The move comes after a federal court ordered USDA to use emergency money for the nation’s largest food aid program during the government shutdown. The Trump administration on Monday agreed to move billions of emergency dollars to partially pay for food aid this month in response to a federal judge’s order, though some families may … Read more
Attorney General Pam Bondi said “American heroes” in law enforcement thwarted the planned attack. The Department of Justice has filed charges against two people from Michigan for an alleged ISIS-linked terrorist plot that investigators say a group of men planned to carry out over Halloween weekend. Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud face charges of “receiving … Read more
Before jury selection started Monday, the judge presiding over Sean Charles Dunn’s trial seemed to acknowledge how unusual it is for a case like this to be heard in federal court. Throwing a sandwich at a federal agent turned Sean Charles Dunn into a symbol of resistance against President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the … Read more
The administration, as well as HHS, publicly praised Marty Makary’s leadership despite persistent upheaval at the agency. The White House is rallying behind Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary after the abrupt ousting of one of his top deputies over the weekend, the latest tumult in an agency that’s seen plenty this year. A … Read more
An “executive branch machinery that defaulted to caution, process, and reactive strategies” undercut the ex-president’s massive energy and infrastructure programs, a report by his former staffers details. President Joe Biden’s agencies allowed bureaucracy, indecision and fear of repeating past mistakes to undermine their efforts to bankroll a historic green energy revolution, former administration officials wrote … Read more
U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement would erase another 0.1 C of progress. New national plans designed to more aggressively combat climate change would hardly dent already dangerously high global temperature projections, according to a United Nations report published Tuesday. The findings underscore the task at hand for nations as they prepare for COP30 … Read more
The president put himself at arm’s length from losing GOP candidates. Rank-and-file Republicans are left casting blame. Donald Trump attributed Republicans’ Tuesday night losses in part to his absence from the ballot. Some of his closest allies blamed poor candidate quality. One Republican said the GOP failed to address rising costs. It all added up … Read more
The president on Wednesday will host GOP senators at the White House. President Donald Trump is increasingly antsy about the soon-to-be-record-long government shutdown, but until now, he hasn’t furiously worked the phones or waded into the details of a deal to end it. He has let loose a flurry of social media posts, signaling his … Read more
American industry has taken a less antagonistic approach to the president’s signature trade policy, opting for lobbying over lawsuits. Major American companies have arguably the most to lose from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. But they have largely stayed out of the legal fight challenging the levies, opting instead to quietly lobby against the policy for … Read more
The high court’s conservative majority largely blesses broad executive power, but some justices are also wary of it in the economic realm. The looming Supreme Court showdown over President Donald Trump’s tariffs amounts to an epic clash between two of the most deeply ingrained tenets of the conservative legal movement. The first is that presidents … Read more