments of senior officials in both law enforcement agencies, calling it “an alarming threat to national security.”’

Names of FBI agents who investigated Capitol riots to be handed over to Trump DOJ officials


Even with a tariff deadline reprieve, boo-birds and Canadian Snowbirds are trading notes on small acts of patriotism in face of U.S. bullying.

Trump riles up America’s nicest neighbors


If you had to pick one book to represent liberalism, what would it be? Why?

What's the top liberal book?


Myanmar’s rebels are gaining ground and closing in around junta into fifth year of the civil war


no words


Iraq crime rate drops to record low in 2024: report


Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government


Republican lawmakers are beginning to fear they’ll have to enact billions of dollars in new aid to rescue farmers harmed by President Donald Trump’s escalating trade wars with China, Canada and Mexico.

A USDA fund Trump tapped for a $28 billion farm bailout during his first-term tariff clash with China is now running low, lawmakers say. After upcoming payments are made, there will only be an estimated $4 billion left for the Trump administration to spend on any fallout from his newest trade battle, according to two people granted anonymity to describe internal conversations. Farmers are warning that their products will be harder to sell if the three countries retaliate with their own tariffs.

Replenishing that fund could become another sticking point in the bipartisan spending talks happening ahead of a potential mid-March government shutdown. With farm-state Republicans expecting federal help from the fund, known as the Commodity Credit Corporation, to offset any trade-war impacts on their constituents, Democrats could make their own steep demands in exchange.

Crippling retaliatory tariffs during Trump’s 2018 trade war with China resulted in deep financial losses for U.S. farmers. The new round of threatened tariffs — this time targeting the U.S. agriculture industry’s top three trading partners — are rattling Hill Republicans and farm interests once again.

Republicans eye bigger farm bailout amid Trump trade wars


Some guy,  ~1940


Sign it 😤


President Donald Trump on Monday indicated that he wants to reach an agreement with Ukraine to gain access to the country’s rare earth materials as a condition for continuing U.S. support for its war against Russia.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump complained that the U.S. had sent more in military and economic assistance to Ukraine than its European partners, adding, “We’re looking to do a deal with Ukraine where they’re going to secure what we’re giving them with their rare earth and other things.”

Trump suggested that he’s received word from the Ukrainian government that they’d be willing to make a deal to give the U.S. access to the elements critical to the modern high-tech economy.

Trump, who had previously said he’d bring about a rapid end to the war, said talks are ongoing to bring the conflict to a close.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Associated Press on Saturday that any negotiations between the U.S. and Russia but without his country were unacceptable.

He said his team has been in contact with the Trump administration, but those discussions are at a “general level,” and he believes in-person meetings will take place soon to develop more detailed agreements.

Trump says he wants Ukraine's rare earth elements as a condition of further support


The Art of the Deal


U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will take steps to defund the federal Education Department, a White House official said on Monday, adding an announcement on the planned actions may come later in February.

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Trump advisers were considering executive actions to dismantle the Education Department as part of a campaign by billionaire Elon Musk and his allies to reduce the size of the government's workforce.

U.S. officials have discussed an executive order that would shut down all functions of the Education Department that are not written explicitly into statute or move certain functions to other departments, the Journal had said, adding the order would call for developing a legislative proposal to abolish the department.

The Education Department had no immediate comment. The Journal report added an announcement may come as early as Tuesday.

Trump administration to take steps to defund Education Department

U.S. President Donald Trump&#39;s administration will take steps to defund the federal Education Department, a White House official said on Monday, adding an announcement on the planned actions may come later in February.

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Trump advisers were considering executive actions to dismantle the Education Department as part of a campaign by billionaire Elon Musk and his allies to reduce the size of the government&#39;s workforce.

U.S. officials have discussed an executive order that would shut down all functions of the Education Department that are not written explicitly into statute or move certain functions to other departments, the Journal had said, adding the order would call for developing a legislative proposal to abolish the department.

The Education Department had no immediate comment. The Journal report added an announcement may come as early as Tuesday.


"The Economist" just did an interview with Ahmed al-Sharaa (Jolani), Syria’s new president, on January 31st


New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Monday to protect the identities of healthcare providers prescribing abortion medication days.

The move comes days after a Louisiana grand jury indicted a New York doctor for prescribing and mailing abortion pills to a patient living in Louisiana.

Under the new law, providers prescribing abortion medication can request that a dispensing pharmacy print the name of their practice on the prescription bottle label instead of their name.

New York further shields abortion pill prescribers from out-of-state prosecutions


Populist Realism (i made an effortpost into a substack article)


GOP’s Susan Collins to back Tulsi Gabbard confirmation


Trudeau’s report from the discussion with Trump


Tariffs on Canada delayed for 30 days after talk between Trudeau and Trump.


Warlord, jihadi or nation-builder? - Syria’s new president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, gives his first interview [The Economist]


Poilievre calls for Canada to send troops to U.S. border


“YOU WILL PAY THE $2600+ TAX HIKE INFLATION AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY”


With this and the Jeffries news, are the Dems actually starting to be an opposition party?

Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz puts a hold on Trump's State Department nominees


Ford 'ripping up' Ontario's $100M contract with Starlink in wake of U.S. tariffs


UN body reports 'alarming rise' in Russian execution of captured Ukrainian soldiers


From the Senator’s announcement:

“The STABLE Trade Policy Act would institute a requirement of Congressional approval before a president could impose new tariffs on U.S. allies and free trade agreement (FTA) partners.”

[Senators] Kaine & Coons Introduce Legislation to Require Congressional Approval of New Tariffs on U.S. Allies and FTA Partners


President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order on Tuesday withdrawing the U.S. from the U.N. Human Rights Council and prohibiting future funding for the U.N. relief agency for Gaza, according to a document obtained by POLITICO.

The actions, which reinstate policies in place during the last Trump administration, will come on the day the president is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington. The U.S. has long accused the council of bias against Israel and of giving cover to governments with human rights abuses. It comes after the Biden administration paused funding to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, known as UNRWA, following reports that staffers were involved in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.

A White House official said Monday afternoon that the executive order signing had been moved to Tuesday.

It also comes as the Trump administration has put the future of the United States Agency for International Development — which also promotes human rights abroad — into question over concerns whether it aligns with the president’s “America First” policy and how its dollars are being spent.

US to again withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council, stop UNRWA funding


Ecuador president announces 27% tariff on Mexican goods


DOJ Says Trump Administration Doesn’t Have to Follow Court Order Halting Funding Freeze


The Quebec government says it is considering ways to limit its business with American companies, including by imposing a 25 per cent price increase on all calls for tender from the U.S.

Economy Minister Christine Fréchette floated the idea Monday morning on Radio-Canada's radio show, Tout un matin.

Under this new levy, "there is practically no chance for these companies to qualify," she said. A spokesperson for Fréchette later said in an email that the move had not been finalized.

The possible levy is part of a broader attempt by the province and Canada as a whole to respond to the United States' 25 per cent tariffs set to go into effect Tuesday.

Quebec Premier François Legault said he and other premiers unanimously support these retaliatory measures, adding that Canada's counter-tariffs would "benefit our companies by 25 per cent."

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said in a statement she was also exploring options, including imposing a 25 per cent levy similar to Quebec's on calls for tender on city contracts.

Quebec will make it tougher for American companies to win government contracts | CBC News

The Quebec government says it is considering ways to limit its business with American companies, including by imposing a 25 per cent price increase on all calls for tender from the U.S.

Economy Minister Christine Fréchette floated the idea Monday morning on Radio-Canada&#39;s radio show, Tout un matin.

Under this new levy, &quot;there is practically no chance for these companies to qualify,&quot; she said. A spokesperson for Fréchette later said in an email that the move had not been finalized.

The possible levy is part of a broader attempt by the province and Canada as a whole to respond to the United States&#39; 25 per cent tariffs set to go into effect Tuesday.

Quebec Premier François Legault said he and other premiers unanimously support these retaliatory measures, adding that Canada&#39;s counter-tariffs would &quot;benefit our companies by 25 per cent.&quot;

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said in a statement she was also exploring options, including imposing a 25 per cent levy similar to Quebec&#39;s on calls for tender on city contracts.


The present state of great power politics (by me)


Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund, says it could buy TikTok


Canada has confirmed that, as part of its effort to retaliate against the US over President Trump’s trade war against allies, it will impose a 25% tariff on electric vehicles from the US.

Canada will implement a 25% tariff on $30 billion in goods imported from the U.S. starting on Tuesday, February 4th.

The government is also working on a much more severe second wave of 25% tariffs on an additional list of imported U.S. goods worth $125 billion. This list is currently subject to public commentary for 21 days before being implemented, but it currently includes:

"Passenger vehicles and trucks, including electric vehicles, steel and aluminum products, certain fruits and vegetables, aerospace products, beef, pork, dairy, trucks and buses, recreational vehicles, and recreational boats.”

Considering most electric vehicles in Canada come from the US, this is likely going to greatly slow down EV adoption in the country.

Furthermore, several EV incentives were recently phased out – further accelerating the decline in EV growth.

Canada announces plans for 25% tariff on electric vehicles coming from the US

Canada has confirmed that, as part of its effort to retaliate against the US over President Trump’s trade war against allies, it will impose a 25% tariff on electric vehicles from the US.

Canada will implement a 25% tariff on $30 billion in goods imported from the U.S. starting on Tuesday, February 4th.

The government is also working on a much more severe second wave of 25% tariffs on an additional list of imported U.S. goods worth $125 billion. This list is currently subject to public commentary for 21 days before being implemented, but it currently includes:

&quot;Passenger vehicles and trucks, including electric vehicles, steel and aluminum products, certain fruits and vegetables, aerospace products, beef, pork, dairy, trucks and buses, recreational vehicles, and recreational boats.”

Considering most electric vehicles in Canada come from the US, this is likely going to greatly slow down EV adoption in the country.

Furthermore, several EV incentives were recently phased out – further accelerating the decline in EV growth.


Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico, but import taxes still in place for Canada and China


I really think Europe just has no will to do anything at this point.

Sweden says ship broke Baltic Sea cable by accident


Canadian economic nationalism in the Trump era: what could possibly go wrong?


I love independent monetary policy

:trudeau: 🍁🇨🇦🏙 Project for a New Canadian Century 🏙🇨🇦🍁


Hakeem Jeffries lays out war plan for Democrats to take on Trump


Justice Department Announces Formation of Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism


[NYT] Rubio Says He’s Acting Director of U.S. Aid Agency


‘All hands on deck’: Trudeau talks to Trump, as Canadian politicos make final U.S. push ahead of Tuesday tariffs


The Trump Cycle:


Public Schooling Culture War Cooled Considerably in 2024

:marshall: Best SNEK pings in r/neoliberal history


UK plans possible retaliation if Trump puts tariffs on British goods


President Donald Trump is set to test the limits of his immigration crackdown by invoking a wartime law to deport immigrants alleged to be gang members without court hearings, a broad authority that could supercharge his mass deportation push and potentially sweep in people not charged with crimes.

After taking office, Trump ordered military and immigration officials to be ready by Feb. 3 to implement the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, last used to justify internment camps for people of Japanese, German and Italian descent during World War Two. The move - which would almost certainly face legal challenges - could allow him to bypass due process rights and rapidly remove migrants.

Even with Trump’s sweeping early actions, his administration will have to contend with overwhelmed immigration courts where asylum cases can take years to resolve. Trump expanded a fast-track deportation process known as expedited removal, but it only applies to those in the U.S. for two years or less and still gives migrants the ability to claim asylum.

The Alien Enemies Act could allow Trump to rapidly deport migrants deemed part of an "invasion or predatory incursion" - a novel use of a law previously only invoked in wartime. Republicans frequently refer to illegal immigration as an invasion and portray migrants as dangerous criminals and "military-aged."

The White House said on Jan. 20 that it was beginning a process to designate criminal cartels and gangs, including the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, as terrorist organizations and to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members.

The Trump administration is pushing to ramp up detention space, a move that could work in conjunction with the Alien Enemies Act.

Analysis-Trump plans to invoke obscure 18th century wartime law in bid for mass deportations

President Donald Trump is set to test the limits of his immigration crackdown by invoking a wartime law to deport immigrants alleged to be gang members without court hearings, a broad authority that could supercharge his mass deportation push and potentially sweep in people not charged with crimes.

After taking office, Trump ordered military and immigration officials to be ready by Feb. 3 to implement the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, last used to justify internment camps for people of Japanese, German and Italian descent during World War Two. The move - which would almost certainly face legal challenges - could allow him to bypass due process rights and rapidly remove migrants.

Even with Trump’s sweeping early actions, his administration will have to contend with overwhelmed immigration courts where asylum cases can take years to resolve. Trump expanded a fast-track deportation process known as expedited removal, but it only applies to those in the U.S. for two years or less and still gives migrants the ability to claim asylum.

The Alien Enemies Act could allow Trump to rapidly deport migrants deemed part of an &quot;invasion or predatory incursion&quot; - a novel use of a law previously only invoked in wartime. Republicans frequently refer to illegal immigration as an invasion and portray migrants as dangerous criminals and &quot;military-aged.&quot;

The White House said on Jan. 20 that it was beginning a process to designate criminal cartels and gangs, including the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, as terrorist organizations and to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members.

The Trump administration is pushing to ramp up detention space, a move that could work in conjunction with the Alien Enemies Act.


Starmer told to side with Canada against 'playground bully' Trump's tariff threats


EU must offer “firm” and “united” response to Trump tariff threats, says Poland’s Tusk


Ontario, Canada's most populous province and its economic engine, announced Monday a ban on US companies bidding on tens of billions of dollars worth of government contracts, and dumped a deal with Elon Musk's Starlink in a pushback to US tariffs.

"Ontario won't do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy," Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on X. "US-based businesses will now lose out on tens of billions of dollars in new revenues. They only have President Trump to blame."

US President Donald Trump said he had spoken Monday to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the punishing tariffs he has levied on Canada, adding that they would talk again later in the day.

"Just spoke to Justin Trudeau. Will be speaking to him again at 3:00 P.M," Trump said on his Truth Social network, while pushing his argument that the tariffs were about a "drug war" aimed at stopping the flow of fentanyl.

Canada's Ontario bans US firms from government contracts in response to Trump tariffs

Ontario, Canada&#39;s most populous province and its economic engine, announced Monday a ban on US companies bidding on tens of billions of dollars worth of government contracts, and dumped a deal with Elon Musk&#39;s Starlink in a pushback to US tariffs.

&quot;Ontario won&#39;t do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy,&quot; Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on X. &quot;US-based businesses will now lose out on tens of billions of dollars in new revenues. They only have President Trump to blame.&quot;

US President Donald Trump said he had spoken Monday to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the punishing tariffs he has levied on Canada, adding that they would talk again later in the day.

&quot;Just spoke to Justin Trudeau. Will be speaking to him again at 3:00 P.M,&quot; Trump said on his Truth Social network, while pushing his argument that the tariffs were about a &quot;drug war&quot; aimed at stopping the flow of fentanyl.


The Tasks of an Anti-Trump Coalition


The cost of aluminum for consumers in Europe buying on the physical market has dropped due to expectations that Canadian shipments under U.S. tariffs from Tuesday will be diverted, physical market traders said.

The U.S. is a major importer of aluminum used widely in the transport, packaging and construction industries, shipping in 5.46 million metric tons of aluminum products in 2023, according the U.S. Commerce Department.

According to the Commerce Department, Canada accounted for 3.08 million tons or 56 per centof aluminum product imports to the United States for domestic consumption in 2023, the latest full year data available.

Meanwhile, the European Union imported nearly 158,000 tons of aluminum – primary and alloy – from Canada between January and November last year or only 2.9 per cent of its needs, according to Trade Data Monitor (TDM).

Those numbers compare with more than 110,000 tons and 1.9 per cent in the same period in 2023, according to TDM data.

Canada to divert aluminum to Europe in response to Trump tariffs - National | Globalnews.ca


Panama has announced plans to end its canal agreement with China following a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. During his visit, Secretary Rubio met with Panama's President Raúl Mulino to discuss concerns over China's influence around the Panama Canal. President Mulino assured Rubio that Panama's sovereignty over the canal remains intact but acknowledged Washington's concerns.

The decision involves not renewing a 2017 memorandum of understanding with China, which was part of China's Belt and Road Initiative. President Mulino suggested that the agreement with Beijing could end earlier than planned. He expressed interest in strengthening ties with the United States, particularly in infrastructure investments.

President Donald Trump had previously expressed a desire for the U.S. to "take back" the canal, citing China's growing presence as a concern. However, President Mulino downplayed the possibility of U.S. military intervention, emphasizing Panama's control over the canal.

Panama is also conducting an audit on a Chinese-linked company operating terminals around the canal. The audit aims to determine any necessary legal actions. The company, Panama Ports Company, is part of CK Hutchison Holdings, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate.

In addition to canal discussions, Panama and the U.S. talked about expanding a migrant repatriation flight program. This initiative aims to reduce irregular migration through the Darien Gap, with the U.S. covering the costs of repatriating migrants from various countries.

Panama Says It Will End Canal Deal With China After Secretary Rubio's Visit | WBZ NewsRadio 1030

Panama has announced plans to end its canal agreement with China following a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. During his visit, Secretary Rubio met with Panama&#39;s President Raúl Mulino to discuss concerns over China&#39;s influence around the Panama Canal. President Mulino assured Rubio that Panama&#39;s sovereignty over the canal remains intact but acknowledged Washington&#39;s concerns.

The decision involves not renewing a 2017 memorandum of understanding with China, which was part of China&#39;s Belt and Road Initiative. President Mulino suggested that the agreement with Beijing could end earlier than planned. He expressed interest in strengthening ties with the United States, particularly in infrastructure investments.

President Donald Trump had previously expressed a desire for the U.S. to &quot;take back&quot; the canal, citing China&#39;s growing presence as a concern. However, President Mulino downplayed the possibility of U.S. military intervention, emphasizing Panama&#39;s control over the canal.

Panama is also conducting an audit on a Chinese-linked company operating terminals around the canal. The audit aims to determine any necessary legal actions. The company, Panama Ports Company, is part of CK Hutchison Holdings, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate.

In addition to canal discussions, Panama and the U.S. talked about expanding a migrant repatriation flight program. This initiative aims to reduce irregular migration through the Darien Gap, with the U.S. covering the costs of repatriating migrants from various countries.


Donald Trump Needs to Go to Somaliland


“What if he really meant it?” Credit to u/AVOLI7ION


Why Donald Trump’s tariffs will ultimately fail


Trump wants U.S. banks in Canada, he says after speaking with Trudeau


Mexico’s Sheinbaum Says Tariffs Delayed For One Month


FT: Self-styled ‘Tariff Man’ shocks Wall Street with tariffs


The U.S. Military’s Recruiting Crisis | The ranks of the American armed forces are depleted. Is the problem the military or the country?


America still needs Canadian oil. Here's why. And why the tariffs on Canada could plausibly lead to America doing deals with considerably more shady countries. A dive into the weird and wonderful world of heavy oil


India, U.K. to resume talks on proposed trade agreement from Feb. 24


We Need an International Alliance against the US and its Tech Industry


I miss waking up calm


House Democratic Super PAC Creates $50 Million Fund Targeting Working Class


EU tariffs 'pretty soon' but UK can be worked out - Trump


White House says Canada has 'misunderstood' tariff order as a trade war, Mexico is 'serious'


Zelenskyy: Putin fears talks with Ukraine as he cannot admit defeat


Tariffs will shut down North American auto production within a week, industry warns


Canada’s retaliatory tariffs will target Republican states and Donald Trump allies.

There are 1,256 items in the first tranche of tariffs that will come into force on Tuesday.

The list includes oranges and fruit from Florida, home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort; household appliances from South Carolina and Ohio, states to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Vice President J.D. Vance; and motorcycles and coffee from southern Pennsylvania, which helped return Trump to the White House.

Energy and tech products were not included in the first round of tariffs. A second list will be published in the coming days.

Government officials also said Ottawa is not ruling out other retaliatory measures such as targeting Elon Musk’s companies, or slapping export taxes on Canadian oil.

The prime minister announced Saturday night that Ottawa will hit back with counter-tariffs on C$155 billion in goods. A C$30-billion list will come into effect Tuesday.

Canadian officials say they hope to apply economic pain to the advisers who have Trump’s ear. They said they’re hopeful they can convince the president to walk back from his threat.

Canada’s tariff list targets Republican states, Trump allies


"Enough is enough": Trump tariffs inspire economic patriotism in Canada


Elon Musk says USAid is ‘beyond repair’ and he is working to shut it down


Germans Can’t Afford Their Gold-Plated Homes


The Trump administration aggressively publicized the arrests of more than 8,000 immigrants by federal agents since Inauguration Day, with the promise that those detained would be part of a historic mass deportation. But NBC News has learned that some have already been released back into the United States on a monitoring program, according to five sources familiar with the operations.

Arresting more people inside the United States on allegations of immigration violations means they need to be held somewhere. And significant space constraints in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities — and federal court orders forbidding indefinite detention — have forced the agency to release some of those arrested in the roundups rather than hold them until deportation.

ICE posts arrest figures daily on X, but it does not disclose how many of those arrested are released, remain in detention or have been deported.

In a statement to NBC News, an ICE spokesperson acknowledged federal court cases limit ICE from detaining people indefinitely if their countries refuse to take them back, which can lead ICE to release them.

Those released are being kept on a monitoring program known as Alternatives to Detention, the five sources familiar with the releases said, which has for more than a decade been used to keep track of where migrants are as they make their way through the immigration system. ICE can track them by ankle monitors or wrist bands or through telephonic check-ins.

Trump’s ban on “catch and release” appears to be in effect at the southern border, where few migrants are being processed for asylum claims. But because ICE is funded for only 41,500 beds nationwide, it is still releasing some migrants who were detained in the interior of the country.

Some migrants arrested in Trump’s immigration crackdown have been released back into U.S.


As President Trump this weekend opened what could become a global trade war, a growing number of countries, including America’s closest allies, are forging their own economic partnerships without the United States. If Washington is putting up a higher fence around its trade, other nations are lowering theirs.

In just the last two months, the European Union concluded three new trade deals. By punishing longtime allies with tariffs, Mr. Trump is encouraging other nations to form trading blocs and networks that exclude the United States.

The global economy is increasingly becoming “one that is characterized by ever deepening trade relationships excluding the United States,” said Jacob F. Kirkegaard, a senior fellow in Brussels at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

The trend is not necessarily anyone’s preference, he said, but the arrangements offer a “second best” option given America’s rejection of a more open economic order. He added that the proliferation of trading blocs, like the one between the European Union and South American nations, also helped countries avoid an overreliance on China.

At the same time, economic power around the globe was shifting. China had emerged as an economic superpower. Not only does it now account for more than 30 percent of the globe’s manufacturing, but it has also leaped ahead of the rest of the world in cheaply producing sophisticated electric vehicles, batteries and solar panels.

India’s status as a world economic power has grown as well. It surged past Britain to become the world’s fifth-largest economy in 2022. “India’s trade expanded across the geopolitical spectrum,” an update on trade released last week by McKinsey Global Institute reported.

One Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S.


Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis: Europe must spend more on its own defence


Billions must die gap vs timeline where you didn't break the window


The Biggest Community Development Program You’ve Never Heard Of


Is nature struggling to adapt to milder winters?


DRC conflict: African nations seek solution under strain


China warns that US tariffs will hit fentanyl cooperation efforts, damage trust


EU kicks off landmark AI law enforcement as first batch of restrictions enter into force


AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU


Germany Rethinks Separation of Civilian and Military Research


US deportations to China continue amid shifts in immigration crackdown


Argentina, China, Thailand, Kosovo: Switzerland pushes free trade at the WEF


I'm so glad this nation is economically literate


Europe to their diplomats after getting sick of having to deal with US suffering from schizophrenia every 4 years.


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Trump accuses South Africa of 'confiscating' land, cuts funding


Tariffs will harm America, not induce a manufacturing rebirth


End of Ukraine war could trigger cross-border crime, warns Polish president


Trump to talk tariffs with leaders of Canada and Mexico: 'They owe us a lot of money'


The Texas National Guard was "granted the power of immigration officials to make immigration arrests" under an agreement with the Trump administration that state Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday was effective "immediately."

The deal between Customs and Border Protection and Texas "boosts man power for border security," Abbott said X Sunday evening.

A memorandum of understanding authored by CBP Acting Commissioner Pete Flores has yet to be "disseminated to all Texas border sectors," per Breitbart, which first reported on the deal.

Representatives for Abbott's office did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment in the evening on when this would happen.

The agreement will enable soldiers to conduct "roving patrols and exercise all the duties of an immigration agent so long as a U.S. immigration officer or Border Patrol agent accompanies them," per Breitbart.

Representatives for CBT did not immediately respond to Axios' requests for comment in the evening.

Texas National Guard can now make immigration arrests under Trump admin deal, Gov. Abbott says

The Texas National Guard was &quot;granted the power of immigration officials to make immigration arrests&quot; under an agreement with the Trump administration that state Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday was effective &quot;immediately.&quot;

The deal between Customs and Border Protection and Texas &quot;boosts man power for border security,&quot; Abbott said X Sunday evening.

A memorandum of understanding authored by CBP Acting Commissioner Pete Flores has yet to be &quot;disseminated to all Texas border sectors,&quot; per Breitbart, which first reported on the deal.

Representatives for Abbott&#39;s office did not immediately respond to Axios&#39; request for comment in the evening on when this would happen.

The agreement will enable soldiers to conduct &quot;roving patrols and exercise all the duties of an immigration agent so long as a U.S. immigration officer or Border Patrol agent accompanies them,&quot; per Breitbart.

Representatives for CBT did not immediately respond to Axios&#39; requests for comment in the evening.


Ecuador president says new trade deal with Canada finalized


House Republican leaders want committees to land deeper spending cuts in their party-line bill to enact President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda, as they scramble to address a rebellion from key Budget Committee members who think Speaker Mike Johnson’s initial plan falls short.

Key hard-liners and others on the Budget panel are pushing to outline at least $1 trillion in spending cuts in the blueprint that the committee is supposed to debate this week, according to three people familiar with the private discussions who were granted anonymity to describe them.

That initial blueprint included more than $300 billion in spending cuts but added $325 billion in new spending for defense, border security and deportation operations. Johnson argued Republicans could add more cuts later but needed to quickly advance the budget resolution to keep the sweeping domestic policy package on track.

So GOP leaders late last week went back to the committees, the three people said, telling them to find places to cut spending beyond what the chairs presented as minimum targets at the GOP retreat.

For example, the Energy and Commerce Committee would need to increase its planned $200 billion minimum in cuts, which almost assuredly will trigger tough conversations around Medicaid. The Agriculture Committee, which had outlined a minimum target of $50 billion in cuts during the final retreat meeting, would now need to cut $150 billion. That would mean deeper impacts on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that helps feed more than 40 million low-income Americans.

Republicans are also planning to include projected GDP growth and, likely, revenue from President Donald Trump’s tariffs in their plans as they try to pay for the massive bill without adding to the growing national debt — even though many House Republicans doubt whether tariff revenue is a viable offset.

Hard-liner rebellion forces House GOP leaders to scramble for deeper cuts


Tokyo stocks plunge on fears about impact of U.S. tariffs


Panama president says he won’t renew Belt and Road deal with China, as US demands less Chinese influence over canal


USAID security leaders removed after refusing Elon Musk's DOGE employees access to secure systems


Most Canadians and many Americans oppose Canada joining the U.S.


Many Americans Say the Democratic Party Does Not Share Their Priorities


Trump tariffs: Trump to speak with Trudeau Monday


President Donald Trump's administration is filling one of the State Department’s top positions with a controversial conservative journalist who has promoted conspiracy theories related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and was fired as a speechwriter by the first Trump administration when it was revealed that he had spoken at a conference tied to White nationalists, sources familiar with the move told ABC News.

The sources said that the man, Darren Beattie, will now be the acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, a so-called “Top 10” position that, as the State Department’s website describes it, “leads America’s public diplomacy outreach, which includes messaging to counter terrorism and violent extremism.”

Beattie is slated to start in the position on Monday, sources said. He was already serving in another senior role within the State Department, but the new move to such a high-level position has raised concerns among many of its employees, sources said.

Trump administration taps controversial conservative journalist for top job

President Donald Trump&#39;s administration is filling one of the State Department’s top positions with a controversial conservative journalist who has promoted conspiracy theories related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and was fired as a speechwriter by the first Trump administration when it was revealed that he had spoken at a conference tied to White nationalists, sources familiar with the move told ABC News.

The sources said that the man, Darren Beattie, will now be the acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, a so-called “Top 10” position that, as the State Department’s website describes it, “leads America’s public diplomacy outreach, which includes messaging to counter terrorism and violent extremism.”

Beattie is slated to start in the position on Monday, sources said. He was already serving in another senior role within the State Department, but the new move to such a high-level position has raised concerns among many of its employees, sources said.


current mood


‘We Have No Coherent Message’: Democrats Struggle to Oppose Trump


Fears that Trump reforms could keep World Cup 2026 fans out of the US


Real MAGACommunism has never been trie-


The U.S. will abandon Europe. But when and how? Europeans should know that Washington is drawing up scenarios for pulling out


Dems just can’t cry about Trump every time he does soemthing and expect the voters to come. They need to present a better alternative

Tim Walz is 100% right. Dems have ceded too much ground to the right


Dow futures drop 600 points after Trump hits Canada, Mexico and China with tariffs: Live updates


Army identifies helicopter pilot Capt. Rebecca Lobach among 67 killed in DC plane collision.


EU opens door to UK and Norway for defence "coalition of the willing"


DNC chair outlines pro-worker, union focus in first memo in fight against Trump


"His mission is to eradicate 'woke Jesus'": How money, lies and religion are abused to gut democracy


Laughing Musk Says Liberals Hate Him—and Trump’s to Blame


Under Trump, U.S. government scientists told they need clearance to meet with Canadian counterparts


As U.S. and Russian Officials Meet, Talks Are Set to Go Beyond Ukraine


Musk is the little devil on Trump's shoulder daring him to break the law


Donald Trump’s assault on Europe


Hundreds fired at aviation safety agency, union says


The United States Now Wants European Strategic Autonomy


Democrats Lawfare Threatens To Sideline Musk And DOGE


A ‘great shock’: Julianne Moore’s children’s book under review by Trump administration | Books


DOGE is trying to access the IRS’s data on millions of taxpayers


US and Russia meet without Ukraine for first talks on ending war


There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens


Republican introduces bill to make Trump’s birthday a federal holiday


U.S. Seeks to Reset Tense Ties With Russia


Musk is not a DOGE employee and "has no actual or formal authority," WH says


Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami


for the love of Chtulhu what will it take for the American people to wake the feck up???? if there is a good time to get out and protest, it was 2 weeks ago!!! what are you waiting for?


FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say


Trump’s rush for a deal with Putin leaves Ukraine and Europe scrambling


How the Woke Right Replaced the Woke Left


White House says Musk is not DOGE employee, has no authority to make decisions


‘It comes from racism’: immigrant workers on Trump’s deportation push


Canada as the 51st State? In Electoral Terms, Trump’s Idea Favors Democrats.


Netanyahu seeks to draw Trump into future attack on Iranian nuclear sites


Who Will Stand Up to Trump at High Noon?


The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it?


Contradictory statements about Musk make it unclear who runs DOGE


Trump Supporters Have Second Thoughts as He Takes Over Government


Elon Musk’s DOGE seeks access to US taxpayers’ data, sparking privacy fears | Donald Trump News


Elon Musk's Demolition Crew


MO HB 1022: Maintain a central registry of each expectant mother who is at risk for 13 seeking an abortion of her unborn child


Riverside County sheriff becomes the first major Republican to say he'll run for California governor


Elon Musk Not DOGE Administrator, White House Says: New Court Filing


Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza, countering Trump's call to depopulate the territory


Germany’s Scholz: It’s ‘inappropriate’ to discuss sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine


What Putin really wants


Europe’s leaders find no quick response to Trump’s bombshell on Ukraine


Hegseth claims Biden administration targeted him with IRS audit


5 economic forces that could shape the first year of Trump's presidency


It is not Trump that betrayed Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war


Mexico's President Sheinbaum threatens to take legal action over the Gulf name change


China's Xi holds rare meet with business leaders amid US tech rivalry


Trump vowed to champion US workers - the reality has been a relentless assault | Trump administration


FAA fires fewer than 400 workers, transportation chief says


Russia could start a major war in Europe within 5 years, Danish intelligence warns


My Take | Trump wants power without the responsibility, abroad and at home


Trump and Musk want people to think college is not worth it. They are wrong | Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti


How the start of Trump’s second term looks like some autocracies


With Congress Pliant, an Emboldened Trump Pushes His Business Interests


Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information, sources say


Trumps own Heritage Fundation says Germany is more free than USA!


Governor weighs removing NYC Mayor Adams after his top deputies quit amid criminal case turmoil


Top Social Security official steps down after disagreement with DOGE over sensitive data


Social Security head steps down over DOGE access of recipient information: AP sources


Julianne Moore 'in shock' after Trump bans her kids' book Freckleface Strawberry


Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk


Republican bill would make Trump’s birthday a federal holiday


Who’s in charge of DOGE? Not Elon Musk, White House says


What is SAVE Act? Here's what it could mean for married women and voting rights


Gov. Kathy Hochul assembling ‘key leaders’ on Tuesday to discuss ‘path forward’ regarding Eric Adams


Meet the Gen-Z DOGE Minion Set to Access Taxpayers' Secrets A young engineer who ditched Silicon Valley for DOGE will soon have access to Americans’ sensitive tax information.


Trump family and library have raked in $80 million since White House return


With the dismantling of USAID, is the Trump administration defying the Constitution?


There’s No Way Elon Musk’s Job is Legal


Trump offers key concessions to Putin ahead of Ukraine peace talks in Saudi Arabia


Elon Musk signals DOGE could look into gold at Fort Knox


Pete Hegseth Shares Back Taxes Self-Own While Blasting ‘Biden IRS’ For Audit


The barrage of Trump’s awful ideas is doing exactly what it’s supposed to do. Preposterous ideas do a lot of the work of building autocracy. By forcing us to engage with them, they make our conversations, our media and our society dumber.


USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending


Anti-Trump 50501 Protests Break Out Across the Country


Musk Slammed as Hypocritical ‘Parasite’ Who Sucked the Government Dry Himself


Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant


FDA staff were reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company. DOGE just fired them.


‘F--- Trump and his deal’: US military volunteers in Ukraine rail against peace plan


Rubio defends Vance’s meeting with Germany’s far-right AfD party


'Elon Musk doesn't even know my job exists,' fired federal worker says


Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access


Read the letter from Emil Bove accepting Danielle Sassoon’s resignation


Rhode Island US Attorney Zachary Cunha resigns at Trump’s request


2025 Budget Stakes: High-Income Tax Cuts, Price-Hiking Tariffs Would Harm Families | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities


It’s never been more important to stay tuned in


A fired national park ranger lost his dream job. He says the public is losing more


Astronauts push back on Donald Trump's claim Joe Biden abandoned them on space station


White House scrambles to combat bird flu outbreaks and blasts Biden plan to ‘just kill chickens’


Trump funding freeze could leave communities on their own as climate threats grow


DOGE says it found nearly untraceable budget line item responsible for $4.7T in payments


Farmers feeling weight of Trump policies with shutdown of aid


China outraged after Trump State Department deletes key phrase on Taiwan relations


Mexico says it will wait for new response from Google on Gulf of Mexico name dispute before filing lawsuit


Trump stuns Europe with opening Ukraine-Russia gambit


That anti-transgender law is even worse than you think. The Alabama Legislature might have opened the door to sex segregation.


Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data


Washington Post refuses to run $115,000 ad titled ‘Fire Elon Musk,’ report says


Musk’s SpaceX Team Unleashed on the FAA After Staff Purge


‘No kings on Presidents Day’ rings out from protests against Trump and Musk


Medicaid concerns threaten GOP budget resolution


This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk


President's Day protests rally against Trump administration policies


Federal Workers Lose Bid to Pause Government Mass Email System


Thousands Gather on President’s Day to Call Trump a Tyrant


Are 150-year-old Americans receiving Social Security checks, as Elon Musk said?


This Is How Trump Will Smash the Machine of U.S. Economic Power


2/16/2025: 28 Days;  Policing the Internet; Timothée Chalamet


Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk


Analysis: Trump vowed to take politics out of prosecutions. The Eric Adams case tells a different story


Bird Flu Isn't Trump's Fault. But It's His Problem.


Corrections officers strike at Elmira, Collins prisons


A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA’s air traffic control system


Veteran says VA appointment canceled because of staffing shortage after VA layoffs


The days of Republicans daring to push back against Trump are well and truly over


Yes, GOP congresswoman introduced bill to make Trump's birthday a federal holiday


Elon Musk says millions in Social Security database are between ages of 100 and 159


Trump Uses Supreme Court Immunity Ruling to Claim “Unrestricted Power”


Pollster shares what voters are telling him about President Trump | CNN Politics


Americans voted for lower egg prices, but Trump has other priorities


Four top deputies to Eric Adams have resigned, New York mayor says


Trump eliminates the EPA's Environmental Justice office


Trump’s war against wind power has already killed hundreds of jobs


Trump gender identity order prompts Equal Opportunity lawyer to dismiss Alabama hotel discrimination lawsuit


We've decided to JOIN the Axis of Evil


Sen. Schumer says Republican plan could cost Staten Islanders millions in bank fees


An Elon Musk-backed group buys at least $670,000 of TV time to support conservative Brad Schimel in upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court race


Drug inspectors, AI experts, maternal health workers: Trump’s health agency cuts are far-reaching


Hundreds fired at aviation safety agency, union says


Omaha Man Sues Federal Committee Chaired by Musk, Challenges Legality Under Advisory Act


Why Trump Defying Courts Really Can Cause the End of America.


Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO


Hundreds of FAA employees fired by Trump administration weeks after midair DC collision


January 6 Insurrectionists Take Trump Pardons to Horrifying Level


DOJ ordered review of 'gender ideology' compliance at child safety authority


Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works


City administrator files complaint against Ludlow council member for allegedly licking hand


Judge appears inclined to deny request to block DOGE's mass firings, access to data


Trump Pressures Romania on Andrew Tate in Stunning New Low - The Trump administration is harassing Romania about easing up on the far-right misogynist accused of sex trafficking.


Jeffries says Trump, GOP show ‘no interest’ in lowering costs of living


Top New York officials ‘to resign over Eric Adams-Trump quid pro quo’


No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits


How the Supreme Court Responds to this Request From Trump Matters—for All of Us


Chaos and fear: Federal workers reel as Trump administration carries out wave of mass firings


Over $151 Million Taken from Soldiers' Paychecks for Food Costs Spent Elsewhere by the Army


The Justice Department’s Existential Crisis Is Self-Inflicted


Trump’s Make America Great Again Plan: Dismantle the Constitution


Ukraine balks at White House’s call to give up its rare earth minerals


Trump Starts Mass Firing of Air Traffic Controllers After Deadly Crash |
The Trump administration has kicked off a purge of air traffic control staff, upending the Federal Aviation Administration.


Elon Musk ridiculed a blind person on X. Then a mob went to work


Judge seems unwilling to immediately bar Musk from meddling in federal agencies


Hegseth makes clear that Trump will sell out Ukraine


Now Musk wants Trump to let him audit NASA, as Musk takes billions from NASA


Adams: ‘I am going nowhere’ as Trump admin ties raise questions


My Values ‘Can’t Be Nullified by an Executive Order’


Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Set to Speak at Saudi Arabia-Backed Investment Summit


European leaders hold emergency talks, fearing that Trump has abandoned age-old allies


NAACP urges Black consumers to steer buying power away from companies that have ditched DEI


China anger as US amends wording on Taiwan independence


Trump administration fires and then tries to rehire nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal


Washington Post Caves to Elon Musk and Scraps Ad | The newspaper was all set to run a print ad critical of the tech mogul, but then balked.


Trump tells Supreme Court it gave him "unrestricted power" to fire people


Trump suggests no laws violated if he ‘saves’ country


Another MAGA Judge Makes Shocking Legal Argument Hoping To Catch The Attention Of Donald Trump


Elon Musk Says Team Behind CBS's '60 Minutes' Deserves 'A Long Prison Sentence'


‘It oversteps the president’s authority’: Judge says Trump’s transgender care order is ‘unconstitutional’ and blocks kids from treatments ‘completely unrelated’ to gender identity


Washington Post backs out of ‘Fire Elon Musk’ ad order


Shortsighted DOGE USAID cuts hurt Wisconsin farmers, weaken national security


The Trump Golf Tracker shows that he's spent 17% of his presidency golfing so far


The Real Reason Trump Has Gone to War With the Associated Press


Trump Voters Splinter Over His Rapid Shake-Up of Washington


Majority of Americans believe foreign aid ‘wasted on corruption’, survey finds


US and Russia meet to discuss ending Ukraine war ‘before Easter’


Elon Musk Is Trying to Hinder Anti-Trump Whistleblowers


JD Vance’s Free Speech Hypocrisy in Munich


Local governments protest Wyoming lawmakers' property tax cut proposals


4 Top Officials Expected to Resign Over Adams’s Cooperation with Trump


'Critical moment in history': Protests across US today target Trump, Musk


Musk and Trump Are Cutting Popular Programs. That’s Deliberate. | This is how you sever the positive relationship between people and government—ensuring there’s nothing left to defend.


Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Now Targeting Every Taxpayer’s Personal Data


No History Without the T. When the National Park Service removed trans people from the webpages of the Stonewall National Monument, it echoed one of the darkest chapters of the queer past. We should all be very worried about what could come next.


The war on DEI is a smoke screen


We confronted Speaker Johnson over DOGE. His response is cause for concern.


Revealed: Trump's confidential plan to put Ukraine in a stranglehold


Are Elon Musk’s politics costing Tesla sales?


‘Five alarm warning': Possible DOGE access to private taxpayer data sparks outcry


Florida is an interesting case study on laws targeting "sanctuary cities"


DC Housing Market in Chaos as Federal Employees Panic


Trump casts psychiatric and weight-loss drugs as threats to children


Trump’s 51st-State Plan Would Be a Literal Death Sentence for Canadians


Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to let the firing of whistleblower agency head proceed


Sen. Bernie Sanders returns to Iowa as part of 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour


The anti-Musk protest movement is expected to ramp up with Congress on recess


Vance’s real warning to Europe


USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending


How the cost of eggs, gas and more is changing under President Trump


The Columbia Network Pushing Behind the Scenes to Deport and Arrest Student Protesters


Which states could win and lose from new birth rate funding link


Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash


‘Canada First’ Conservatives primed for Trump fight


Senate Democrats split over how to combat Trump’s USAID shutdown


Elon Musk Threatens to Imprison Entire News Agency | President Elon Musk has set his sights on a new target.


Trump administration reverses nuclear agency firings


Protesters demonstrate outside Tesla showrooms in US


Musk's DOGE asks for access to IRS taxpayer personal data, what do you make of that?


IRS reportedly preparing to give Musk’s Doge agency access to taxpayer data


Has the US changed policy on Taiwan and ‘one China’?


Democrats Fear They Are Missing the Moment to Remake the Party


About a Third of Project 2025 Has Already Been Implemented


Here's the 'Fire Elon Musk' Ad the Washington Post Refuses to Run |
"Is it only okay to run things in The Post now that won't anger the president or won't have him calling Jeff Bezos asking why this was allowed?"


Mark Norman: Canada's relationship with the U.S. can't be saved


Trump fires hundreds of FAA workers weeks after DC crash as Rubio arrives for Ukraine-Russia peace talks: Live


Trump administration pressuring Romania over Andrew Tate: reports


The MAGA Youth Remind Me of the 1980s and Not In a Good Way


Mike Pence emerges as one of the few Republicans willing to challenge Trump 2.0


Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco


Coins, watches and more: A look at Trump's crypto-related ventures, by the numbers


As Trump shakes up Washington, battles over presidential power could rewrite history


Dallas Police Refuses to Join ICE Immigration Raids, Launches Outreach Meetings with Migrants Instead


The Price of American Retreat, Why Washington Must Reject Isolationism and Embrace Primacy


Bill changing recreational marijuana laws could advance in Ohio Senate this week


Zelensky dismisses planned U.S.-Russia talks, insists Kyiv be involved


JPMorgan analyst fired after publicly questioning CEO Jamie Dimon’s return-to-office policy — then rehired: report


Judge calls rare hearing on a holiday in case against Musk's DOGE


Top Russian and American officials will hold talks on ending the Ukraine war without Kyiv


The Death of Government Expertise | Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree


Musk’s SpaceX team visiting key FAA command center — despite past frictions:
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he hopes “the brightest minds in America” will help improve the nation’s air traffic system.


DOGE locates nearly $2 billion in funds ‘misplaced’ by Biden administration


Trump's firings of independent agency heads put 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent in crosshairs


Top automaker could move some production out of Mexico amid Trump tariff talks, CEO says


Trump’s global funding freeze leaves anti-terror programs in limbo


Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash


With Trump’s Help, Intel Could Hand Control of Chip Plants to TSMC


Deputy archivist of the U.S. to retire following Trump firing of National Archives chief


Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers


Jan. 6 Rioters Argue Pardons Apply to Charges Including Murder Plot, Child Porn.com


Singapore Says Asia Now Views US as ‘Landlord Seeking Rent’


Justin Trudeau Delivers Message to American Athletes at Closing Ceremony of Prince Harry's Invictus Games in Canada


Academic unions plan nationwide demonstration to protest Trump NIH research cuts


Trump to Fire Hundreds From FAA Despite Four Deadly Crashes on His Watch


CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts


Texas measles cases swell to 48, marking state’s worst outbreak in three decades


It’s Now Up to the Judge Whether to Drop Charges in Adams Case


Dismantling of federal efforts to monitor election interference creates opening for foreign meddling


Manhattan D.A. Would Face Uphill Battle if He Took Adams Case | Now that the Justice Department has directed federal prosecutors to drop Eric Adams’s case, could Alvin L. Bragg’s office pick it up?


Trump’s First Four Weeks Felt Like Four Years


Judge hits Donald Trump with legal setback: "unconstitutional"


DOGE-affiliated employee expected to seek access to IRS system with sensitive taxpayer information


Don’t Surrender to the Coercion Presidency


GOP lawmakers divided on Elon Musk, seen by some as a liability


‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts


Ukraine not invited to US-Russia peace talks in Saudi Arabia, source says


Jasmine Crockett Torches MAGA And Elon Musk With The Most Backhanded  Apology Ever


Trump offers key concessions to Putin ahead of Ukraine peace talks in Saudi Arabia


"Alleged intellectual": White House Comms calls Yglesias a "mouth-breather" over Hegseth rumors


Jan. 6 Rioters Argue Pardons Apply to Charges Including Murder Plot, Child Porn: ‘Defendants argue that Trump pardons should absolve them of additional crimes’


Trump appeals to Supreme Court over firing of US agency boss


Trump Fired, Then Unfired, National Nuclear Security Administration Employees. What Were Their Jobs?


MAGA cruelly mocks DOGE committee hearing witness just because he’s blind


Steve Bannon, US hospitals join GOP rebellion over medicaid cuts


Trump says he could meet with Putin 'very soon' on Ukraine


Sen. McConnell: Trump tariffs are bad policy. At $1,200, Kentuckians will pay the price.


Republican who salvaged Pete Hegseth is already ‘concerned’ with comments on Ukraine


Trump wants to halve US defense spending and let Russia back into G7 after Putin call


At least 3 NYC deputy mayors express intent to resign from Adams administration: Sources


Musk Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records


Trump policies make US ‘scary place to invest’ and risk stagflation, says Stiglitz


Hiring freeze affects Wildland firefighters


Netanyahu signals moving ahead with Trump's Gaza plan as Israel receives unblocked US shipment of heavy bombs | World News


Vance rips Margaret Brennan for ‘crazy exchange’ linking Holocaust to free speech


Musks DOGE sends termination notices to over a dozen workers at federal IT department, Bloomberg reports


Trump administration turns to US Supreme Court in bid to fire agency head


Ukraine war latest: Macron convening emergency meeting as US and Russian officials head to peace talks | World News


US presented Ukraine with a document to access its minerals but offered almost nothing in return


Once again, Trump starts a term with a weak approval rating


RFK Jr. Goes After Widely Used Antidepressants, Claiming They Could Be A Threat To Americans | The newly confirmed US Secretary of Health and Human Services has falsely stated that SSRIs are more addictive than heroin and contribute to school shootings.


It may only take 3.5% of the population to topple a dictator – with civil resistance | Erica Chenoweth


"Excluding Indians": Trump admin questions Native Americans' birthright citizenship in court


Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to let the firing of whistleblower agency head proceed


'Woke is their god': Ex-Dem fundraiser says party 'in shambles' after 2024 election losses


Fiscal hawks: House budget plan could add $25 trillion in debt over next decade


Upstate NY lawmaker introduces bill to make Trump’s birthday a federal holiday


Why a former CSIS official says the U.S. is positioned for ‘another 9/11’


DOGE-affiliated employee has accessed IRS system with sensitive taxpayer information


Maryland National Guard will not participate in Frederick Douglass Parade due to guidance set by DoD


Ukraine, Europe will be part of 'real' peace talks, says Rubio, as US weighs Putin's motives


Rubio defends Vance's Munich speech as CBS host suggests 'free speech' caused the Holocaust


Trump administration's NIH layoffs total 1,165 people, internal email shows


Elon Musk's DOGE asks for access to IRS taxpayer data, sources say


Putin Has Long Wanted More Power in Europe. Trump Could Grant It.


Washington Post backs out of 'Fire Elon Musk' ad order


NYC Mayor Eric Adams on calls for his removal from office: "I'm not stepping down. I'm stepping up"


Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal


‘Pretty Historic’: Rubio Defends Controversial Vance Speech in Munich


Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew


China courts frazzled Europe as Western alliance wavers


Israel-Hamas ceasefire thrown into further doubt as Marco Rubio backs Benjamin Netanyahu's war aims


Sen. Thom Tillis is falling in line with Trump. Is it principles or campaign strategy?


Democrats 2028 Primary Polls: What Early Data Shows


Wall Street’s China Plans in Tatters After Years of Setbacks


DOGE Worker Says He Was Radicalized by Reading Writer Who Later Denied Holocaust


Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS


How the Food Industry’s Main Lobbyist Became a Top Nuisance


Mitch McConnell Makes a Lonely Stand Against Trump


Bill to ban mRNA vaccines passes out of House committee


‘We're under attack by billionaires': Fired federal workers speak out on terminations


Elon Musk encouraged to crack open Fort Knox and audit the $425 billion gold reserves inside — and Rand Paul wants to help


Federal workers with 'exceptional' reviews fired for 'performance' issues


How Progressives Broke the Government


Mass firings continue across nation’s health agencies:
The cuts have raised questions about the extent of the impact on public health.


DeLauro: President Trump and Elon Musk Sabotage Research on Cures and Treatments for Diseases — Firing Thousands of National Institutes of Health (NIH) Employees Will Destroy Cutting-Edge Research on Cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Other Life-Threatening Diseases


Rep. Ogles Proposes Amending the 22nd Amendment to Allow Trump to Serve a Third Term


Joe Biden Set A New Record While He Was President — Most Vacation Days


A National Debt Strike May Be the Way to Stop Trump and Musk | Opinion


Trump Wants to Bring Down Treasury Yields. Here’s What to Know.


America’s Enabling Act moment: Congress’ coming denouement and the Reichstag test


Putin Has Long Wanted More Power in Europe. Trump Could Grant It.


White South Africans gather in support of Trump and his claims that they are victims of racism


The Staffers Helping Elon Musk Dismantle and Downsize the U.S. Government, One Agency at a Time


Beshear adds Kentucky to Democratic AGs' lawsuit challenging Trump funding freeze • Kentucky Lantern


Ukraine not invited to US-Russia peace talks in Saudi Arabia, source says


Tesla insiders fear Musk’s work with Trump harms the company


Julianne Moore Blasts Trump Ban on Her Kids' Book About Freckles


Trump Justice Department Moves to Complete 'Openly Corrupt Legal Bailout' of Eric Adams


Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to let the firing of whistleblower agency head proceed


'I Think That's Ridiculous': Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Denies Eric Adams Quid Pro Quo Allegations


We Might Have to “Shut Down the Country”


Israel's Netanyahu signals he's moving ahead with Trump's plan to move Palestinians from Gaza


Trump Suggests No Laws Are Broken if He’s ‘Saving His Country’


Elon Musk, Dadfluencer, Is Leveraging His Child for Clicks


Trump Team Leaves Behind an Alliance in Crisis